Birthmark Sisterhood: C-Section Recovery

30/07/2025

✨Kintsugi + C-Section Recovery✨

Have you ever heard of Kintsugi?

It’s the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.

✨Instead of hiding the cracks, they highlight them—turning what was once broken into something even more beautiful and valuable.

Every crack tells a story. Every repair becomes part of the masterpiece.

💛 That’s what C-section recovery is like.

Your scar is not a flaw—it’s a golden seam. A mark of strength. A chapter of your story.

✨You grew life inside you.
✨You went through major surgery.
✨And now you are rising—bit by bit—rebuilding your body, regaining your strength, and learning to love your new self.

The journey of healing isn’t always easy—but it’s worth it.

✨It deepens our gratitude for what our bodies have done and what they are capable of.
✨It teaches us patience, grace, and resilience.
✨ It reminds us we are not broken—we are becoming.

Mama, your journey is a masterpiece in progress.
Gold-lined, love-filled, and stronger every day.

27/07/2025

🤯 You were cut open to bring life into this world.

🌟 You're NOT broken, you're REBUILDING.

🌟 And that takes a different kind of strength - quiet, deep, intentional and wise

🌟 It takes patience, but the triumph will be glorious!

🌟 It takes time, but it'll be worth it!

💬What's one small thing your body did today that you're proud of? 👇

26/07/2025

Let's clear something up, amazing mama:

Taking care of you IS NOT selfish.
It's survival. It's sacred. It's smart. It's WISE

You were never meant to pour from an empty cup.
You are a human, not a machine.
A heart, not just a helper.

The more you honour your own needs - with rest, food, movement, boundaries, breath - the more freely love flows from you.

💛 Your family doesn't just need you present - they need you well.
💛 Your healing matters.
💛 Your energy is precious.

You don't have to earn rest.
You don't have to apologies for needing care.

Fill your cup, mama - your strength depends on it.

That thought can seem overwhelming, even unachievable. I remember many months and weeks like that.

So maybe your first step is to have a think about what fills your cup.

22/07/2025

🤷‍♀️ Which one did you need to hear?

🤷‍♀️ What's something you wish you'd known earlier?

Comment below - Let's help the next mama out 👇

20/07/2025

💥C-Section Scar Struggles? You're NOT alone.💥

That scar is more than skin deep.
Tightness, pulling, numbness, back pain, even weird bloating....it's common, BUT it's not 'just part of it".

👉Scar tissue can mess with your core, movement, s*x life and even future pregnancies

The GOOD NEWS?
You can help your scar heal better with the right tools - like gentle, effective scar massage & taping your scar to reduce pressure on it as it heals.

📹 I've put together a free mini video series with Scar Therapist Deane Bell to show you how.

💬 Comment "SCAR POWER" below and I'll send it your way!!

17/07/2025

Just had a C-section?

Want to speed up your recovery?

My C-section Recovery Program Stage 1 has you covered.

My FREE mini video series will empower you with knowledge and easy to follow along rehab workout sessions that will get you off on the right foot.

Recovery from a C-section is MAJOR but it doesn't need to be complicated!

Begin here.

Comment below with the word BEGIN and I'll message you the link so you can get started straight away!

28/06/2025

What refuels you?

21/06/2025

Present vs Perfection...which are you trying to achieve?

20/06/2025

Have you ever googled what to eat to help you heal post C-section?

The search results can be overwhelming & everyone is trying to sell you something, so it can be hard to know who to believe!

Kirstie Vesseur, Clinical Nutrition extraordinaire has pulled away the curtain and has revealed to us what is critical for us to know in our recovery.

Her 3 part blog helps give us clarity on what we need to be focusing in each phase of recovery
to maximise your recovery in the fourth trimester (first 12 weeks post delivery).

During pregnancy & early recovery your body is depleted and needs not only extra nutrients but calories in order to fuel your breastfeeding and heal your depleted body.

Now is NOT the time to be going on a fad diet like keto or intermittent fasting.

So what SHOULD you be doing?

Ever had someone say something shocking about your c-section? Sometimes people can make darn right rude, insulting comments. So allow highly experienced counsellor Clare to shed some light on how to deal with people when they say stupid things!

14/06/2025

Every step counts!

13/06/2025

None of us ran before we walked.

None of us crawled before we rolled.

🤯The reason our bodies are so incredible is because step by step we struggle, we're challenged, we adapt, we improve and then that which once challenged us becomes our normal.

😢If you feel like you'll never get back to doing the things you love, with time and a plan you will make your way back there!🏋🏽‍♀️

11/06/2025

Someone needs to hear some HOPE today!

🧐 Including FIVE additional tips to help you on your path to rebuilding core strength post C-section:

👉 Share this with other mama's you know what to transform their abdominals!

Have you ever had to begin again? Start from scratch? Rebuild something? Maybe it was a new school, a new job, your body, your healthy, your mind, or maybe a relationship. When we begin again, it's 100% normal to be filled with a mix of emotions. There’s the letting go of what you had and the real...