postpartum Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

Who Needs Sleep?

In my family of origin, I’m kiddo number four – with two older brothers, one older sister, and two younger sisters. My younger sister and I are only eighteen months apart. So, that means Mom got pregnant with her when I was only nine months old! This fact...

I Love a Good Conference…

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester

I was at an all-day conference over the weekend that focused on body positivity -a touchy subject for most women, especially those whose bodies have been transformed by pregnancy and birth. There’s so much pressure for us to return to – acting, working, looking,...

Happy World Doula Week!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, calling, connection, doula, family-centered, preparation, resources, support

I can’t let this week go by without a shout-out to all of the wonderful women I know personally, and professionally, who’ve taken up the call to become a doula. A doula is a woman trained to assist other women in childbirth and/or to support a new family following the...

Sex Life? What Sex Life? Part II

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester, changes, connection, couple, differences, expectation, love, ready, reality, relationship, sex, trust, vulnerability

As mentioned in an earlier post, Sex Life? What Sex LIfe? Part I, there are many factors that can conspire to make postpartum sex a little bit tricky to initiate. But the good news is there’s only one thing necessary to have a lasting and healthy sexual relationship:...

Sex Life? What Sex Life? PART I

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester, expectation, ready, reality, relationship, sex, transition

I looked through all of my old posts thinking I must have written about postpartum sex on my blog, and even though the search term “sex” yielded 10 posts (!), none of them was specifically about postpartum sex. How can this be? It’s one of my all-time favorite topics...