The Fourth Trimester Recovery Kit
A postpartum soup pack for nourishing mummas through the most important recovery of their lives.
Birth is beautiful.
Birth is powerful.
Birth is also a massive physiological event that deserves more than cold toast eaten one-handed at 3am (though, that white bread/cheese sandwich I had after giving birth was the best darn sandwich I’ve ever had!).
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the first 40 days after birth are considered sacred recovery time — often called the Golden Month. The idea? Mum rests. Mum is nourished. Mum is looked after like the absolute queen she is while her body rebuilds after growing and birthing a human.
But truth time: Modern life doesn’t exactly make that easy.
So this pack (lovingly stocked from Food of Origin) was created to bring a little ancient wisdom into the chaos of modern motherhood.
This Postpartum Recovery Pack combines warming postpartum herbs with traditional moxibustion therapy (“Mother Warming”) to help support recovery after any kind of birth — vaginal, caesarean, fast, long, medicated, unmedicated, beautiful, messy or all of the above.
Because postpartum recovery is not a luxury. It matters.
What’s Inside
Postpartum Soup Herbs
A warming blend of traditional Chinese herbs designed to be added into slow-cooked broths, soups and nourishing postpartum meals.
In Chinese medicine, birth is considered deeply depleting to Qi, Blood and Yin (think: energy, nourishment, fluids, hormones, nervous system reserves… basically everything).
These herbs are traditionally used to support:
Recovery and rebuilding after birth
Energy and warmth
Blood nourishment
Tissue healing
Breastfeeding support
Nervous system recovery
The “I haven’t slept in 6 weeks” era
Traditionally added to chicken broth because honestly? Grandma knew what she was doing.
Our Favourite Postpartum Broth
Ingredients
1 whole free-range chicken
1 large onion
2 carrots
3 celery sticks
1 bunch parsley
5 slices fresh ginger
Spring onion
Filtered water
Salt or tamari to taste
1 Postpartum Herb Pack (including: Shan Yao (Dioscorea Rhizome), Yu Zhu (Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma), Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix), Huang Qi (Astragali Radix), Dang Gui (Angelicae Senensis Radix), Da Zao (Jujubae Fructus) 190g)
Optional:
Chicken feet (trust the process — incredible for collagen)
White wine splash
Method
Throw everything into a stock pot or slow cooker.
Cover with water.
Simmer low and slow for at least 2–3 hours.
Longer = richer = better.
Strain, cool and store in the fridge or freezer so Future You has something nourishing ready to go when holding a baby all day has somehow made eating impossible.
Drink as a broth or use as the base for soups, congee, risottos or whatever feels achievable in the postpartum haze.
Mother Warming
Included in your pack is a traditional moxa stick used for a postpartum ritual called Mother Warming.
This gentle warming treatment is traditionally used around days 4–7 postpartum over the lower abdomen and sacrum to help support recovery after birth.
In clinic, we often describe it as “a warm hug for your uterus”.
Traditionally used to:
Warm the womb
Support circulation
Encourage recovery
Restore energy
Help mum feel human again
Instructions included.
Why I Stock This Pack at Brighter
Because women deserve better postpartum care.
Because “6-week clearance” is not recovery.
Because feeding a new mother matters just as much as feeding the baby.
And because there is something incredibly special about slowing down, warming up, being nourished and allowing your body to be cared for after birth — instead of expected to bounce back immediately.
This is nourishment for the fourth trimester.
Warm. Grounding. Restorative.
Like a hug in soup form.
I stock the beautiful Food of Origin postpartum soup packs in clinic.