How a Support System can Make or Break Postpartum Postpartum taught me something before I ever became a mom myself. At 20, I know I still have so much to learn about pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. But watching my older sister walk through postpartum twice completely changed the way I see maternal care and support. Her first postpartum experience was hard. After a fairly smooth birth, she and her husband were sent home from their birth center just hours later, in the middle