The Postpartum Call to Action — Now Available in 6 Languages!


Every Mother, Every Moment: Postpartum Care Saves Lives

We are delighted to announce that the Postpartum Call to Action — a landmark document advocating for comprehensive, continuous postpartum care — is now available in French, Dutch, Spanish, Bulgarian, and Czech, in addition to English!

📘 Why this matters

The postpartum period remains a critical yet often overlooked window in women’s health. This Call to Action brings together research, policy guidance, and collective expertise from doulas, midwives, researchers, and birth professionals worldwide. It urges health systems, communities, and policymakers to recognise that postpartum care saves lives — and to act accordingly.

🌐 Access the Translations

You can now read and share the Call to Action in your preferred language:

🇬🇧 English (original)

🇫🇷 Français / French

🇳🇱 Nederlands / Dutch​

🇪🇸 Español / Spanish

🇧🇬 Български / Bulgarian

🇨🇿 Čeština / Czech

Join the Movement

Reader, help amplify this message by sharing the translated versions within your networks, professional circles, and communities.

Each translation helps make postpartum wellbeing visible, valued, and supported — everywhere.

We are working on completing the translations into Italian and Hungarian. Stay tuned! If you feel inspired to translate this document to another language, please get in touch with us.

About the Project

This document is the result of the Postnatal rEvolution Summit 2025 and a collaboration between

  • the Postnatal Support Network,
  • the Well Supported Mothers Collective (Australia),
  • the European Doula Network (EDN), and
  • Geboortenis Zutphen (Netherlands),

with contributions from international experts and practitioners.

Together, we envision a world where postpartum wellbeing is a global standard, and every mother, baby, and family thrives.

🔗 Read more and sign the Call to Action

📩 Contact: info@postnatalsupportnetwork.com

Stichting PSN, Baron G.A. Tindalplein 121,, Amsterdam, 1019TW
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The Postnatal Support Network (PSN) promotes the importance of a well-prepared and relaxing 40-day postnatal period, connects families and postnatal doulas, trains professionals and builds bridges. PSN is an international organization with a nonmedical and social network, dedicated to raising awareness and educating the larger public on the importance of postnatal rest and care.

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