Third Trimester Companion

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A digital companion for when the questions change. You stop asking how to get through the early weeks and start asking the bigger ones: how do I prepare for birth, how do I set myself up for after, what do I actually need to have ready.

The Third Trimester Companion is a 68-page clinical guide by Ema Taylor, Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist, built around exactly those questions. It covers late-pregnancy nutrition and postpartum meal prep, birth preparation in real clinical depth, the practical layer of hospital bags and final-weeks checklists, and an honest look at what comes after. Nausea returns for some, eating gets harder, and the mental load piles up right when your body is working hardest. This brings the nourishment, the birth knowledge, and the preparation into one calm place you can return to in the final stretch.

Grounded in FSANZ, NHMRC and RANZCOG guidance, Cochrane reviews, and published research, then shaped by over a decade in clinic into something you can actually use on a hard day. The most substantial workbook in our Trimester Companion series, because the final weeks ask the most of you.

Written by a Naturopath with 10 years' experience
68 Pages Of Birth & Late Pregnancy Support
20+ Recipes For Late Pregnancy & Postpartum
Stages Of Labour, Breathing & Comfort Tools
A Fillable Birth Preferences Document
Hospital Bag & Final 6-Week Checklists

Instant digital download • Printable + digital use

*This resource contains general educational information and does not constitute personal medical advice. The content is written by Ema Taylor, Clinical Naturopath, and is intended to support and inform, not to replace guidance from your own healthcare provider. Always consult your midwife, GP, or obstetrician for advice specific to your pregnancy and individual health circumstances.

The Third Trimester Companion is a 68-page digital guide to the final weeks of pregnancy and preparing for what comes after, written by Ema Taylor, Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist, with over a decade of clinical experience in fertility and maternal health.

Most third trimester advice splits into two camps. Either it focuses entirely on the baby and skips what your body needs, or it hands you a birth plan template with no real explanation of what labour involves or how to prepare for it. This companion was built to go further. Every section is grounded in current clinical evidence and Australian guidelines, then shaped by what Ema has seen work with the women she treats in the lead-up to birth.

It is organised into four sections, designed to be read in order or dipped into as you need them.

Nourish. Eating well when you are heavily pregnant, when a full meal is uncomfortable and your stomach has nowhere to go. The key nutrients for the final weeks, foods that help with late-pregnancy discomforts, and the evidence behind dates and raspberry leaf from 36 weeks. Then the part most guides leave out: batch cooking for postpartum, so there is nourishing food in the freezer before baby arrives.

Understand. The heart of the workbook. What labour actually feels like, stage by stage. The four stages of labour and the hormones driving them. A full breathing practice for every phase, worth starting before labour begins. Ema's comfort toolkit covering positioning, water, acupressure, and TENS. And a fillable birth preferences document to help you think through your choices before the pressure begins.

Prepare. The practical layer. A complete hospital bag checklist with notes on why each item earns its place, a final six-week checklist broken down week by week, and a calm, evidence-based look at what the 40-week mark actually means.

Support. A short, honest note on the emotional transition into the fourth trimester. Read it before baby arrives.

Every clinical claim is referenced, and the guide closes with a full reference list including RANZCOG, FSANZ, NHMRC, Cochrane reviews, the WHO, and peer-reviewed clinical trials, so you can see exactly where the information comes from.

The Third Trimester Companion is an educational resource. It does not constitute personal medical advice and does not replace your midwife, GP, or obstetrician.

The companion guides you through the final weeks across four sections, including:

Eating well when a full meal is uncomfortable, with frequent small plates and nutrient density
The key nutrients for the final weeks, and the foods that help with heartburn, cramps, swelling and more
The evidence behind dates and raspberry leaf from 36 weeks
Over 20 recipes for late pregnancy and postpartum batch cooking
What labour actually feels like, stage by stage
The four stages of labour, and the hormones behind them
A full breathing practice for every phase of labour
Ema's comfort toolkit: positioning, water immersion, acupressure, and TENS
A fillable birth preferences document to make your own
A complete hospital bag checklist, with notes on why each item matters
A final six-week checklist, broken down week by week
A calm, evidence-based look at the 40-week mark and induction
An honest introduction to the fourth trimester

You'll receive:

A 68-page Third Trimester Companion PDF
Written by Ema Taylor, Naturopath & Clinical Nutritionist
A fully referenced guide grounded in FSANZ, NHMRC, RANZCOG and Cochrane evidence
A digital version you can read on any device, or print at home
Yours to keep and return to through the final weeks and beyond

The Third Trimester Companion is for anyone in the final stretch of pregnancy, whether this is your first baby or your fourth.

It is for you if:

You want to prepare for birth properly, with real clinical understanding rather than a template
You feel the fear and the readiness sitting side by side, and you want to turn that into preparation
You want breathing and comfort tools you can practise now, so they are automatic when you need them
You are thinking about your birth preferences and want to work through them before the pressure begins
You want food sorted for the postpartum weeks, while you still have the energy to prepare it
You want to understand the 40-week mark and induction before the date arrives
You like knowing the advice you follow is grounded in evidence, not noise

Whether you are sailing through or counting down impatiently, this is the companion to keep close through the final weeks and into those first days at home.

Ema Taylor is a Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist who has worked with hundreds of women through their entire pregnancy, and has been through it three times herself. The companion brings her clinical knowledge and her lived experience into one place, written in the voice she uses with women in her clinic every week.

This is a digital resource delivered as a downloadable PDF.

After checkout, you’ll receive an email containing your download link so you can access the Third Trimester Companion straight away.

The file can be printed or saved digitally for easy reference throughout your first trimester.

As this is an instant digital download, it is non-refundable once purchased. If you have any trouble with your download, contact us and we will sort it out straight away.

"Fear and readiness often sit right next to each other in the third trimester. They are not opposites. A woman who is nervous about birth is not unprepared. She is paying attention. This workbook is everything I help my clients build before birth, in one place."

Ema Taylor
Naturopath & Clinical Nutritionist

Nourish, Prepare, Birth, And Recover

The final weeks hold a lot at once: the birth ahead, a body working hard, a long list to organise. The Companion is here for that stretch, with the nourishment, birth preparation, practical checklists, and an honest word on what comes after. Everything Ema brings to the women she works with before birth, in one place.

By the final weeks, your stomach has nowhere to go and a full meal can feel like too much. This is anatomy, not failure, and the strategy shifts. The companion covers frequent small plates, nutrient density over volume, the key nutrients for the final weeks, and the foods that genuinely help with heartburn, constipation, leg cramps, swelling, and the nausea that can return in the third trimester.

Over 20 recipes designed for the reality of these weeks. Quick, gentle, nourishing meals for late pregnancy, plus a full batch-cooking section built to fill your freezer before birth: lactation snacks, iron-rich meals, restorative soups, and one-handed postpartum food.

A clear, honest walk through the four stages of labour, what each one feels like, the hormones driving the process, and what helps at each point. The kind of understanding that replaces fear of the unknown with a map you can place yourself on.

A complete breathing practice for every stage, with the clinical reasoning for why it works and guidance on practising it now so it is available to you under pressure. Includes your support person's role.

A fillable birth preferences document covering environment, pain management, movement, monitoring, interventions, caesarean preferences, and the period immediately after birth, with Ema's notes alongside each section to help you think it through.

A complete hospital bag checklist for you, baby, and your support person, a final six-week checklist broken down week by week, and a calm, evidence-based look at the 40-week mark and the induction conversation.

An honest introduction to the emotional landscape of the first weeks, and the idea of matrescence, so you arrive understanding that the disorientation of early motherhood is a transition to move through, not a problem to solve.

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MEET THE EXPERT

Ema Taylor

Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist & Co-Founder

Ema is a practicing naturopath, clinical nutritionist, and certified fertility awareness educator with over a decade of experience in reproductive healthcare and fertility.

She has helped thousands of women navigate preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum with a holistic, evidence-based approach.

As a mother of two young children who has been through the third trimester herself, Ema deeply understands the challenges and joys of this stage. That is why she co-founded Mother Natal, to give women the highest-quality nutrition, health, and wellbeing products, expert knowledge, and real support at every stage of their journey.

With deep clinical expertise and a passion for redefining maternal health, Ema is committed to helping you feel confident in the choices you make for yourself and your baby.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a digital download. After checkout you will receive an email with your download link, so you can access the 68-page Third Trimester Companion straight away. You can read it on any device or print it at home to annotate as you go. As this is an instant digital download, it is non-refundable once purchased. If you have any trouble with your download, contact us and we will sort it out straight away.

A 68-page workbook across four sections: Nourish, Understand, Prepare, and Support. It covers late-pregnancy nutrition and postpartum batch cooking with over 20 recipes, birth preparation including the stages of labour, a full breathing practice and Ema's comfort toolkit, a fillable birth preferences document, hospital bag and final six-week checklists, and a grounding look at the 40-week mark and the fourth trimester.

Yes. Some parts, like the hospital bag and pre-admission paperwork, are written for hospital and birth centre births. Everything else, the nutrition and freezer meals, the breathing practice, the comfort tools, and the birth preferences, is equally relevant whatever your setting.

No. The Third Trimester Companion is an educational resource produced by Mother Natal. It does not constitute personal medical advice and does not replace your midwife, GP, or obstetrician. Always consult your care provider for guidance specific to your pregnancy.

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