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Emily Montague is available for interviews, podcasts, features and speaking on postpartum recovery, nutrition and maternal mental health.
Emily Montague — The Postpartum Chef — is a chef, educator and creator of The Sitting Month, a patented postpartum recovery method rooted in the 2,000-year-old Chinese zuo yuezi tradition. She teaches mothers, doulas and midwives how food heals the fourth trimester.
Interview & feature topics
- Can food really help postpartum depression? The nutrition science, explained.
- The sitting month: what Western postpartum care can learn from a 2,000-year-old tradition.
- Why the fourth trimester is a nutritional emergency — and what to cook.
- Training doulas & midwives to cook for recovery: a new model of postpartum care.
- The warming foods every new mother should know (and the cold ones to avoid).
Short bio
Emily Montague, known as The Postpartum Chef, is the creator of The Sitting Month — a patented, food-first postpartum recovery method that adapts the ancient Chinese zuo yuezi tradition for modern mothers. Over five years she has helped thousands of women recover after birth and now certifies birth-work professionals in her cooking method.
As featured
Postpartum RecoveryThe Fourth TrimesterMaternal WellnessDoula & Midwife EducationTraditional Chinese Nutrition
Media contact
For interviews, features and speaking: thesittingmont@gmail.com · St. George, Utah · thesittingmonthchef.com