The Fourth Trimester

The period following birth is an often-overlooked phase of recovery and adjustment with lasting impact on physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. In The Fourth Trimester, Julie thoughtfully explores this transition, drawing on personal experience with vulnerable honesty and clarity. An invaluable read for families and those who support them. – Dr Tipswalo Day, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
The Fourth Trimester is a powerful, honest and essential companion for new mothers. Julie Hammond shares her lived experience with authenticity, warmth and courage, offering comfort through the physical and emotional journey of early motherhood. Her empowering guidance reminds every mother that healing, hope and connection are possible and deeply deserved. – Juliet Abekah Amoa, Associate Director, DEI, London Borough of Lambeth
A clear, honest guide that says what most postnatal care doesn’t. It combines clinical insight with real lived experience, helping women understand what’s actually happening to their bodies and minds after birth. Practical, validating, and needed, this fills a gap that shouldn’t exist in modern maternity care. – Gemma Poole, Midwife, CEO and Founder, The Essential Baby Company
The Fourth Trimester by Dr. Julie Hammond is a compassionate and honest guide to postpartum life, effectively blending medical expertise with lived experience. Reassuring, practical, and deeply relatable, it empowers women to understand this transformative stage with confidence. Julie tackles often unspoken challenges with clarity and empathy, offering reassuring and practical advice. – Laura Spence, Midwife, CEO and Founder, Neuronal
The Fourth Trimester is an emotional and insightful read on postpartum life, blending personal stories with practical advice. Dr Hammond breaks cultural barriers around sharing emotions and addresses often unspoken topics like libido with honesty. Relatable, supportive and easy to understand, it felt like therapy - offering guidance, validation and a powerful message about healing, intention and thriving – Dr Catherine Benhura, GP and Founder MumsPride and the Community Health Hub
Women are often left feeling lost after having a baby; this guide by Dr Julie Hammond provides a step by step guide which walks you through the uncertainty of the first few months postpartum - the often forgotten 4th trimester. I will be recommending this as required reading to all my friends! * Dr Rumbi Mutenga, former midwife and rounder of Glacie Health *

Dr Hammond is a GP specialising in women’s health, family planning, mental health, and aesthetic medicine. She is a passionate advocate for health equity, creating the Black Health Matters campaign as part of Black History Month in October 2023 to raise awareness of common conditions that disproportionately impact the Afro-Caribbean population.

Dr Hammond holds several significant positions, including:

• Health Governor for the Kent Community NHS Foundation Trust
• NHS Clinical Entrepreneur
• Core 20 Ambassador for NHS England
• BMA EDI Advisory Group Member
• North Kent Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership member
• Member of the Wellbeing of Women’s Health Collective
• Member of the Kent and Medway LMNS Equity and Equality Oversight Group
• Trustee of West Kent Mind and co-chair of its diversity, equity, and inclusion subgroup
• Director of Events of Black Female Doctors UK
• UN Women UK delegate

Dr Julie is happily married to her soulmate and is mother to an angel baby and two rainbow babies.

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