A Memoir in Rituals, Recipes & Remembering
by Hadhee Jah
"My heart is so full, reading your beautiful words. Your deep soul connection is truly inspiring. Birthwork is the sacred privilege of holding the space before, during, after and forever. You understand this in your whole being and it's truly a gift."
Julie Garrett, Midwife
When Hadhee Jah returned to the ancient birthing stories of her Maldivian ancestors, she found more than forgotten midwifery — she found herself.
In Postpartum Is Forever: A Memoir in Recipes and Rituals, Hadhee Jah weaves her personal journey as a mother, doula, and birthkeeper with the vanishing wisdom of her lineage. From home births in Australia to the coral islands of her childhood, this memoir braids together the heartbreak of birth trauma, the power of postpartum healing, and the quiet inheritance of ancestral knowledge carried through plants, food, and touch.
With each chapter, readers step into sacred postpartum practices once passed down from grandmother to granddaughter, offered as both story and remedy. This is a book for anyone who has birthed, loved, grieved, or longed to reclaim the old ways of tending women.
More than a memoir, this is an invitation to remember: postpartum is not the end of birth, but the beginning of lifelong healing.
“Reading Postpartum Is Forever made me want to slow down. To brew chai. To cook. To rest. It reminded me that in rest, we are healing.”
Katie Rose
Hadhee Jah is the only practising doula from the Maldives. Her work is devoted to preserving the indigenous midwifery traditions of her people — a sacred lineage on the brink of disappearance. Through storytelling, ritual, and remembrance, she brings these ancestral teachings back to life.