Editorial Policy

Last updated: September 4, 2026

MatraBloom publishes information about postpartum recovery — a subject where being wrong matters. This page sets out how that content is produced, what it is based on, and what it is not, so you can judge how much weight to give it.

Who writes this content

Articles are written and edited by Rahul Singh Negi, the founder of MatraBloom. He is not a doctor, midwife, nurse or physiotherapist, and nothing published here should be read as coming from one.

What the articles do is gather guidance that already exists from recognised health organisations, put it in plain language, and organise it around the questions people actually ask — including the ones that are awkward to ask a stranger.

Our content is not medically reviewed

MatraBloom does not currently have a clinician reviewing its articles. We are saying so directly rather than leaving it ambiguous, because in health content the absence of a claim is easy to mistake for the presence of one.

If that changes, this page will name the reviewer, their credential, and the date of review, and the articles they have reviewed will say so individually. Until then, please treat everything here as general information and let your own midwife, doctor or health visitor be the authority on your situation.

Where the information comes from

Factual claims about recovery, healing timelines and physical activity are based on published guidance from:

The NHS
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Mayo Clinic
Cleveland Clinic

Articles that make factual claims list their sources at the end, with links, so you can check the original rather than take our word for it. Where the evidence is genuinely weak or mixed, we say that instead of picking the more confident-sounding answer.

What we will not publish

Invented statistics, studies or citations.
Invented experts, reviewers or credentials.
Claims that MatraBloom treats, cures, prevents or diagnoses anything, or that any part of it is physical therapy or medical care.
Descriptions of any exercise or routine as “safe” for you personally. Whether something is safe depends on your birth, your body and your recovery, and only someone who knows those things can say.
Content designed to rank for a search term rather than to answer a real question.

How the movement guidance works

Where an article describes what kind of movement tends to be appropriate at a given point in recovery, it reflects the same rules the MatraBloom app uses: guidance changes with how many weeks it has been since birth, and it changes again depending on whether the birth was vaginal or a caesarean, with abdominal work held back longer after surgery.

That is a description of how the product behaves, not a clinical recommendation for you. Clearance to start exercising comes from your own provider.

Keeping content current

Each article shows when it was published and when it was last updated. We revisit articles when the underlying guidance changes, when we find an error, or when readers tell us something is unclear or missing. Updated articles carry a new update date rather than being quietly edited.

Telling us something is wrong

If you find something inaccurate, out of date, or misleading — particularly if you are a clinician — please write to matrabloom@gmail.com. Corrections to anything that could affect someone’s health are made as a priority, and we would rather hear it than not.

See our Medical Disclaimer for the formal position on medical advice, our Privacy Policy for how your information is handled, and the Recovery Guide for the articles themselves.