The thought of leaving the house for the first time with her newborn daughter was so overwhelming for Elysse Bird, she almost didn't make it out the door.
"Is she going to cry all the time? Is she going to be hungry? Am I going to have to breastfeed?" Ms Bird thought.
With no family support and a husband who worked away, it wasn't until she came across a mum-and-bubs group at a Rockhampton gym that she focused on her postpartum health.
