Postpartum Care, Through Sienna Miller’s Experience
When Sienna Miller welcomed her third baby this May, she approached her postpartum recovery differently - this time, she had a plan.
In a new interview with British Vogue, Sienna speaks candidly about motherhood, birth and the reality of recovering after having a baby. Her story is a powerful reminder of something we believe deeply at The Tenth: the arrival of a baby should also mark the beginning of care for the mother.
“I felt quite abandoned”
Throughout The Tenth’s experience working with women through pregnancy and into postpartum, one thing became clear: the women who came to us for postpartum recovery were often arriving depleted, not because anything had gone wrong, but because the months before birth had been navigated largely alone. Good medical care doesn't always mean continuous care. There can be excellent appointments and still no one to call in between them.
Circles was built around The Tenth Method, our clinically led approach to maternal wellbeing across the physical, mental and emotional dimensions of the experience. Rather than waiting until postpartum to bring that support in, Circles brings it in from pregnancy, so the continuity, and the relationship with a trusted team, is already there by the time it matters most.
Reflecting on the birth of her first daughter, Marlowe, Sienna recalls returning home after an emergency Caesarean and feeling a stark change in the support around her.
“I felt quite abandoned by all the support I’d had throughout the pregnancy,” she tells Vogue.
At the time, she remembers people assuming she would be happily immersed in a newborn “bubble”. Instead, she felt disappointed, overwhelmed and as though she had somehow failed. It is a feeling that many new mothers will recognise.
A different approach to postpartum
By the time Sienna welcomed her second daughter in 2024, her experience was very different. She describes feeling “very cocooned”, supported and cared for. With her third baby, she wanted to be intentional about creating that support from the beginning.
That meant The Tenth.
Our postpartum care arrived at Sienna’s home with nourishing food, advice, belly binding and hands-on care - but also something much simpler: someone there to ask how she was doing. Sienna describes the support she received from The Tenth as “unbelievable, invaluable”.
For us, that is what postpartum care is really about- remembering that there is a mother in the room who has been through an enormous physical and emotional experience and deserves care in her own right.
“Have women around you in some capacity”
Perhaps the most powerful part of Sienna's Vogue interview comes towards the end.
Asked what advice she would give her pre-motherhood self, she says: “Have women around you in some capacity.”
She goes on to describe birth as a “primal, almost tribal experience” and reflects on how, in modern life, we are often encouraged to isolate ourselves from community. “We really need it,” she says.
We couldn't agree more. For generations, postpartum recovery was something women experienced within a network of support. Family members, friends and communities helped a mother rest, eat, recover and adjust to life with her baby.
Somewhere along the way, much of that support disappeared.
We have become very good at celebrating the arrival of a baby. We are less good at asking who is looking after the woman who gave birth.
Postpartum should be part of the plan
Sienna's experience is a wonderful example of what can happen when postpartum care is considered before the baby arrives, rather than as an afterthought.
Postpartum is a period of profound physical recovery, emotional adjustment and change. It deserves time, expertise, nourishment, rest and perhaps most importantly, community.
We are incredibly grateful to Sienna for speaking so openly about her experience.
