first of all well done carly.
with feeding the female i leave mine a week after they lay before i give them anything to eat. then it is only a small rat for the first feed, i give it 2 weeks then move up to an adult rat, give that 2 weeks than feed them as much as they want and this seems to be working for me because my snakes just keep on producing every year for me.
once again well done and i hope all goes well with them.