POSTPARTUM SELF-CARE & NOURISHMENT
POSTPARTUM SELF-CARE
After going through a major life-changing experience like birth, a womyn’s body is now shifting to postpartum mode – producing breast milk, shrinking the uterus back to size, adjusting to changes in hormones, and managing new demands on your energy. It is important to heal from the physical strains of childbirth, have sufficient sleep, and eat well.
Postpartum self-care is just as important as mothering. Health and well-being are a priority – the better a mother feels, the more she’ll be able to adjust and thrive in her new role. Postpartum self-care involves taking time to recover with nourishing postpartum meals, rest, support, and fresh air. Give yourself permission to nest, which could mean:
- Easing back into the usual routine over time.
- Relaxing routines surrounding laundry, cleaning, and cooking.
- Focusing on personal needs and ignoring other people’s expectations.
- Staying in bed, napping, resting, and taking frequent breaks during the day.
- Processing uncomfortable emotions.
POSTPARTUM NOURISHMENT
Feeding a new mother nourishing and nutrient-rich meals is vitally important after childbirth to address the nutrient depletion that occurs during pregnancy. Food plays many important roles post-birth:
- Replenishes the energy and nutrient stores that were expended during pregnancy.
- Supplies the building blocks for healing and tissue repair.
- Can provide emotional comfort.
- Gives a mother’s body the energy and nutrients it needs for breast milk production.
- It is a time-honoured way to show love and kindness.
For new parents, now is the time to channel energy towards resting, recovering, and caring for baby. A friend or family member can help by prepping and cooking some healthy meals or by holding baby so mothers can eat, rest, and take a break.
If you or your family don’t have enough support to allow for rest and recovery during this critical time in your life, consider the services of a postpartum doula and/or a postpartum food doula.
POSTPARTUM FOOD DOULA
We CAN HELP
Grabbing something easy and eating what you can with one hand while baby naps on your chest is real-life postpartum. It can also be easy to forget to eat, especially when you don't feel up to cooking or even walking to the refrigerator. Release the stress of meal preparation and, instead, channel your energy to resting, recovering, and mothering your infant. By wholly replenishing your nutrient deficits during the postpartum period, you are also powerfully tending to you and your baby's future.
Blue Stone Healing can take care of you while you are taking care of your newest family member. We offer postpartum meal prep including warming, nutrient-dense, and easily digestible delicious foods. They are comforting and provide much-needed hydration and replenishment for both recovery and milk production. Our meals are designed to help you heal faster, stabilize your mood, give you energy to get through long nights, and support you in breastfeeding or bottle-feeding.
All meals, snacks, broths, and lactation cookies are made with dominantly organic ingredients and free of gluten, dairy, refined sugars, and salt. They are also delivered to your door in the Cowichan/Duncan region for your convenience.
