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Ask for help, if its too overwhelming and you need extra support, hire a postpartum doula, a cleaner or maybe ask your family to come and help out. Hydrate and Nourish, breastfeeding baby can make you super thirsty, keep a big bottle of water wherever you go, water helps energy move through the body and flush the not so nice toxins out. Move your body, even if your sitting or laying down, stretching. Stretching is possible simply by moving your shoulders, your neck, stretch your arms and release tension each morning and evening Take each day as it comes, babies...

Rich nutrients like Iron, Calcium, Vitamin B, Proteins, Omega 3's and Fatty acids like Lauric acid are passed to the baby through the breastmilk which makes the baby stronger, while at the same time depleting the mothers body. This makes you often feel more tired and in some extreme cases has been linked to depression. Having a balanced nutrients-dense diet helps prevent ‘baby blues’ and postpartum depression. Eating fibre rich foods also helps ease constipation, a common side effect after birth.

You don’t need a specific diet during breastfeeding, many cultures have relied on food and herbs to promote an abundance of milk supply. Galactagogue rich foods as well as foods rich in good ‘unsaturated fats' can support milk-supply mainly found in our dearest friend Oats, Almonds, Barley, Nutritional Yeast, Brown Rice, Fennel, Garlic, Cumin, Ginger, Fresh Turmeric, Fenugreek and Green leafy vegetables. That being said food cannot be the only one thing to support your supply, a correct latch, skin to skin, feeding on demand, rest, sleep, patience (lots of this), hydration and breastfeeding support to name a few for...

The Traditional Chinese way believe the body is naturally cold when you give birth. Blood and Qi (energy) are an essential part in proper healing. During pregnancy the womb is filled with the love and warmth (yang energy) of the mother’s baby; after childbirth, it is empty and cold so it needs to be balanced again. After giving birth the body loses a number of nutrients that need to be replaced. Ways that can support this are nutrient dense warming foods, sleep, rest, hydrate and support. Bringing warmth back to the body after birth helps flush toxins, body aches, increasing...

The Postpartum period starts straight after childbirth as the new mothers hormone levels, uterus size and body shrinks back to non pregnant state. Whatever your birth outcome the first 6 weeks are considered your recovery. Every new mother recovers at a different pace, depending on her baby, body and support received. Change takes place rapidly during this period and each day brings a new development. During the first 3-7 days there is usually uterine bleeding that eventually decreases as time goes on. The abdominal muscles after birth take 6-8 weeks to heal, usually taking longer to restore after a c-...