What is matrescence?
What is matresence and how do you navigate it? This blog post aims to give you support and advice as you find your feet in motherhood.
POSTPARTum RECIPES- Chicken Soup with Miso
Postpartum Recipes - Vanilla Coconut Haystacks
Vanilla Coconut Haystacks. These are a brilliant postpartum snack. Packed with protein and healthy fats. Could be made ahead for your fourth trimester.
PostPARTUM RITUALS | WARMING BODY OIL
Your body has been through a lot, it needs love, kindness and compassion. This simple recipe for a warming oil is one way to honour your postpartum body and support the healing process after giving birth.
Fourth Trimester Recipes | SPICED Hot Chocolate
A tasty and special spiced hot chocolate full of healthy fats for postpartum recovery.
Boundaries for Mothers
The shifts and vulnerability of early motherhood can come as a shock. The changes to your relationship to yourself and your identity were not something I’d planned for. This blog post shares some ideas for giving yourself some space and grace to explore those changes.
Why you might be feeling depleted in the early weeks and months of motherhood
There have been huge shifts in the way we recover after childbirth, our mothers were most likely supported in hospital for far longer than we were and had a support network of close friends and sisters that probably lived close by and who weren’t working full time. This post is all about sharing why it might be feeling so hard and why you might not be recovering as fast as you might have thought.
Fourth Trimester Recipes | VEGAN CHILLI
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) places great emphasis on the need for warming, nourishing foods to support your recovery. This vegan chilli recipe from Anna Jones is simple, cheap and nourishing. It fits the bill in terms of warming spices and is delicious too. Perfect for postpartum recovery.
Massage techniques for Sleep & your Bedtime Routine
Massage techniques to help with your baby’s sleep and support and ideas for establishing a bedtime routine.
Planning for your fourth trimester recovery
Advice on some key conversations to have with your birth partner when planning for your fourth trimester and recovery from birth. To help you to consider how you are going to get the rest and support you need to recover really well.
Traditional Wisdom for the fourth trimester
The recovery process and rituals from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for a woman post birth are really generous, kind and considered.
Birth is a moment where the body goes from most ‘yang’ to most ‘yin’. At the end of pregnancy the body is warm, full of blood, full of life (literally!). Birth is a very ‘yang’ experience, very outward and energetic. After the birth your body is at its most ‘yin’, you have an empty space inside you and the loss of vital substances (blood, fluid and energy) means you are in a vulnerable state.
To bring balance back to the body, great importance is given to rest, warmth, nourishing foods and providing protection for the mother.