You’ve probably heard about how good bone broth is for you. One of the easiest and most delicious foods that can support the nourishment of a new mother is Chicken Soup prepared with homemade healing broth.
One way we can help a new mother with this transition is to nourish her.īy the time a mother has juggled taking care of her newborn, completed basic chores and various household and personal tasks, the preparation of meals may be at the bottom of her priorities and she may take unhealthy shortcuts.Įating well is essential to producing adequate breast milk and for her overall sense of well-being. The reassuring message that we can send to these new mothers is to encourage them to practice the art of receiving care. They need to feel safe and secure so they can do the most important thing in the world, care for their new baby. A woman’s ability to integrate her birth experience and adapt to her new role as a mother as well as her physical recovery is often compromised.įamily and friends may have good intentions of supporting the new mother during this transition time, but frequently the woman can feel overwhelmed by the endless visitors and calls of good will in those early days.Įssentially, new mums need to be taken care of.
For others, the extreme opposite occurs and often in our modern medicalised birth culture, women are expected to return back to their duties with limited care or help – often in isolation. Some cultures keep the woman and her baby isolated from society where she is cared for, bathed, massaged and pampered for weeks. Practices around the transition of a woman back into her community and family after childbirth vary around the world. In fact, in the tribal mind, there was a metaphysical equation between the two acts.” A woman in childbirth was treated with the same respect as a man in battle. “Birth was a time of honor for most tribal mothers. Bliss Baby Yoga Senior Course Facilitator, Mari Notaras, shares a nourishing chicken soup recipe for new mums.
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