Let’s talk postpartum nutrition

When I was pregnant I wanted to make sure, once babe was here, that I took care of my body and helped it heal as best as possible.

Talking with my doula and loving the book The First Forty Days I began to see a pattern from a few different cultures. Ancient Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Practice and wisdom from Native American cultures all believe that a postpartum body needs warm and easy to digest foods along with protein and iron.

Our bodies digestion is at its most sluggish and we have just lost a ton of blood. We need to be replenished but slowly and thoughtfully.

After having gone through my own postpartum it put things into a whole new perspective. Having friends and family drop off warm meals was the best and most helpful gesture.

With all this in mind I created a 4 week meal plan for those birthing bodies in need.

You will receive:

3 meals + 1 snack each week : 2-3 servings each

Each meal is specifically designed around the postpartum mother starting at day one. All meals are gluten & refined sugar free. Dairy is limited to grass fed butter or ghee. All soups prepared with homemade broths from grass fed/pasture raised, local meats & bones. Organic when possible

The meal plan includes recipes like:

Slow roasted, mineral rich, beef bone and vegetable broths

Vietnamese beef stew made with a base of homemade bone broth and hydrating coconut water, warming spices like cinnamon and anise and iron rich, grass fed beef.

Ginger fried rice with bacon and kimchi which packs protein and lots of lightly sautéed ginger and garlic helps with inflammation and aids your digestive system.

Sweet potato, asparagus and leek quiche, one of my favorite postpartum meals because it is so filling and so quick to reheat or, quite frankly, eat cold.