The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

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Creating a shared calendar for when those three people would be coming over was one of those to-dos I didn’t get to before our baby was born ( oops). like a lot those contrasts within the same song, those different inner passages, exemplifying a man's soul and mind, Sarah Trott: [00:05:37] So I’m holding a copy of the book in my hands and I’ve got a bunch of my little tabs where I marked up all of my favorite places. It’s just so well-worn now at this point. And I think that one section in particular that I really loved, which might speak to what you’re describing as being a guide, is this list of the seven factors that influence the postpartum period. So it’s like questions to ask yourself before the baby arrives. I went on maternity leave two weeks before my due date with the hope of having time to nest before our baby arrived. Which is why it’s brilliant that your book invites them to think of the end of pregnancy as a time to be considering the fourth trimester. But I have found often in my 37 years of practice that often that sort of the strain that comes up between grandparent and new parent or parent and child as it were is “I’m worried for you. And you’re telling me you don’t want me to be there and I’m not going to stop worrying about you so I’m going to push this and you’re going to feel pushed and it’s uncomfortable.”

The First Forty Days’ points out that the Chinese practice of confinement is mirrored in other traditional cultures. La cuarentena found in parts of Latin America is a “quarantine” lasting for 40 days. In Hopi tradition, mother and child remain in seclusion for 21 days. In India, a new mother may take her newborn to stay at her parents’ home for up to three months, finding support and nourishment surrounded by family. Make a list of your postpartum support community, those people you can count on to do some light cleaning, cooking, or who can entertain other children that may be at home. I haven't made any of the recipes, so can't speak to their quality, though I may take inspiration from the general ideas (e.g. ginger, rice, soups). I believe that every woman out there knows the basic instinct of what we talked about in The First forty days and we’re just here to really say it’s in you. Let’s really pull it out and be the best of who you actually are. And let’s take this moment because you just gave birth to this life that you just made. Outstanding“ nervous and captivating ballad; when the voice and the guitar complement each other harmoniously for a warm,

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Because he came here the most times,” the old man said. “If Durocher had continued to come here each year your father would think him the greatest manager.” My dad passed away when I was seven months pregnant, and grief and staying healthy came before baby prep. As we approached our due date, I was feeling behind on my to-do list and was craving the opportunity to ground and prepare. I decided to start maternity leave a little early for this reason. I know. It was a great mistake. He might have gone with us. Then we would have that for all of our lives.” Sarah Trott: [00:13:46] And it sounds like you’ve also built your career around taking real action. So for example I understand that you have a business called Mother Bees which is about delivering food. While babies are adorable and exciting to meet and to hold, what is more important is holding their parents and providing them with what they need to parent their little one successfully.

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Heng Ou: [00:12:38] I love that. I mean we’re an action-base society so we want to you know step forward and put ourselves you know we want to do something. And I love how there’s so many different ideas which we’re now expanding to which is fantastic and my whole goal is to really take postpartum as a real serious time in our lives– as serious as birth, as serious as pregnancy. You know that’s that’s our goal here. I think that’s everybody’s goal here on this conversation.

The thing is, though, people were offering to help and really wanted to. But often, people don’t know how to help you until you tell them what you need. desired optimism; the suddenly heavy break keeps the riff and the voice is higher; the piano takes center stage, Create your sacred space, starting from your bed. You want to be as comfortable as possible, as peaceful as possible. The pathway between your bedroom to your bathroom will be well-trod. Make sure you have perinatal squeezy bottle, your sitz bath and witch hazel. These spaces will be your haven. Esther Gallagher: [00:39:09] And the phrase that goes along with most Western women’s postpartum experience is, “you just get through it.”If you’re pregnant or planning to support someone during early postpartum, I highly recommend reading ‘The First Forty Days’. The wisdom this book contains transformed my approach to postpartum and has set me up to be the healthiest mother – physically, mentally, and emotionally – that I can be to my little one. Heng Ou’s Books The days and weeks following birth are an intense time of transition, learning, rest, and recovery. Both mama and baby are experiencing the fourth trimester, as they learn to go from sharing one body to being two separate beings. The modern mother, especially in the United States, is often not able to take the time or have the proper support to allow her to focus on self-care in the way her body truly needs it. Author Heng Ou, inspired by her own postpartum experience, which followed the traditional Chinese wisdom of zuo yuezi, which translates to “sit the month,” shares how mothers can nurture their physical and mental health in the six weeks following birth in her book The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother. The book, which includes lovely photography and 60 recipes intended to replenish and strengthen post-birth, is broken into seven easy-to-read chapters. A great read, especially during the second half of pregnancy, for both mothers and their partners (or other postpartum support people), The First Forty Days includes pantry and shopping lists to prepare before hand, as well as step-by-step instructions for making everything from bone broth to body salves. It discusses how to approach relationships, setting guidelines for visitors, and asking for help and support from family and friends. Heng Ou: [00:13:55] Yes that’s how I started. You know after my third baby’s birth. I really again wanted to be in my action mode and as great as you know any postpartum or birth you know we know that birth awakens a woman’s body in some amazing way and it’s like you take that moment to take a little bit of rest and then you say wow these little percolating ideas are going to sort of come out somehow. And if you honor that and really cherish that something grand can really come and fortunately it came in my life after my birth.