Postpartum timeline, part 1: rest, refuel, rebuild
Blossom Strong
English - May 13, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBFitness Health & Fitness Kids & Family Parenting fitness motherhood motherhood transition pregnancy mom momfit postpartum strength strong blossom Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ok. So you had your baby. Now what?
Blanche and Esther walk through the expectations of how your body and mindset continue to transform and adjust to being a new mom. What does that look like for rest, nutrition and moving in the first two weeks after baby is born? Tune in to this week's episode to find out.
Welcome and weekly update
01:43 Want to know more about Blanche's personalized small group pregnancy coaching online? Check out www.strongmomma.fitness
07:00 Overview of postpartum timeline
08:14 Moving past the fear of working out while pregnant
10:45 The importance of rest in the first 2 weeks of postpartum
13:46 Finding alternatives to fitness when your body needs to recover
17:40 Set up a postpartum care team
19:38 Add quality nutrition for rebuilding your body in postpartum
20:48 Three resources Blanche and Esther recommend for nutrition:
"The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother" by Heng Ou
"Real Food For Pregnancy" by Lily Nichols (We also recommend checking out her blog posts on Real Food Postpartum Recovery Meals with 50 free recipes and freezer tips)
The Postnatal Depletion Cure: A Complete Guide to Rebuilding Your Health and Reclaiming Your Energy for Mothers of Newborns, Toddlers, and Young Children by Oscar Serrallach
26:33 Balancing good food choices instead of placing restrictions on refueling
28:32 How to pick up and move well while protecting our bodies
28:56 Exhale, engage, exert
31:27 Modeling gentleness and recovery for older kids watching mom go through initial postpartum