SerendipSpa: Allow yourself time to adjust to your new role. Slow things down and simplify your expectations of yourself. Taking care of a new baby is both highly demanding and highly rewarding. Take time for yourself when you can and ask for help before you feel you need it!
Many indigenous cultures recognise the importance of nurturing the new mother with daily massages to help her internal organs and body to recover and rejuvenate. Warming oils massaged onto the belly help the uterus to come back to shape and soothing massages for the whole body ease the old tensions of delivery and the tensions created by carrying your baby and dealing with new stresses. There are a myriad number of treatments for the new mother but finding specialist treatments focused on your specific needs can be particularly helpful. You may even want to try a Mother and Baby massage that helps both of you at the same time.
BebeCannelle: Do you have any recommendations for breastfeeding mothers as a nursing mother yourself?
SerendipSpa: Drink lots and lots of water and use only pure, natural and organic products on your skin. Avoid anything chemical or unnatural as you don’t want your baby ingesting nasties. Also avoid perfumed products and essential oils in the early months as your baby is guided by a sense of smell to help them to breastfeed.
Finally, try and set aside this precious time as time for yourself as well as for your baby. Use it as an opportunity to practice deep breathing or even meditating, re-connecting with yourself as you connect with baby. Of course there are times when you need to do things whilst you breastfeed but don’t forget the benefit of seemingly doing nothing and just being for awhile…
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