How to be a Good Friend to a Postpartum Goddess

The Postpartum period for a new mama is crucial..
Ideally her house is clean, her sheets and pj's smell yummy, there is plently of comforting foods and fresh fruits in the fridge...
Any visitors that come should bring her food, visit a short while, and clean something. 
Folding laundry, or playing with her other kids is fine too..
Everyone that passes new-momma-goddess on the couch or bed should ask her if she needs anything.
If she says no, go get her some water.

  • She's really busy adjusting to her new role as mother (of 1, 2, 3, or 4 etc. children)
  • She's figuring out how her baby feels constantly..(hungry, tired, cold, scared, comfortable, curious)
  • Her hormones are wacking out..
  • She needs help and doesn't want to ask you (or yell at you, or cry while she's talking)
Her boobs are taking up alot of space. (in her mind, in her baby's mind, in her husband's mind, in the bed, in her bra)...maybe ask, "how are the girls?" Can you offer breastfeeding help? Get someone who can, if she needs this...

She'll need a little time to touch her belly, alone...

While feeding baby, doing a few pelvic squeezes, even if they are weak, will help speed up the healing process of her perineal chakra..which holds her chi...lifeforce.
This squeezing movement  gives a sense of power back to her, that can ease her sense of any trauma that she may have endured..(This is true for all women, mothers or not,  BTW) Maybe do some with her and giggle over "Kegel Faces"
Deeper Kegels will come with time, as she can trust in the process of taking this area of her body back (from the birth process). Ask her if she needs a nap..or a shower..
You are such a good friend, Goddess...

check out:
The Mama Goddess Experience
is ideal for the pregnant and postpartum woman..

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