Recovery
My first baby was born 10 days after the ‘due date’. So even though I had a feeling he might be born before, he was born 2 weeks earlier than she was. Hence, I did not have as much time for meal prep. However, my husband took on the role wonderfully, and seemed to throroughly enjoy cooking up broths and hearty healthy meals for me.
I was lucky enough to have a home birth. We were very undecided about this, although the evidence shows that low risk 2nd pregnancies don’t post more of a risk to mum or baby at home, my doctor brain felt we would be safer in hospital. We did go to hospital but it all slowed down and in the end decided to come home and delivered with the most wonderful midwives. It wasn’t easy, there were some moments when I was scared, thought we had made the wrong decision and thought I couldn’t do it. Then baby was born, healthy, breathing and breastfeeding within 1 minute, and I was so amazed and happy he had been born at home.
Recovery isn’t easy. It is painful and slow for me this time. Baby is wonderful, however, and I am taking it incredibly slowly.Stretches in bed, changing positions for breastfeeding, walks around the house with baby in the sling, have all helped with the aches and pains.
Most of the meals at the moment are made by my doting husband, or prepared and frozen by us during pregnancy. The best thing visitors can do is bring or prepare food, so that’s just what my mum has been doing also. A fleeting 10 minutes I had alone in the kitchen with my 4 year old daughter, and we managed to make a slow cooker rice pudding together, which I have been enjoying the rest of the week.
So, I am going to do my best at posting some recipes. However, at this time of rest, recovery and healing, I may also just sleep and watch Netflix in between feeding my baby, in bed.
I was lucky enough to have a home birth. We were very undecided about this, although the evidence shows that low risk 2nd pregnancies don’t post more of a risk to mum or baby at home, my doctor brain felt we would be safer in hospital. We did go to hospital but it all slowed down and in the end decided to come home and delivered with the most wonderful midwives. It wasn’t easy, there were some moments when I was scared, thought we had made the wrong decision and thought I couldn’t do it. Then baby was born, healthy, breathing and breastfeeding within 1 minute, and I was so amazed and happy he had been born at home.
Recovery isn’t easy. It is painful and slow for me this time. Baby is wonderful, however, and I am taking it incredibly slowly.Stretches in bed, changing positions for breastfeeding, walks around the house with baby in the sling, have all helped with the aches and pains.
Most of the meals at the moment are made by my doting husband, or prepared and frozen by us during pregnancy. The best thing visitors can do is bring or prepare food, so that’s just what my mum has been doing also. A fleeting 10 minutes I had alone in the kitchen with my 4 year old daughter, and we managed to make a slow cooker rice pudding together, which I have been enjoying the rest of the week.
So, I am going to do my best at posting some recipes. However, at this time of rest, recovery and healing, I may also just sleep and watch Netflix in between feeding my baby, in bed.
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