Before it goes away, before I forget, because "Mama mind", a thousand things, multitasking and sometimes silence...

contemplation... overflowing love*

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Simple advice for breastfeeding/ and/ or post partum health:

*trust your body

*eat superfoods (avocado, chia seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, , tahini, bananas,eggs,spirulina,soups, wild fish if not vegetarian, reishi mushroom and other chinese tonic herbs medicine)

*oatmeal, coconut oil, soup ( I recommend pumpkin soup) increase the milk flow! There are no problems in adding a little garlic/onions/ginger... turmeric as well... just take care with strong tastes such as cumin, curry and other strong food/spice tastes... beware of salads as well, they don't go well with the milk flow although it might be just a generality and perhaps it is ok for some women...

*the best is to listen to one's own intuition... that intuition is stronger still than during the pregnancy!

*try Magnesium oil, it works wonders... 

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*Do not let other people/women stress you or make you think you cannot do it....(those with not so positive attitudes)..... that stress will block the flow and the connection between you and your baby will get more difficult. Only surround yourself with positivity, positive people, trusting people*

*protect your interaction with your baby! Protect the baby from too much outside stress as well ***

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*Respect the 40 days/ 6 weeks or longer if needed of the sacred post partum time... It is indeed a vulnerable time. A time the mama needs to adapt to the new life with the baby, plus attend to any healing in herself and let the new life get integrated with the partner as well. I would advise to not have too many people visiting.... stay wild until feeling strong, until rooted in the new reality...

Also because the mama needs to deeply enjoy, completely taste the delicious feeling of the miraculous new life there, feeding at ther breast or just sharing the life with her.. 

*Treat yourself with lots of love, self care, honor and respect.. send a lot of love to your belly :) it might take a long time to come back to how it was before pregnancy... so flowing with the time needed by your body to heal/recuperate is a beautiful idea...

*Make sure you drink lots of teas and water!

*Massage yourself with lavender oil.

*If breasfeeding, massage your breasts everyday***

*Massage baby everyday, I recommend coconut oil :)

*Make sure you sweat out all the water/liquids you have stored during your pregnancy but with patience... it might take months or more... 

if in need to loose weight, the superfoods will help, plus not stressing too much over the weight, sometimes pleasing oneself and other times looking at not eating too much fat... and yet just the necessary for the good milk flow...

*exfoliate your skin, try new beautiful organic shampoo, use coconut oil and aloe vera for your skin... coconut oil for hair care as well.

*walk, stretch....exercise if you can... yoga, meditation, dance if you can..

*Be gentle and kind with yourself...

*Find ways to be totally whole with your baby... to be in the moment... and not loose sight of the miracle that is unfolding right before the eyes...

*Give yourself gifts, do special rituals of passage into Motherhood... talk to Earth, Nature and the Goddess :)

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On when the milk flow gets "blocked" in the breasts, forming lumps and hurting, sometimes leading to fever, etc...massage the area well, use breast oil massage for breastfeeding ( Weleda does a good one ), talk to your body, do Reiki if you know how to and most important remedy: make baby drink a lot from the blocked breast, to make it flow once more... eat really well, taking lots of vitamins ( orange juice, etc...), drink beautiful Chai tea ( marvellous Indian recipe, with Ginger :)) for boosting the immune system... Rest, sleep, unwind, do not carry heavy loads, let go of all worries and most importantly don't panic, with good care it goes away quickly... I also recommend a good lavendra oil for extra good sleep and relaxation! 

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I recently discovered that Vitamin D is super important for us Mamas; in the early years, we are the source of Vitamin D for the baby....Vitamin D is given by the Sun and by some food, but if one is vegan or vegetarian, one must be really careful to investigate about where to get the Vitamin D, and if taking it from the Sun, to find the correct balance of being nicely in the Sun without burning or without being too much covered in sun cream...I take the time to include this information here after having disovered that despite all my efforts to eat super healthy and balanced and to do lots of outdoor wild nature adventures  I still had a dangerously low Vitamin D level in me...and low Vitamin B12....It affected my gums as I breastfeeded my son for four years... and have been mainly vegetarian.... We are  now eating more fish and eggs and cheese whislt really thanking the Spirit of the Fish and along with other delicious complements such as Spirulina I am taking supplements of Vitamin D and B12...I am feeling better day by day...

Lots of Love from my Mama Heart to Yours!

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