Latonya Williams Instagram – My three keys for an ANTI-AGING postpartum⁉️👇🏾:
1. REST & RECOVER😴. In Chinese culture they say how you recover and nourish yourself postpartum will affect you for the rest of your life – including how well (or not) you age‼️
I’ve just now completed the 40 days “confinement” prescribed to new moms in cultures all around the world. We’ve been staying in, eating warming soups (made with love by my mom), drinking herbal teas and bone broths and avoiding cold foods so as not to “put out the fire” of my recovering digestive system. Food is medicine, remember to fill your cup mama’s! (Great book on this ➡️ The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother)
2. WRITE – I now fully understand how intrusive thoughts could take hold when those hormones dip (and how if left unchecked, they could affect how you are able to care for your family and lead to stress, grey hair and wrinkles down the road). I have a really effective writing technique that I use daily to stop new mom anxiety before it starts 😅 so I can be stable for baby girl💕 .
I also used this during pregnancy to create a stress free environment for my baby to thrive – maybe that’s why we went 41 weeks and two days – she didn’t want to leave!
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3. BABY WRAP – Nothing reduces cortisol more than a content baby🙌🏾 If I ever need to get her to sleep – wrap. Need to heat up some food – wrap. It’s great for both of us: she feels safe and secure, we’re skin to skin bonding, and I get my hands (and sanity😜)! I love my @belugababy wrap (not an ad) – bonus the high contrast print keeps her entertained while I put it on 👏🏾
And after our 40 days we are both doing so well. Baby girl adorably laughs in her sleep, and feeds and sleeps fantastic (midwife said “I’ve got that cream” 😂 after her two week weigh in AND I’m shockingly not nearly as sleep deprived as anticipated). Only problem is….our freezer meals are running out! 😜
#postpartum #postpartummusthaves #antiaging #pregnancy #childbirth #naturalbirth #thefirst40days #selfcare #ftm #newmomtips | Posted on 24/Oct/2024 00:06:47
