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So many focus on preparing for birth during pregnancy, as if the birth itself is the biggest event. And as someone who studied midwifery and attended births for 5 years, I can say confidently that it IS important to prepare for the birth.

But it is arguably even MORE important to prepare for the initial weeks and months postpartum. And not just with meal trains and herbal remedies, but also - from the Ayurvedic lens - with deep replenishing postpartum care.

Nourishing, warming, grounding, holding the mama or birthing parent.

The body changes immensely after the babe is born. Just think, that entire baby and the placenta have been released from the womb. The womb involutes, contracting over the course of time to pre-pregnancy size. There is so much SPACE in the body, the organs are shifting, the body is adjusting.

This is where Ayurveda comes in.

Today's guest, Ayurvedic postpartum care provider Coco Genevieve (AyurMama) has devoted her life to tending and nourishing mothers and birthing parents during the first 6 weeks postpartum, also referred to as the Sacred Window in Ayurveda.

And she shares all about this time, the body changes, the qualities and energetics of both what's happening and what's needed to tend the imbalances, and some of her favorite key practices - namely, food!

She even shares one of her favorite recipes at the end.

It's a whole paradigm of postpartum care that's ancestral wisdom from the Ayurvedic lens, and it's broken down for you in today's interview.

Resources:

• Today's shownotes: Get links to all of Coco's offerings!
• Episode 49: How to create a sacred window for menopause, menarche + beyond with Ashlee Sakaishi Wilkin
• Episode 152: The power of two eyed seeing w Amy Eldredge
• Episode 156: The Universal Mother Principles w Christine Eck

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