Traditional foods for post partum recovery

Re: Traditional foods for post partum recovery

• JLG95

  November 2011

  I was so exhausted during recovery that we often ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches in my house.  Midwife recommended.  Lots of protein.
  

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• elviebird member

  November 2011

  Here's a recipe for a traditional Chinese confinement soup.  It's said to help with recovery and also help you produce more milk.  I've eaten it just as an herbal soup and it's delicious!  https://www.thechinesesouplady.com/chicken-herbal-soup/

   

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• tosh24 member

  November 2011

  JLG95:

  I was so exhausted during recovery that we often ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches in my house.  Midwife recommended.  Lots of protein.
  

  Lol....yep, I remember that after DD. Poor DH didn't get a proper meal for weeks (he can barely cook Kraft Dinner).

  This time I've wised-up and have a month worth of freezer meals. I want to make sure I include things that are good for post partum recovery. I'm a peanut butter monster, so I always have lots of that around

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• wifeofadam member

  November 2011

  I agree with lots of protein.  I ate throughout my labor (and delivery), so I wasn't starving right after the birth.  I still downed an entire steak and some potatoes.

   

      
  

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• pinksweetpea2 member

  November 2011

  My good friend (a fellow homebirther) made me a quiche for my first PP meal.  It was PERFECT. 

  I plan to continue with foods that I am eating while pregnant- lots of leafy greens and heavy on the protein and limiting sweets and carbs.  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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