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Why  you  need  to  set  up  a  meal  train  for  postpartum

3/15/2017

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LIFE WITH A NEWBORN IS BUSY
 
It’s crazy how the most basic things become so difficult once you’re caring for a newborn. Taking a shower, peeing by yourself, eating with both hands and other things we take for granted on the pre-baby days all of a sudden become luxuries during postpartum.
 
Newborns are a lot of work. Many want to be held all the time and those little stomachs can’t hold much food, so they need to eat and poop often. If you’re breastfeeding, you might find most of your day is spent nursing. So, when are you supposed to cook and prepare all the nutritious meals you will be needing to recover from childbirth, cope with sleep deprivation and keep a healthy milk supply?!
 
Even if you have an awesome partner who is committed to taking the best care of you, the demands of parenthood are many and it’s easy to put our nutritional needs on the back burner. Taking care of babies wasn’t meant to be a one or two person job. You will keep hearing it over and over and even if it sounds cliché it’s true: it takes a village! So hey, there is a very easy thing you can do to make this transition easier: let people help!

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This   is   what   happens   when   you   go   floating   during   pregnancy

3/11/2017

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Pregnancy is different for everyone and even for the same person each pregnancy is unique. But most people who have grown a human inside their bodies will tell you it can often be quite uncomfortable, especially towards the end.
 
Time has been flying by and I’m now 34 weeks pregnant. I don’t remember my first pregnancy being as achy as this one. I have been doing a lot of things to try to help my body cope with all the changes: prenatal yoga, Dancing For Birth™, hula hooping, swimming and visiting the chiropractor. It does help, but I still struggle, particularly when it comes to finding myself not able to enjoy sleep at night since every turn and shift seems like a gigantic effort.
 
So when a friend told me about Oly Float here in Olympia, I was immediately attracted to the idea and decided to look more into it.

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