Natural Health after Birth

Natural Health after Birth
Author: Aviva Jill Romm
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 159477594X

Provides essential advice for adjusting to the many challenges facing women during the first year after giving birth. • Offers practical tips for finding balance between being fully immersed in the beautiful but demanding path of motherhood and maintaining a sense of self. • Provides helpful herbal tips and recipes and includes gentle yoga exercises. • Addresses a new mother's need to replenish her body, mind, and spirit so that she can nurture her child. • By the author of The Natural Pregnancy Book and Vaccinations: A Thoughtful Parent's Guide. New mothers need care and support to adjust to the myriad challenges facing them after birth: changing body image, lifestyle, work arrangements, and relationships. Midwife, herbalist, and mother of four, Aviva Jill Romm shares her insights into how to make this crucial time a happy one. She provides essential advice for preparing for the postpartum period, coping during the first few days after the birth, establishing a successful breast-feeding relationship, getting enough rest, eating well even with a hectic schedule, and finding time to regain strength and tone with gentle yoga exercises. Woven throughout are helpful herbal tips and recipes to make the first year of motherhood a naturally healthy one. Natural Health after Birth also addresses a new mother's need to replenish her body, mind, and spirit so that she can nurture her child. This book provides support both for women who plan to be home full or part time during the first year and those who must return to their jobs soon after the birth. With humor and compassion, Romm offers mothers practical wisdom for attaining the delicate balance between being fully immersed in the beautiful but demanding path of motherhood and maintaining a sense of self.

A Natural Guide to Pregnancy and Postpartum Health

A Natural Guide to Pregnancy and Postpartum Health
Author: Dean Raffelock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2003-01-06
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781583331385

Having a baby can and should be one of the most joyful experiences of a woman's life. While there are hundreds of books that provide information on how to ensure the development of a healthy baby, few of them dedicate more than a few pages to the nourishment of the mother herself during this physically and emotionally demanding time. It is rarely discussed, but women commonly experience a wide variety of ailments during the postpartum period, from depression to anxiety, backache, and loss of libido. A Natural Guide to Pregnancy and Postpartum Health is the first book by physicians that is devoted entirely to telling women how they can prevent postpartum problems and attain optimum health after the delivery of their babies. Elements of the program, which is meant to be adopted during-or, if possible, before-pregnancy, include diet, nutritional supplementation, exercise, hormone-balancing, the use of medicinal herbs, and conventional medications. Developed by the authors in clinical practice, this program has a proven track record in helping women to avoid and overcome postpartum difficulties.

The Ultimate Guide to Postnatal Recovery

The Ultimate Guide to Postnatal Recovery
Author:
Publisher: Xspurts.com
Total Pages: 41
Release:
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Welcoming a new life into the world is a joyous experience, but it also presents new moms with an array of challenges. In "Why Postnatal Self-Care is Essential for New Moms," we dive deep into the critical subject of self-care for mothers after childbirth. Discover why taking care of yourself is not only vital but also an act of love for both you and your newborn. Physical Recovery Understanding Postpartum Changes: Gain insights into the physical changes your body undergoes after childbirth. Prioritizing Rest and Healing: Learn why allowing your body to recover properly is essential for your well-being. Mental Health The Emotional Rollercoaster: Explore the impact of hormonal shifts on your mood and emotions. Identifying Postpartum Depression: Understand the signs of postpartum depression and the importance of seeking help. Emotional Bonding Building a Strong Connection: Discover how self-care can enhance your emotional bond with your baby. Partner and Family Dynamics: Explore how self-care can positively influence your relationships. Breastfeeding Support Establishing Successful Breastfeeding: Learn about the role of self-care in supporting your breastfeeding journey. Quality Sleep The Power of Rest: Understand the importance of quality sleep for your physical and mental health. Body Image and Self-Esteem Embracing Your Postpartum Body: Explore strategies to boost body confidence and self-esteem. Cultivating Acceptance and Self-Love: Discover the transformative effects of self-acceptance and self-love. Exercise and Movement Getting Active: Learn how physical activity can contribute to your overall well-being. Time for Oneself Me Time Matters: Embrace the concept of "me time" and its significance in self-care. Self-Care Rituals Practical Self-Care: Explore self-care rituals tailored to your needs and preferences. Support System Building a Strong Network: Understand the value of a support system of friends and fellow mothers. Partner Involvement: Encourage open communication with your partner about self-care needs. Healthy Nutrition Postpartum Diet: Learn how nutrition plays a crucial role in your postpartum recovery. Managing Stress Stress Reduction Strategies: Discover practical ways to manage stress, including meditation and mindfulness. Embracing Support Seeking Professional Help: Explore the benefits of professional support and therapy. Peer Support: Understand the power of connecting with other new mothers who share similar experiences. "Why Postnatal Self-Care is Essential for New Moms" is your comprehensive guide to navigating the postpartum period with grace and resilience. By prioritizing your physical and emotional well-being, you not only care for yourself but also create a nurturing environment for your baby. This book offers practical advice, expert insights, and real-life stories to empower you on your self-care journey. Embrace self-love, find balance, and thrive as a new mom with the guidance and wisdom shared in these pages.Table of Contents Introduction The Ultimate Guide to Postnatal Recovery UNDERSTANDING POSTNATAL RECOVERY PHYSICAL HEALING REST AND SLEEP EXERCISE AND MOVEMENT PERINEAL CARE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING HORMONAL CHANGES SEEKING SUPPORT MANAGING STRESS AND ANXIETY NUTRITION AND HYDRATION POSTNATAL DIET HYDRATION TIPS BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT ESTABLISHING A BREASTFEEDING ROUTINE SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP SELF-CARE PRACTICES TIME MANAGEMENT SELF -CARE ACTIVITIES RELATIONSHIPS AND INTIMACY COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTION REKINDLING INTIMACY RETURNING TO WORK

The Postnatal Depletion Cure

The Postnatal Depletion Cure
Author: Dr. Oscar Serrallach
Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1478970294

While postpartum depression has become a recognizable condition, this is the first book to treat root causes of mommy brain, baby blues, and other symptoms that leave mothers feeling exhausted. Any woman who has read What to Expect When You're Expecting needs a copy of The Postnatal Depletion Cure. Filled with trustworthy advice, protocols for successful recovery, and written by a compassionate expert in women's health, this book is a guide to help any mother restore her energy, replenish her body, and reclaim her sense of self. Most mothers have experienced pain, forgetfulness, indecision, low energy levels, moodiness, or some form of baby brain. And it's no wonder: The process of growing a baby depletes a mother's body in substantial ways--on average, a mother's brain shrinks 5% during pregnancy, and the placenta saps her of essential nutrients that she needs to be healthy and contented. But with postnatal care ending after 6 weeks, most women never learn how to rebuild their strength and care for their bodies after childbirth. As a result, they can suffer from the effects of depletion for many years, without knowing what's wrong as well as getting the support and treatments that they need.

Your Best Body After Baby

Your Best Body After Baby
Author: Jen Torborg
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2018-08-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781725926776

Pregnant or postpartum and wanting to optimize your healing and recovery after baby? Want to return to exercise without pain or leakage? Want to return to sex pain free? This book aims to empower you with healthy ways to return to exercise, sex, and other tasks encountered by new moms. This book is written from a pelvic floor physical therapy standpoint. This book covers diaphragm breathing, pelvic floor exercises, posture and more. This postnatal book is a quick, easy read for my postpartum mamas out there wanting to develop some healthy habits in their recovery after childbirth. You'll find plenty of options and variations to tailor your specific goals. There are practical and easy-to-implement ideas that will empower you in your postpartum body. This book was written to give you insight into what people mean when they say just listen to your body. It's meant to give you a way to listen to that voice and know how to modify or ask for help during the fourth trimester.Your body was meant to do this! The tips provided in this book will allow you to embrace this time after pregnancy and connect with your body in a healthy and inspiring way. Pelvic floor physical therapist, Jen Torborg, PT, DPT shares pregnancy tips based on research and insights from clinical experience. You can apply these easy-to-follow habits to have your best body after childbirth.In this book, you will learn about: 1. Rest and healing to guide you in the early weeks postpartum2. Returning to exercise in an intentional way3. Returning to sex pain free4. Optimizing scar tissue (perineum, vulva and cesarean scars)5. What's important to know about diastasis recti6. Posture considerations for mom7. And other postnatal questions answered about common (happens frequently), but not normal (healthy state of the body) symptoms that you may encounter (leakage, prolapse, pain, etc), discussion on breastfeeding, mental health and loving your body. This book also includes a FREE Your Best Body after Baby checklist so you can apply the healthy habits described in this book and monitor your progress.Are you ready to have your best body after baby?

Postnatal Pilates

Postnatal Pilates
Author: Anya Hayes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1472962184

This is a straight-talking, woman-to-woman postnatal recovery guide with a difference. These tailored Pilates exercises are safe and effective to build strong foundations, whatever your exercise goals. Clear step-by-step exercises are suitable for the fourth trimester, caesarean recovery and year one and beyond. Take control of your postnatal recovery and feel empowered with this toolkit of resources: - Health, fitness and wellbeing advice will help replenish and renew your energy in mind, body and spirit. - Learn how to check for abdominal separation and recognise the signs of pelvic floor weakness – what it means and what you can do about it. - Posture tips, easily incorporated into your day-to-day life – while breastfeeding, pushing your buggy, at your desk, picking up your toddler. Routines are realistic and manageable as they are broken down into bite-sized 10/20/30-minute blocks.

The Fourth Trimester

The Fourth Trimester
Author: Kimberly Ann Johnson
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2017-12-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1611804000

A guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels—and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years. Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women’s health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism—as well as her own personal experience—to cover • how you can prepare your body for birth; • how you can organize yourself and your household for the best possible transition to motherhood; • simple practices and home remedies to facilitate healing and restore energy; • how to strengthen relationships and aid the return to sex; • learning to exercise safely postpartum; • carrying your baby with comfort; • exploring the complex and often conflicting emotions that arise postpartum; • and much more.

After Birth

After Birth
Author: Jessica Hatcher-Moore
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2021-05-27
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1788166442

'An absolute treasure trove on women's physical and mental postnatal health' Milli Hill, author of Give Birth Like A Feminist and The Positive Birth Book 'Brilliant' Clover Stroud 'Essential reading for all parents to be' Marina Fogle 'Helpful, honest and humorous - which is exactly what we all need after birth' Ross J. Barr, acupuncturist and women's health expert While there is a wealth of advice for new mums on caring for their babies the same is not true for postpartum health. Fulfilling this vital need, After Birth is the ultimate postnatal primer for women facing changes to their bodies after having a baby. Addressing issues great and small - from hair loss and stretch marks, to bladder and bowel leaks, painful sex, diastasis recti and mental health - researcher and writer Jessica Hatcher-Moore brings together straight-talking advice on preparation for childbirth, healing, and recovery in the weeks, months and even years that follow. She also offers insights for partners, whose role is often overlooked at this critical time. Blending knowledge from the full spectrum of modern and traditional therapies with honest experiences from mothers, here is balanced advice with no agenda. Taking a broad look at what we can do for ourselves at home, and also when to seek expert help, After Birth will reassure, inform and empower women to reclaim their post-birth bodies.

Bellie Fit Basics

Bellie Fit Basics
Author: Monique Hollowell Bs Cpt
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2009-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0595518850

"This book is a must have for all stages of your pregnancy. Thanks to Bellie Fit Basics, I had a great pregnancy and 4 hour delivery. I will not have another child with out it!" -Aretha Hill, Three time Olympian "I can't say enough about what this information did for me during my pregnancies. Bellie Fit Basics provided a wealth of knowledge for me and my patients." -Nolana Newton, Doctor of Physical Therapy Bellie Fit Basics offers tips on weight management, fitness, and exercise for women who want to improve their pregnancy and post-baby recovery. Monique Hollowell, a former intercollegiate athlete with expertise in fitness programming, combines both her professional life and personal pregnancy experiences in order to share the details of the specialized fitness and nutrition program she created to promote the kind of lifestyle that allows pregnant women to achieve healthy weight gain, reduced complications, and ease of vaginal delivery with minimal medication. Hollowell provides insight into the issues that pregnant women face as well as simple and realistic solutions that will guide women through prenatal and postnatal care. She helps women understand the benefits of exercise and mindful eating by providing valuable information on: Preparing for changes to the body during pregnancy Planning and creating nutritious meals Structuring cardio, flexibility, and resistance training programs Losing baby weight quickly and effectively Bellie Fit Basics provides the practical advice that will help women not only enjoy pregnancy, but also achieve a fit lifestyle and body after the baby is born!

The Complete Guide to Postnatal Fitness

The Complete Guide to Postnatal Fitness
Author: Judy DiFiore
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-12-13
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1408196557

An updated third edition of the guide for new mums, fitness leaders and physios on how to regain fitness following the birth of a baby. This Complete Guide includes: - exercises - advice - relevant anatomy and physiology All clearly explained, fully updated and packed with exercises. Includes new guidance and up to date references, and all illustrations replaced with new photographs.