I'm currently 34 weeks pregnant with my fifth baby, and it wasn't until my fourth pregnancy that I even learned that there was a better way to do the "fourth trimester". It was even more surprising to find out that other cultures have been supporting post-partum mothers for thousands of years, and have established protocols built into their society!
I'm working on prepping my own life and family to get ready for the month after my baby comes, so that I can spend time recovering and bonding with her. I'm also considering starting a Substack to share things like nourishing recipes, postpartum meal plans, and family "helper" schedules. I'm just not sure where to start, or if anyone would be interested in it.
I feel worse for knowing this exists and that's a high bar atm. The saddest bit is how much better it could be, imagine a "hotel" where you have help 24/7 if you need it, where you can relax and just get to learn your baby, grow into your new dyad without having to worry about cooking, cleaning etc. The prevailing narrative says "oh society couldn't afford something like that", but it would pay so much back in terms of giving mothers and babies the best possible start in life. Even if all you care about is numbers, the most sociopathic capitalist calculation, investing in early life care is smart economics.
I'm currently 34 weeks pregnant with my fifth baby, and it wasn't until my fourth pregnancy that I even learned that there was a better way to do the "fourth trimester". It was even more surprising to find out that other cultures have been supporting post-partum mothers for thousands of years, and have established protocols built into their society!
I'm working on prepping my own life and family to get ready for the month after my baby comes, so that I can spend time recovering and bonding with her. I'm also considering starting a Substack to share things like nourishing recipes, postpartum meal plans, and family "helper" schedules. I'm just not sure where to start, or if anyone would be interested in it.
I feel worse for knowing this exists and that's a high bar atm. The saddest bit is how much better it could be, imagine a "hotel" where you have help 24/7 if you need it, where you can relax and just get to learn your baby, grow into your new dyad without having to worry about cooking, cleaning etc. The prevailing narrative says "oh society couldn't afford something like that", but it would pay so much back in terms of giving mothers and babies the best possible start in life. Even if all you care about is numbers, the most sociopathic capitalist calculation, investing in early life care is smart economics.
This man really understood the value of mothers: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/donald-woods-winnicott And the needs of babies are really quite simple; it's our society that has made it " too hard" to meet them. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/what-do-babies-expect
1500 a night?!!?
At that money it’d be cheaper just to take unpaid time off and hire a housekeeper
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14381549/Blake-Lively-breastfed-Olin-Justin-Baldoni-movie-set.html Can we talk about this shit show of an article