How to maintain your well-being as a new mum

The concept of self care, wellness and optimum health (both mental and physical) has come up tons, as you’d expect, from this initial start to motherhood. I’m super happy for that, because I want to be the healthiest I can be, both for myself and my bodies recovery, and for Sonny and those around me. It’s time to give back to my body, slowly, for all its hard work producing a baby!

Hair loss, lower back pain, pelvic pain, weak knees is what’s going on here! Following arrival home after the birth and still very much being on cloud 9, I remember being surprised at how stiff I felt! Elated, but so stiff! I had had significant pelvic girdle pain during the pregnancy, and been very inactive so I’m sure this had its contributions also, as well as the obvious regarding the effort of labour and then going straight into…