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Postpartum meal prep

Postpartum meal prep is planning and preparing simple meals, snacks, and drinks before birth for easier eating after delivery.

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Meal prep and recovery planning before birth

Meal prep and recovery planning before birth

Start with realistic postpartum physiology The first weeks after birth are metabolically and physically demanding. The uterus is involuting, lochia is changing, wounds may be healing, breast or chest tissue may be establishing milk production, and sleep is often fragmented. Even after an uncomplicated vaginal birth, many people have perineal swelling, hemorrhoids, constipation risk, musculoskeletal […]