Womb Led Woman Podcast 17. The 4th Trimester: Postpartum Nourishment with Feeding Mama Founder Mona En Ting Stillwell
So much focus goes on baby in the fourth trimester…what about mama? In postpartum, your body is in its most vulnerable state, severely lacking in vitamins, minerals, and of course..sleep!
Traditional Chinese Medicine has very specific, nourishing traditions and protocols for postpartum that help mama recover.
Mona En Ting Stillwell founded Feeding Mama, a meal delivery service for postpartum parents, as a way to bring TCM postpartum practices to the mainstream.
We discuss:
- Mona’s personal experience with IVF and a high-risk birth due to her age and having twins
- How postpartum TCM practices helped her heal and why she wanted to bring this to more people
- Key foods, vitamins and minerals for the 4th trimester according to TCM
- Other recovery practices and traditions in TCM for the postpartum period
- How Mona has benefitted emotionally and spiritually from re-connecting with her Chinese cultural roots and her ancestors
- Resources for how you can incorporate TCM traditions into your postpartum period
- Decolonization practices Mona incorporates into her business to respect & repay BIPOC peoples
Resources Mentioned:
The Nine Golden Months by Heng Ou
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