Postpartum Care

No-Bake Lactation Bites

no-bake lactation bites

Well, things sure look different for me as a doula these days. Amidst the chaos of Covid-19, we are all trying to stay sane and busy and healthy all the while being contained to our homes. I feel you. It breaks my heart that I can’t come to your homes to prepare meals and snacks, make tea, hold baby while you shower, fold a load of laundry to help you feel sane or just chat over tea about all that is going on with you and your new baby. The joys, challenges, fears, concerns, accomplishments….it’s just not the same via Skype. So, I thought I’d share a little taste of what I offer when I’m in person and I hope that you can make these or have a family member whip them up to help keep you nourished in the early days when you need those one-handed snacks to keep you going between feeds and naps.

Know that I am here to talk on the phone or have tea over Skype. You are not alone and I will always be here to listen, offer advice if needed and be a calming voice through all that is going on right now.

No-Bake Lactation Bites

  • 1 cup oats

  • 10 dates

  • 1/3 cup brewers yeast

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter

  • 1/4 cup almond milk

  • 1/4 cup honey

  • 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Process the dates into a paste in a food processor. (Soak them first in hot water to soften, for about 10 minutes, then strain and process.

Add the oats. Stir in brewers yeast and peanut butter.

Add almond milk, honey and chocolate chips.

Roll into 1 tablespoon size bites and chill in the fridge.


Enjoy!!

1 bite contains:

12g sugar, 4g fat, 2g fibre, 112 calories, 23mg sodium, 17g carbs. 3g protein

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POSTPARTUM: The Trimester That Knocks You On Your Ass ~ Guest Post

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But in all seriousness, what I could really use was a shower.

The kind with warm water and soap.

In the weeks following the birth of my child.

By myself.

For longer than 90 frantic seconds while an infant in a bassinet on the floor next to the toilet wails and makes me cry and leak all at the same time until I step out of said shower dripping wet to pick the infant up and put her to my breast before sitting on the lid of the toilet, still crying, with my still-slippery-soapy body getting suds all over the place.

Notes from a Client; Nourishing the New Mother

What is one thing you took away from having a postpartum doula work with your family? 

In the crazy fog of the first three months of motherhood she kept my house in order and made the best darn turmeric lattes I’ve ever had! But above all that, she kept my spirits up even on my foggiest days.