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Kit's Birth Story: A Natural Hospital Birth and What Postpartum Recovery Has Looked Like So Far
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He is finally here. After a long day of early labour, an RBT on the way to the hospital, and contractions through the car park Kit made his entrance into the world in just under an hour of active labour, and it was beautiful.
In this special edition of The Bean Talk, Rhiannon and Jeremy share Kit's birth story in full including how it all unfolded, why she used a TENS machine for the first time, how her waters broke in the car, and what it felt like to birth their fifth baby.
In this episode, we cover:
- Early labour contractions and Braxton Hicks versus real contractions
- TENS machine labour and natural pain relief for unmedicated birth
- Signs of labour progression and preparing for natural hospital birth
- A positive birth story — natural unmedicated hospital birth from start to finish
- Placenta encapsulation and what the process looks like
- Postpartum nutrition and postpartum recovery in the early weeks
- Postpartum supplements and supporting breast milk supply naturally
- What honest postpartum recovery really looks like day to day
Mentioned in this episode:
- Better Birth Doula Laura:
- Soul Healing with Kelly: @soulhealingwithkelly
- @returntoselfmassage
- KM Physiotherapy and Women's Health:
- Seed Collective (Jenna):
- The Good Lunch Co:
- Whole Bowl Co:
- Milk and Bloom:
- Elan House of Wellness:
- Sproutling Supplements:
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The information shared in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before starting, changing, or stopping any supplements, medications, or health protocols to ensure they are appropriate for your individual needs.
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Transcript
Introducing 'The Bean Talk' and Special Edition with Baby Kit
00:00:15
Speaker
Welcome to The Bean Talk with me, Rhiannon, your fertility fairy godmother, joined by my trusted partner in life and in the mission of Mungbean Health, Jeremy. Here at Mungbean Health, we're on a mission to unlock the secrets of fertility and natural wellbeing one episode at time.
00:00:36
Speaker
Hello and welcome back to another episode of The Bean Talk with Rhiannon and Jeremy. Hi guys, we are back with a special edition today. ah beautiful little kid. Yeah, his birth story. He's actually sleeping just behind us. So if you hear any grunting sounds like that, it's not Jeremy. It's Kit. He'll probably wake up.
00:00:57
Speaker
very soon he likes to do that but he actually sleeps all right in the day yeah he does but we're just yes actually so if you're watching this that's why we look a bit tired but we're pulling through because we're taking our herbs we are so excited to share his birth story our fifth birth story yeah essentially and it was a really beautiful birth what They were all I
Reflecting on Birth Experience: Was It the Last?
00:01:23
Speaker
know. They all were beautiful in their own way. And his was just like a really beautiful birth, like end birth, which maybe you never know. Never say never. I'm done. Yeah. Am I? I don't know if I'll ever be. But if it was our last birth, then it was a beautiful one to end on. But before we get into his birth story, let's talk about our little bean and big bean.
Postpartum Meal Routines and Managing Tiredness
00:01:46
Speaker
Oh, gosh. Honestly, we have been peeling back the layers. Yeah, right back. Realistically on what we can do in the fresh postpartum that's not going to take too much from us but is going to support the entire journey. So we have...
00:02:04
Speaker
been like I've been making sure pretty much me making sure that we're having slow cooked meals a lot of them i' been protein yeah and Jeremy's been enjoying them yeah but if I ask if I'm like hey can you make this then do it but I also like it done a certain way like I already know the recipe you know it's easy to just do it yourself yeah rather than it's like if you try and get me to bloody build a shed it wasn't fun it was so but I helped but anyway that's a whole nother story you've probably heard about before But, yeah, lots of protein, lots of warming foods, lots of just like resting when we can, when kid lets us but also when the other kids let us. So as soon as it's morning time, it's it's rough. good time. It is. It's, yeah, not your best time.
00:02:49
Speaker
Jeremy likes is a likes to sleep in the morning, like gets your bed asleep and you're a bit more of a night owl. Hello, cortisol. Yeah. But we've been taking our supplements. We have been.
Supporting Postpartum Wellbeing with Supplements
00:03:00
Speaker
We have been taking our supplements, really staying on top of water, making sure I'm opening my bowels daily, which is so important postpartum because if you're mum, you will know that first poop is always a bit scary. And then also if you get constipated with stitches,
00:03:18
Speaker
but code You can imagine. It's not where you want to be having stitches. But anyway, yes, they would be, that's been a little bit on one. Supplements? oh Sproutling? Yeah, Sproutling supplements with our new supplement range. Yes. Forley for her and Cedra for him.
00:03:34
Speaker
For Lee has been amazing for me because we've put Shadavari in there and it's really supportive of your breast milk supply because it's a galactagogue that actually supports lactation. All about that pituitary gland with your prolactin hormone. So really beautiful and a lovely way to support that. But not only that, it's got coenzyme Q10, which is all about energy, mitochondrial function. And anti-aging.
00:03:58
Speaker
We've got other nutrients in there. vitamin e vitamin d that's all really supportive of just general postpartum health anyway so i've been taking those two capsules a day so easy and yours cedra for him tribulus in there which is a herb that's great for testosterone zinc for sperm production yeah antioxidants vitamin e vitamin d coq10 nr yeah all the good stuff to keep us going Exactly. And lycopene, really good for prostate health, antioxidant, sperm, selenium.
00:04:31
Speaker
Really good for things like testosterone, like energy, stamina, manly hormone. Really good. I feel manly. Yeah. You're getting that masculine energy. Yeah. So we've been taking those every day, which definitely helps. Absolutely.
00:04:45
Speaker
Little guy in the back, he has gained a kilo in two weeks. Two weeks, yeah, which is insane. Which is crazy. He's double chin, fat cheeks, loving it all.
The Birth Story Begins: Early Labor and Contractions
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Speaker
But yeah, today we're going talk about his little birth story because he is the star of the show. yeah I was until he was born because I had to birth him. But yeah, it was let's I guess we'll take it from the top. yeahp we So yeah where do I start?
00:05:10
Speaker
the morning. Yeah, essentially woke up in the morning and had some... I didn't know they were contractions, but I was like, oh, is this serious or is this just Braxton Hicks? Because if you've had a baby, you'll know towards the end you're having Braxton Hicks where you're like, oh, is this actually go time or is it not? So I got up, Jeremy was asleep and the kids were all asleep at that time. So I went in the bathroom and I was just waiting to see what happened, came back into bed and then they were like rolling in.
00:05:35
Speaker
essentially and i was like okay i'm probably gonna have a baby by lunchtime that was like 7 a.m so i was like plan that was a plan but life doesn't go to plan so i and then i jumped in the shower because i was like okay this is actually ramping up i'm having contractions and jeremy got up and he's like is it happening is it go time is it happening is it real and i'm like just leave me alone i don't know And then i was like, yeah, it's definitely happening. So we called Jeremy's mum. She was coming over to look after the kids in the day anyway. So that worked out well, but we were like, don't muck around. Make sure you get come over. And then she got there and I was still having them. But then they started to like, every other baby, it's like,
00:06:13
Speaker
I've started to have contractions. Yeah. And they've progressed, right? Yeah. This one, they started to not fizzle out where they'd go, but just like really long in between contractions. I guess I haven't measured them or timed them before, only the first time with Evie. So we'd know when to go the hospital. But...
00:06:28
Speaker
This time i actually used the TENS machine, which was amazing. I've heard about it. I've told people about it, but I've never actually used it myself. And I think that comes down to the fact that I really liked water birth. Yeah. and You can't use it in the water. So I was just like, ah whatever. But you can obviously use it all the way up until then. But I actually rented mine from Better Birth Dooler, Laura. She's so lovely. You can rent it off her from anywhere around Australia. So Better Birth Dooler. She's on Facebook and Instagram.
00:06:57
Speaker
And yeah, I found it really helpful. So Jeremy put that on for me. And then when you get a contraction, you press this boost button and actually gives you more of a sensation. Yeah.
00:07:09
Speaker
Like a stimulation where it's like tingly almost. yeah And then have you, did you try it? No, but I can imagine it'd be like little shock. Yeah. The ab ones. Yeah. I remember dad got those at one point. that was usually his dad's one. Was it? Yeah. How funny. Yeah. And he like turned it up you're like, ah. It tenses your muscle. Like it sends a little shock in there to contract the muscles. God, he had that so long ago. We've been together for so long. But at times the contractions. Yes, so times them so I could see. And I was like, okay, by lunchtime, I was like, 15 minutes apart. What? The heli is going going on? Yeah, this isn't right. No, this isn't normal. Like normally my body would kick in, but babies like the dark.
00:07:47
Speaker
yeah He didn't want to be born in the days. It's way too bright. All the other babies have been born in like the night or early morning in the dark. So I was like, okay, just chilling out, doing the early labor stuff where you like conserving your energy. So we just like blazed around all day because we'd cancelled essentially everything because we went to have the Easter hat parade, which I was so looking forward to for Evie.
00:08:08
Speaker
And of course, and then I could have gone, I would have just been having contractions. I was like, I didn't know how quick it was going to progress. Yeah. And i was really sad I missed out that because it was like her first one. But anyway, next year, i know. anyway Jeremy's mum took her down with the boys as well, which was nice. And then we just, yeah, so we waited it out.
00:08:28
Speaker
And then, yeah, all day. And just, I didn't even really feel like eating much. It was just area just waiting for him to come, which the waiting game all the way up until your birth, like those final weeks are stressful anyway.
00:08:40
Speaker
Like just not stressful, but just, what you call it? You're hot, you're bothered. Yeah, actually, end of summer. Yeah, and you're just like, every little niggle, you're like oh, is it happening? like you And you're excited and you're like a bit nervous if you want it all go well. Anyway, and so we had to wait all day, but then it started to ramp up again. So after it got to lunchtime, it felt like that was like the peak and then it started to like slowly come on again.
00:09:04
Speaker
And then by the time, like it just like, they were still like 10 minutes apart or whatever. Then it got to four. It was like, okay, they're a bit more regular. Five. It was like, okay, it's happening. Six.
00:09:16
Speaker
We were like, okay, it's definitely happening. Let's call midwife.
Journey to the Hospital and Labor Management
00:09:19
Speaker
Yeah. And then the midwife was like, hey maybe you want to have a shower, test out if it's really happening. And I was like, oh, no, it's actually happening. Yeah. But I was like, oh, should we wait a bit longer? Jeremy was like, no. And I was like, surely I'm not in labor, right? And then we were like, let's go to the car. Yeah. Jeremy packed the car.
00:09:38
Speaker
The kids are like, don't go. Don't go. Stay. Stay here. Have the baby. You don't go to the hospital. I'm like, do you want to catch the baby baby? She's like, no, she would be good little helper though. But she was already started heading to what?
00:09:51
Speaker
6.30 maybe, something like that. then we got an RPT. Yes. And the breath test was all set up. Lucky I didn't have any drinks. Of course, we got pulled in, of course. And it's like... And the cop was like, Rihanna was like, we're having a baby. And she's oh my goodness, they're having a baby. yeah do you have fire to go? and we're like, probably about half an hour.
00:10:07
Speaker
Just quickly breathe into this number five. Yeah, actually. One, two, three, five, five. Yeah. And then it was like, they're having a baby to a cop of friends. And then we quickly drove off, but didn't speed, because obviously police were right there. Yeah.
00:10:18
Speaker
And we're safe drivers. Anyway, I was having contractions like all the way down. And like if you've been had contractions in the car and going over bumps and stuff. Not fun. no but like I had the TENS machine on. Honestly, it was really good.
00:10:30
Speaker
And then we got to the hospital and we decided to like park on the road because it's like easier than the high. Towered parking. Yeah. It's very narrow in there. So small and it's busy as well. So we're like, okay, let's just park out here, walk up. Also, I was like, okay, in my mind, this is going to help with the progression because the walking helps, especially being upright in active labour.
00:10:49
Speaker
Yeah. It's usually black like what? Five minute walk from outside into the hospital. Probably. I reckon about five at our normal pace. Yeah. And it took her about half an hour, I reckon, to get to the birthing suite. Because if we left, say we left about 6.30, we would have got down there about 7.00 and then we didn't get in there until 7.45 because he was born at 8.45 and I was only there for an hour. So, yeah, that worked out. It was like 30-minute walk from outside with 10 contractions into the waiting room to get checked in the birthing suite. was just stopping. Yes. And the walk up, it's like you have to go up. We got some stairs. Then we walked across in the car park, getting the lift. And like before I got in the lift, I remember how to get. Yeah, seriously, five just to the lift. I know. Another five.
00:11:35
Speaker
And then that nurse was like, are you all right? Yeah, the nurse ran over and I was like, yes, do you want a wheelchair? And I was like, no, it's fine. Are you sure? I thought it was just good to keep moving, right? I feel like if I can do it, I'll keep doing it till I get in the birth suite.
00:11:48
Speaker
And then, yeah, she was like, are sure if you need to go to the emergency? And I was like, it's all good. We were like, great. Thank you so much. And then I just would have a conjunction, hold on to Jeremy and then keep walking. And that's right. When we arrived, i my waters definitely broke.
00:12:04
Speaker
before I got out of the car, which actually before I left, I had put on the period undies and like the maternity ones, like heavy flow or whatever. It caught all of it. I didn't have any leakage, which is amazing because I had a contraction. I was like, oh, my God, did I just pee myself? I like to jeremy good yeah yeah so i was like to Jeremy, did I did i pee myself or did my waters break? But I didn't hear a pop or it wasn't like a gush. It was just like a trickle. It felt like a wee, but like I had no control over it. i was like, I think. And I know that now, like thinking back, I'm like, it definitely was because when I got up to the birth suite, and I was having contractions, and I took the undies off because they were obviously like full, each contraction, like I'd have a bit of the leakage. yeah And the midwife picked up on that as well. And was like, yeah, I noticed that. And I thought,
00:12:49
Speaker
the waters must have broken or they were breaking. And I always know that I'm close to having baby when that happens. But in the moment, you're not really like thinking all about it. In the waiting room, they were pretty intense. Yeah. There was another couple sitting there just like looking at us, watching me like, oh boy. yeah Yeah. I was like, oh, it's all good. She's had a couple of kids too. But yeah, they were, hopefully they weren't there for just like an antenatal appointment. Like me, just like against the wall, like, oh, I feel like I'm like loud.
00:13:18
Speaker
But yeah Jeremy... Yeah, she's super quiet. Yeah. And the midwife said, you're a quiet birther well. Yes. And I'm like, I think in my head, just a lot of head noise, but I'm like, oh God, like breathing. Just trying to like stay in control. That is the one thing that if I can say to anyone is you have to stay in control because if you don't mentally, like as soon as you let that go, the fear creeps in and it's all over Red Rover. and then you're like, i can't do this. I can't do this. I had a moment like that with Rome actually because I remember being like super apprehensive for his birth, obviously, because it was on the back of Winnie.
00:13:50
Speaker
So like I just wanted everything to go well. And i just remember in the lead up just being like quite, oh, gosh, like how's this going to go? Like I know I've got to go through it instead of, oh, yes, I can do this. I've done this before. Just different words to myself. Not that I was like absolutely terrified or screaming or anything like that, but just like internalised, I suppose. And now obviously having Kit's birth, I can look back and be like, yeah, I definitely wasn't like – I let the fear get the better of me. And there was like a moment which was definitely transition where i was like, I can't do this. i don't want to do this. It's too
Insights into the Birth Process and Pain Relief Techniques
00:14:17
Speaker
much. Whereas with Kit, I didn't even really have a big transition moment. I definitely think it was when we were arriving at the hospital when I got up to close to the birthing suite when we not were in the lift. And i was like, maybe I do want some pain relief. relief Like this hurts. But then it was like a real quick moment. And then i was like, it's on. And when we got into the birthing suite,
00:14:38
Speaker
I love to Neil so good. we've had her She's amazing. Yes. Yeah. And I've had really good births with her as well as all my midwives really. Yeah. But she's amazing. And she had set up in there like the galaxy lights.
00:14:52
Speaker
which was cool. So cool. Really cool. just I don't know. It feels like it's not such a birth suite. They do keep them quite like nice down there. And then i had the comb that I was using and obviously the TENS machine, but she had those cool little balls. Yeah, the balls were cool. Yeah, they're like wooden balls. The spikes on them. Yeah, and you like squeeze them and then it just helps with that pain.
00:15:12
Speaker
Same as the tens, it helps to interview with the pain signalling. Don't know exactly how to explain it, but it works. Yeah. And it just gives you something else when you're in the moment. Yeah. And in between contractions, I'm usually feeding her the ice chips. It's another technique they do, which is really good. ni You chew on the ice. Yeah, it helps, hey. Yeah.
00:15:31
Speaker
everything but then as we were like as i'm like the contractions are coming like really fast it was when i was on my side so i was on my back and i know that my best birthing position is like not laying flat on my back but like my back up with my legs forward in that no no sort of position where they're like don't you don't want to be laying down on your back and your legs up it's not gravity but it works for me and my pelvis so tell me that riddle me that one but this time though i was in that position ready and i know things were like progressing because like i was getting really pushy and like my baby was like pushing down bearing down which I definitely have that fetal ejection eject fetal ejection is that the word yeah where yeah the baby like essentially like squirts out the baby like my body pushes like I cannot
00:16:15
Speaker
not push. Like I really tried this time because in the pushing phase, I know that tearing can obviously be worse when you just push yeah without the baby actually, like you meant to breathe your baby out.
00:16:27
Speaker
So you didn't just let them come out on their own, but my body does that. It like literally pushes on its own. So to i remember like you change your breathing from like long, like to like,
00:16:38
Speaker
what call it hot chips yeah hot chip just like breathe breathe like it's okay and you just have to really just not push don't push not let the baby but the midwife was like when he came to like here all good came out perfectly slow and then he was just like out and you're on your body um yes yeah yes and this time she's like why don't you try on your side and i was like there's like this peanut ball yes Yes. It goes between your legs and you're on your side and it just helps. Yes. Open up. Like an exercise ball. yeah And I felt as soon as I moved on my side, she was like, okay, I've got to go find a peanut ball.
00:17:10
Speaker
And she was like, I had a contraction. I was like, oh yeah, like he's so close. And then she got the peanut ball and it was good because it hit keeps your legs open enough. But I don't know, the positioning and everything, the way you've tilted works. yeah And she was like, oh, I've got the bath. Don't worry, I've got the bath filled up for you because she knows I love a water birth. But I was like, I actually think I'm going to keep the TENS machine on. Yeah, it was really good.
00:17:31
Speaker
Yeah. And then I could use it for after birth pains as well. which was great. Yeah. Super good. Yeah. yeah And yeah, it was like a really good birth. And then he came out. So I was only at the hospital for an hour before he was born, which my goal this time was to have the fastest birth possible. But also i just didn't want to be at the hospital for ages, just like waiting for him to come. So I'm so glad that we wasn't our first rodeo and we didn't need to go early, but it was really good. Yeah.
Post-Birth Recovery and Physiological Support
00:17:58
Speaker
Had a really good birth. And the so definitely the things that I did, I feel, in the lead up before he was born was very helpful for the mental health side of things, which I didn't really do any of that with Ron because I was just trying to get through, honestly. But i I did a beautiful, I think she calls it like a birth clearing with Kelly. she is all about that sort of like spiritual side clearing out like energetics and stuff amazing it's soul healing with kelly on instagram you'll be able to find her soul healing with kelly she's amazing and i did that and she really just allowed that clearing out and that was just before birth like i did it like a week before or something so i feel like that really made me feel lighter and like in a better headspace I did my recordings, meditation sort of thing, where i was like just getting in the zone, reminding myself like I've done this before. I can do this. My body is made for this.
00:18:52
Speaker
And like I've grown in birth babies before. Like I can do this. We can get through this. And that was amazing. And then also regular massages. Yeah. Laura as well. She's so amazing. I get them too. Yeah. So good. de-stress. This is a moral support. Yeah.
00:19:09
Speaker
But no, so good for like de-stressing and obviously not only preparing yourself, but there's been lots of studies that have shown how amazing Massage is for the early stages of labor and labor in itself and just keeping everything like she does. She's a spinning babies practitioner as well. So if your baby's not in the right position, she knows how to get them in the right position. Opening up your pelvis, which I also saw Women's Health Physio, which I've done. think I only did that for Rome and Kit. Yeah.
00:19:39
Speaker
Not that I had any leakages or anything like that. and I wasn't worried about my pelvic floor. Although I actually, I did have one little leakage with both of them, funny enough. Now I think that was just like one time, not leaking all the time, and it was probably just like my bladder was too full, I needed to weigh in.
00:19:54
Speaker
You know, i was probably laughing or something else. Yeah, they pressed on it. But i always like to check that because it's not about what you're doing now essentially with the pelvic floor. It's like when you're 40 and 50, you don't want to be peeing yourself every time you laugh. So you want to keep it really nice and strong. But, yeah, also did that. Where was that again? Massage Lady Returned to Self. Did I say that? for Yeah, with the pelvic floor though. check Oh, yeah, pelvic floor was KM.
00:20:18
Speaker
Physiotherapy? Yeah, KM Women's Health, Physiotherapy and Women's Health Support. They are amazing. Katie Morley or Mola, Mola?
00:20:33
Speaker
Probably not pronouncing that right, I'm so sorry. But she is the owner of it. And then I saw Ashley, who is amazing and she's worked at other practices as well. Beautiful woman run business. And yeah, really good when I went there to get my checkup before he was born. I haven't gone back postpartum, but it's in a couple of weeks. I think it's six weeks postpartum. but But I went there before and they did a test to see what my some type of score. I can't remember the name, but to see.
00:21:01
Speaker
And it's like the area between your vagina and your butt. And it's like when you push out to see if there is a lot of that elasticity, it's like an interesting, very interesting score that they use. Anyway, she was like, amazing, looks good. They are quite conscious as well of bringing infection into the area. Like you want to be quite careful of what you're essentially putting inside before you have a baby when you're pregnant because infection can travel up. They really want to make sure that they are doing correctly what's on the outside first and then if there is any issues with that i think that's when they do more of an internal but they go off like your past births and everything like that anyway absolutely amazing i'll go back for postpartum and she'll check and make sure everything's looking good again don't want to be peeing myself every time i laugh when i'm 40 not goals and then you have to try and work back from that
00:21:50
Speaker
And it can be really hard structurally because babies put like so much pressure on you, not only the birth, but also like you're carrying around that baby. And when you're having multiple babies, even like twin mums and quadruplet mums and that, it's a whole mother story. But yeah, if you get anything from this, go and see a women's
Placenta Encapsulation and Postpartum Care Products
00:22:06
Speaker
health physio. Yeah.
00:22:08
Speaker
But yeah, and then we didn't have to spend too long at the hospital. We only, I think they make you stay five hours. Yeah. And so we just had skin to skin. Yep. We did our delayed cord clamping. don't you know what that is. So you wait for the cord to turn wide and stop pulsating to cut it. So they get all that nutrients. Iron and vitamin K. I'm not sure.
00:22:29
Speaker
They get everything. But yeah, whatever's in there, because I know they don't get a lot of vitamin K at birth. That's why they do the injection. But they... It's definitely the iron. Yeah, the iron and the blood supply, really. Anything that's there. Because it's still passing to the baby. Yeah. And so we did that. And then placenta-wise, I know from previous births that my placenta usually takes a bit longer. Normally the, what do you call like policy they give you is like one hour and you've got to pass the placenta. Otherwise, they're trying to start manually helping you or giving you the synthetic oxytocin injection.
00:23:01
Speaker
What about it? I know that my body can do it on its own and it can pass. It just takes a little bit longer. I think my longest was like one hour, 20 minutes. yeah It's fine. Like it's an extra 20 minutes. I don't need synthetic hormones. I just need to relax. Yeah.
00:23:14
Speaker
stay in the zone, have bub feeding, have my own oxytocin, like be in a happy bubble. And this one was actually my fastest, which was like under an hour, which is good. My midwife already knew that I wasn't going for the injection. But see, I remember with Evie, straight after, like they expected it to come within the hour and it came, I think, close to the hour, just a little bit after the hour. And she was like, look, if it doesn't come in the next 10 minutes, like we're going to have to take you transport to another hospital that had more stuff and you'll have to have the injection.
00:23:44
Speaker
And I was like, let's just see, like I'm not hemorrhaging, I'm not, there's no issues here. All good. And then we just waited like the extra 10 minutes and it came on its own. Yeah. Gravity helps as well. So that getting up and I go and sit on the toilet and then because I do catch the placenta for encapsulation, they put all... why What's it called? Yeah. or So it catches. Yeah. You're not picking it back out of the toilet to eat it, are you? But I also use Jenna from Seed Collective who is back in action. Yeah. which, yeah, it's been really lovely reconnecting with her because she was travelling around Australia with her beautiful family for like over a year, I think.
00:24:23
Speaker
But she also was kind enough to gift us some amazing food, which food is the best postpartum. you have someone that's having a baby. you can't decide what to get them. Yes, them food. Food always So good. So we had the whole bowl, which is all around Australia, I believe. They come frozen. We got gifted that, which is so lovely. and We also got Ash, who used to own a postpartum company for foods. She knows all about it, what to do, called the Good Lunch or the Lunch Co. Good Lunch Co. Yeah.
00:24:56
Speaker
And you can find her on Instagram. we You can also find the Seed Collective for Placenta Encapsulation.
Emphasizing Postpartum Nutrition and Support Network
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She does the amazing breastfeeding snacks, which is so good. And also the, I don't know if she does this for everyone, but she gifted us a beautiful, the Nepalese rice. yes Yeah. Which is such a good time. She, yeah, she is like a great cook, hey. So that was really nice of her. And that's my favourite. And this was going to be the first postpartum. I haven't had that, so I was really excited. Also, the Alain House of Wellness, they do a dry mix that you can get and make yourself of the Nepalese rice. So I do have some of that in the cupboard that I'll be making. We're doing banana bread today.
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Oh, yes, the banana bread. Tate is making it with Jeremy's mum because he was crying. And, yeah, it was like, go and make it, even though I love making it. I was like, go and make it with Wella and then save me the biggest piece. Yum. We also had, else did we have food from?
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Does the Tens machine lady do food? Oh, yes. Yes. She is like an amazing all-rounder. I wasn't sure if she actually does the food for people, but I did ask her if she does. I wasn't sure it was just for her doula services and doula clients, but better birth doula, Laura. She is fabulous and she has food and her food is like really good as well.
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We also had some amazing breastfeeding cookies. And I say we because Jeremy did try some. They're so good. Milk and Bloom, official, their page, of Milk and Bloom. And they make them fresh. Those are brownies that I really want to try. And she's also just released a breakfast cookie. So it's like for when you're really busy or one-handed snacks. But they do Biscoff. They do Nutella. So they do a Bueno one. I'm probably going to order some of those.
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I know. Nice little treat. Good excuse that it's breastfeeding friendly. But look. He's gained one kilo in two weeks. So if that isn't good advertising, I don't know what is. I'll eat a cookie for that. there we And then is there anyone else that we've missed there? Like we've been so spoiled this postpartum with food. Yes.
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And yeah, it's just been so lovely. And we've really tried to spend some time like the first two weeks really just trying to be like have naps if we can in the day, just get off the pelvic floor essentially, put my feet up a lot. It was a lot better this time with Kit. Yeah. When we had Rome, we it didn't have as good team. We were back in the warehouse. Yeah.
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but didn't have bigger team. Yeah, bigger team. Like we we set ourselves up to try and have the time off, but it just didn't work out. um And so Jeremy was like back in the warehouse like straight away. I think it was like the day after because I remember sitting on the lounge and new newly stitches and like they're painful. And like I had Evie and Tate with me because, yeah, your mum went away. Perfect timing. I was back in the warehouse. You were at the warehouse and I remember sitting on the lounge crying because obviously I got the newborn. The kids like, can I have a snack? Can we have this? Can we play this? And I felt bad because I was like, okay, just one second. But I'd have to get off the lounge with the baby who was just like attached to my nipple.
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And then five days you were back in warehouse again to help me Yes. And then like up standing and just like getting it done. So this time was completely different. Yes. Which was the goal. Yeah, exactly. Definitely the goal. Spend the time. To relax and just, yeah, enjoy. it Yeah, now we're just like getting back into it, which is like four weeks postpartum. I'm still going to try and take it easy for the next month at least. But it goes so quick, the time. Yeah.
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But yeah, maybe he just grows so quick. I can't believe he's already. He's almost out of his. I know, four zeros. He's almost into the three zeros now. Kit's been our longest baby. so Oh, yes, so was going to look at that. But he was definitely our longest.
00:28:32
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i'd have to I'll have to have a look and see what they were. But he was like 3 kilos, 0.37. And then Roan was our biggest at 3.4. So they were very close. Evie was 3 kilos. Yeah.
00:28:44
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And Rome was, wait, no, Tate was 2.8 kilos. he was as smallest. And then was looking at their head circumference. Evie and Tate were the same, 33.
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and then rome was 35.5 and he was 30. kit was 34.5 okay so i was like yeah you can definitely feel that head difference in rome he's still got a big head that way yeah but the kids have all been amazing with him so gentle and just loving And it's been really beautiful. It has been a lovely birth. And like I did lose a little bit of blood afterwards. Like you bleed a fair bit anyway. So making sure you're on top of your iron is so important, which us as naturopaths will always support you with. But, you know, I've pretty much stopped bleeding now. Like the milk's doing great things. Like I'm feeling good. And it's been like, it just really goes to show that like, obviously practice what you preach. Like we talk about this with our clients all the time. And naturopathy is such a beautiful way to support yourself, which is definitely something that obviously I've done in the lead up in the whole pregnancy and preconception and all the things is making sure that you are like trying to take your supplements as much as you can and preparing yourself for the postpartum period because it's
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