If Birth Is Like A Wedding Day
It’s interesting to me how much time, effort and investment many people put into their wedding day and subsequent holiday or honeymoon following.
Sometimes the cost can reach into the thousands. Don’t get me wrong, getting married is a memorable occasion that should be marked with celebration. 💗🥳🥂 However, I do wish that our culture celebrated birth and the postpartum in the same way; as a time of great significance for a woman and her partner as they make the transition into parenting.
A time that is as profound as it is challenging, as joyful as it is anxiety arousing. A time when both parents need to be given the utmost love, care and support from their community.
I encourage the mothers and families that I work with to view the postpartum as the ‘babymoon’ following the birth of their baby. A special and sacred period of time to plan for and set aside to bond and fall in love. A time when others need to care for them so that they can focus their full attention on caring for and getting to know their new baby.
When mothers and couples honour and invest in a slow postpartum the benefits are multitude and their journey into parenthood one filled with joy and satisfaction.
