After the delivery of a baby, a mother’s digestive power is often diminished, and her digestive system is very delicate. Feeding her the best foods prepared in the easiest-to-digest ways will help ensure that she’s able to process the nutrients she needs to heal and produce milk (if she’s breastfeeding).

The following suggestions are time-tested from the ancient system of natural healthcare called Ayurveda.

PROTEINS:

• Ricotta cheese
• Cottage cheese
• Other unfermented cheeses
• Boiled milk
• Sesame milk
• Almond milk
• Bone broth
• Well-cooked lentils (after 4 weeks)
• Chicken soup (after 4 weeks)
• Fish soup (after 4 weeks)

CARBOHYDRATES:

• Basmati or white rice (cooked with an extra 1/2 to 1 cup water per cup of rice)
• Yams
• Sweet potatoes
• Winter squashes
• Oats
• Quinoa

FRUITS:

• Freshly squeezed sweet fruit juices
• Sweet, dried fruits (like apricots and prunes) cooked over the stove until soft and mushy
• Avocados

VEGETABLES: (all cooked until soft using plenty of oil)

• Asparagus
• Beets
• Carrots
• Okra
• Artichokes

SEASONINGS:

• Ginger
• Fennel
• Cinnamon
• Caraway
• Cardamom
• Cumin
• Basil

P.S. Consider posting a sign-up sheet for meals at your baby shower or mother blessing so that you’re not having to do all the cooking postpartum. You can access an online sign-up sheet template that I created here.