Nourishing Newborn Mothers: Ayurvedic recipes to heal your mind, body and soul after childbirth

By Julia Jones

Congratulations! You are embarking on a great journey with a new soul. As a Newborn Mother your heart is wide open, you are sensitive, you are brand new. You are being invited to re-invent yourself because when a baby is born so is a mother. And you are one of the lucky few. You have in your hands a tool that will help you seize this rare opport

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newborn Mothers
• Release date: Jun 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9780648343110

Julia Jones

Julia Jones is a writer and running coach with over 15 years experience. She has completed 34 marathons, numerous triathlons, and four half Ironmans. Her monthly column in Correre, Italy’s most popular running magazine, has been going strong for over 20 years and she also writes for Running Times and Runners’ World. Julia is based in Modena, Italy. 

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NOURISHING NEWBORN MOTHERS

Ayurvedic recipes to heal your mind, body and soul after childbirth

Julia Jones

Nourishing Newborn Mothers – Ayurvedic recipes to heal your mind, body and soul after childbirth

© Julia Jones, 2018

www.newbornmothers.com

This publication is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction and rights should be addressed to the publisher.

First published 2013

Second edition 2018

ISBN: 978-0-6483431-0-3 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-0-6483431-1-0 (eBook)

Photography and design: Natalija Brunovs

Printed on demand and distributed by IngramSpark

Keywords:

Newborn mothers

Recipes

Ayurvedic

Julia Jones

Contents

Important note to readers

Definition of Newborn Mother

Dedication

PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY & INGREDIENTS

Dear Newborn Mother

A newborn baby has a Newborn Mother

Caring for a Newborn Mother

Before your baby is born

A Newborn Mother’s two jobs

Love conquers all

Earth, fire, water, air and space

Tastes – the Ayurvedic food pyramid

You are NOT what you eat

Spices

But where’s the meat?

Vegetables

Putting it all together

How to use this book

PART TWO: RECIPES

Foundation recipes

Information on good fats

Homemade organic ghee

Garlic confit

The first ten days

Tips for eating in the first ten days

Information on good sugars

Nepali rice pudding

Sesame

Grain cooking instructions

Porridge

Newborn Mothers kitchari

Mung dhal

Aged basmati rice

Good quality salt

Lentil soup

Quinoa

Quinoa and veggie soup

Lactation tea

Milk

Date milk

Newborn Mothers chai

Ten days to three weeks

Tips for eating from ten days to three weeks

Newborn Mothers rice

Newborn Mothers quinoa

Newborn Mothers barley

Plain flour

Almond damper muffins

Anemia

Pumpkin and coconut soup

Zucchini almond soup

Colic or reflux

Veggies in almond sauce

Sleep deprivation

Semolina halva

Three to six weeks

Tips for eating in weeks three to six

Cheese

Dukkha

Postnatal depression

Spinach, pumpkin and pumpkin seed stew

Beetroot thoren

Back pain and sciatica

Fennel carrots

Constipation

Maple syrup cardamom loaf

Low milk supply

Cracked, sore and bleeding nipples

Semolina yoghurt cake

Mastitis or blocked milk ducts

Foundation lactation biscuits recipe

Oxytocin

Beyond

Six weeks is just the beginning

Shopping lists

Author bio

Important note to readers

This book contains recipes and other information about nutrition, food and food preparation. The authors based this book on information available to them at the time of writing and that information may be wrong information. Readers should use this book as an indicative guide only. We do not intend this book as advice and you must not rely on it as advice. You should make your own enquiries and seek independent or alternative advice, or both, before you make any decisions on participating in the described activities. The author does not accept any responsibility arising in any way for errors in, or omissions from this book, even if those errors or omissions occur because of the authors’ negligence or gross negligence.

All images we provide in this book are for visual representation only and we do not imply that the recipes in this book will produce outcomes similar to those depicted in these images. Ingredients differ in different places and over time, and such changes may significantly affect the outcome or effect of any recipe.

The author assumes that consumers of the foods described in this book are healthy and do not suffer from any known or unknown food allergies. The author also assumes that the users of this book and its products prepare, store, and consume the described foods in suitably hygienic conditions. Despite these assumptions the author accepts no liability in negligence or howsoever for any loss or damage or adverse reaction a person suffers from preparing or consuming the foods described in this book. This includes adverse reactions that may occur during the remaining lifetime of that person, or of any offspring that person may produce.

In this disclaimer, the descriptions of content include any actual, alleged or asserted fact, detail, information, representation, prediction, assertion, opinion, statement, promise, undertaking or the like; and a reference to a person, including the use of the word ‘you’, includes a firm, business, organisation, company or corporation.

Newborn Mother

Noun

A recently born mother whose strength is asking for help. She acknowledges that the birth of a mother is more intense than childbirth, and that she is as sensitive and vulnerable as her baby. Her heart is wide open and her needs are high. As she nourishes herself she nourishes her children.

For my children, Harriet, Albert and Clancy who have taught me so much about being a Newborn Mother.

With deep gratitude to Ysha Oakes, Vasant Lad, David Frawley and Robert Svoboda for sharing their Ayurvedic wisdom with me. And with warm appreciation to my husband, parents and parents-in-law for supporting my work. It takes a village!

And to my wonderful recipe testers:

Rebecca Baylosis, Jenny Beale, Lisa Balbi, Fiona Hutchinson, Leanne Tololeski , Deanna Corso, Susan Martensen, Kelly Harper, Kristy