Self-Care for New Moms: Thriving Through Your Postpartum Year

by Corinne Crossley

Explore postpartum self-care strategies for eating, body image, emotions, nursing and milk production, sex, and so much more!
 
The role of motherhood is one where women are continuously asked to focus on the needs of everyone else but themselves. This is a significant issue in the arena of self-care, where we often ignore our own hunger, energy levels, and emotions in the pursuit of taking care of others.

Written from the perspectives of both therapist and busy mom, Self-Care for New Moms features several eye-opening exercises, interviews from a village of experts (who also happen to be moms), and helpful interventions to help you get through the chronic depletion common to the postpartum year.
 
Self-care strategies include:
Exercise and yoga
Pelvic floor recovery work
Psychotherapy
Self-compassion techniques
Complementary and alternative methods (massage, chiropractic, or acupuncture)
Simple recipes
Methods for reconnecting with your partner
And so much more 
The practical exercises and comforting techniques in this book will help you manage one of motherhood’s biggest challenges: self-care.

Genres: Parenting

224 pages, Paperback

Published August 4, 2020

Reviews

[CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of a mixed bag of a book that doesn't quite know what it is. There's a fair amount of practical information in here that doesn't really fall under the umbrella of self-care, while some chapters focused on talking about issues at a level so high there wasn't any practical advice. That said, a lot of the high level discussion was affirming and reassuring. Some sections, especially on eating and body image, had great practical suggestions.

[Nurbanu Ulu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kitabın Amerikan Ekolü olması kültürel olarak birazcık farklı geliyor. Yine de ana fikirlerini değerli bulduğumu söylemeliyim.

[Eszter · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only finished this book for the worst reason you could ever finish a book: I spent a lot of money on it. It doesn’t really give any new information you couldn’t get from a bunch of websites after a few minutes of searching. I wouldn’t say there were no highlights but after 300 pages you’d hope for a greater number of useful and unique thoughts than I can count right now – about two.

I was also sad to acknowledge that the one time the author truly did a great job (gathering all the places where a new mother could ask for help) the hungarian edition absolutely failed the purpose as the editor wouldn’t bother to exchange the mentioned American institutions with existing Hungarian ones. As I don’t intend to move to the USA any time soon, I couldn’t really use any of that information.

[RaeAnn · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 - I think this was a great overview of several applicable topics regarding self-care for new moms. I liked that it seemed to boil down the information to the most important things the author wanted you to know for each topic, since getting through a book like this when you are in the thick of the first few months is a big ask. And then it had recommendations for further reading for each chapter so the topics that you want more information on you can easily dive into your next book or check out a website.

[A.B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for all new moms.

I learned a lot that I didn't know before, even as a mom of a nine year old in addition to my baby. It is very informative and does not get esoteric or new agey.

[Jessica Falcinelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hits the key points and doesn't sugar coat anything.