The first week after giving birth to my daughter was filled with an array of a new kind business. I was not running errands or wrapping Christmas presents. I was busy changing my newborns diapers (and my own maxi pads … it is just part of giving birth). With changing diapers came changing outfits many of which where quite large on my seven and a half pound baby. I was busy sitting and nursing my newborn daughter and my uterus was busy contracting down. I was busy not doing housework. It actually takes a lot of work to tell some else (my husband mostly but also my sisters) how to do the day to day tasks that I was not allowed to resume just yet (we will see how long I last not doing these things). I was busy telling my two year old son to be gentle with his new baby sister. I was busy taking my vitamins which now included my placenta capsules. In the first week I took two capsules three times a day with meals and they worked wonders. By the second day of taking the placenta capsules I had significantly more energy (which made it hard not to do stuff around the house … like cleaning etc). By the third day my milk came in full force which lead to being busy changing nursing pads and switching out burp clothes and changing out sheets. By the six day of taking the capsules of placenta, my lochia had decreased to almost nothing requiring nothing more than a panty liner. While I was not busy feeling weeping or blue, I was busy eating an array of delicious whole foods (my favorite being oranges and cashews) to support not only my own nutrition but also my daughters new food supply of mommy made breast milk. I was also very, very busy admiring my beautiful newborn daughter. It was a great first week!
