The western medical profession recognizes that the postpartum period is hugely lacking in medical attention, where mothers suffer from: 

• unpreparedness
• feeling overwhelmed
• anxiety and worry
• extreme fatigue and sleep deprivation
• lack of support
• postpartum blues and depression
• inability to rise up to their own high standards for themselves.

A new mother’s typical experience of postpartum includes the following experiences:

• constipation & indigestion
• poor nutrition absorption
• reduced or no breast milk production
• breast-feeding and bonding struggles
• postpartum blues or depression
• constantly feeling unsure of the next steps and doubting her motherly instincts
• feelings of indecisiveness & anxiety
• feeling unable to cope
• inability to experience quality sleep
• feeling fragile, easily upset & depleted
• the urge to do a lot & resistance to slow down, nullifying the regenerative process
• feeling unprepared to care for baby on their own
• baby suffering from painful gas, colic and other issues

 

Sadly, there are even more issues that a new mother may encounter in the postpartum period. But unfortunately, these postpartum experiences have been deemed normal and part of a new mother's journey.

 

However, nothing could be further from the truth as to how postpartum is to be experienced.