My mother lived in with us for 6 weeks when my eldest was born. In fact she turned up at the hospital hours after I had given birth and somehow fussed her way into the kitchen and brought me a steaming bowl of kicheree, spinach shaak (curry) and millet rotla (flatbreads). Plus a few chunks of katlu (similar to the panjeeri above I think) that I had to eat with a large glass of water as I breastfed. Similar followed for 6 weeks which is how long it took me to build good milk, start my body on the path of recovery and feel semi confident in what I was going. I hated it at the time but looking back it was the best start to motherhood for me and to life for my baby
My mother lived in with us for 6 weeks when my eldest was born. In fact she turned up at the hospital hours after I had given birth and somehow fussed her way into the kitchen and brought me a steaming bowl of kicheree, spinach shaak (curry) and millet rotla (flatbreads). Plus a few chunks of katlu (similar to the panjeeri above I think) that I had to eat with a large glass of water as I breastfed. Similar followed for 6 weeks which is how long it took me to build good milk, start my body on the path of recovery and feel semi confident in what I was going. I hated it at the time but looking back it was the best start to motherhood for me and to life for my baby
Thank you for sharing, Urvashi. I wish all new moms could have someone like your mom with them.
Beautifully written