If there's one thing that having a baby will do for you, it is make you realize how inadequately you have shown up for the other women in your life that've had a baby...I was induced, so I thought I had my home prepared to bring my baby home, but then I had an emergency c-section, spent four days in the hospital, and realized that, in fact, I didn't have my home ready at all.
Some of the things that helped her most included stocking her house full of easy-to-reach snacks and drinks, cleaning her refrigerator, having paper towels within an arm's reach, gifting researched items, and helping re-arrange her house for comfort post-surgery.
#new-parents-support #practical-gestures #postpartum-recovery #c-section-recovery #community-support
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