5 Tips You NEED to Know for Postpartum - Mom & Baby | Sarah Lavonne

[@brandidelaney2568]

Can you do a video on how to handle postpartum if you do not have a support system? There are a lot of moms that don’t really have any help

[@moriahwhisman9259]

Yesss video on sleep and routines for newborns!!!!

[@MsHen1987]

I second this!

[@AndAllThatHair]

Guys a sleep routine for newborns does not exist 😩😩 you sleep when they sleep (theoretically), you cuddle the crap out of your baby and deal with it until they can sleep more than 2-3 hours at a time. It’s a war zone out here 😂

[@ghaffarghaffar1341]

Look p0

[@roxyl3634]

Thank you for acknowledging formula as a valid feeding choice. I would love to see a video about formula feeding and how to do it well. With the push to breastfeed there aren’t many great formula resources out there.

[@jodavila3762]

Yes, I agree. I would love to see that.

[@marymercado4840]

Please talk about the European brands that are more like breastmilk - don’t smell metallic and have better ingredients too.

[@noxolondlela8843]

My biggest tip is to rest during the day even for one hour, just put your legs up and chill . U don't need to be fast asleep. It really helps with the load

[@coffeecrazedparenthood7289]

Mom of 5 here w/ a disabled husband so I've been down the road of *prepare as much as you can*: If you are able to while you're pregnant pre-make meals that are ready to go straight from the freezer to the oven. Then if you can save them for AFTER your help leaves/goes back to work/whatever the case may be; it will give a bit more cushion for the adjustment period after birth. Also, keep a basket next to your bed/baby's bed/ wherever you will be doing nighttime feeds. Keep some diapers, wipes, a pj change, bottled water (if you're breastfeeding) and a bottle with formula premeasured (if you're formula feeding). Maybe an extra phone charger or book, snack for yourself? Basically anything you might need in the middle of the night right there within reach so you don't have to go find it during the night with a baby who's fussy and awake.

[@cyndicopeland4113]

Yes please could you do the bedtime routine video! I close to having my first newborn and I’m not sure what “rhythm” could be best

[@chocolatereigns]

About breastfeeding: I remember with my first baby, in those first 2 weeks, feeling so STUCK and like I couldn't imagine breastfeeding for a full year. Baby blues really centered around the pain I had from a bad latch in the first 24 hours (got that fixed but it still hurt for a week or two) and the fact that he was nursing every 2 hours. I remember crying about how that was going to be all I did for a full year! IT. GOT. BETTER. By 4 weeks, I was texting with one hand and nursing with the other, and enjoying my baby! It just took the time to get over that damaged nipple from the bad latch and to adjust to the new routine. He breastfed for 15 months and I loved it! So - to a new mom (or myself in 2 months with baby #2) - the first 2 weeks aren't a good representation of the rest of breastfeeding!

[@mswilson8888]

100% agree. Have had 6 kids and each time I prepare myself for a month of tears due to breastfeeding. And then we're good.

[@joystice9517]

YES!! All of the postpartum tips! That was the most unprepared season for me.

[@thejessicagoodenough]

Yes! Thank you so much for saying "fed is best". 🙌 There was so much pressure (internal and external) with baby #1 to breastfeed that I didn't even consider / prepare for formula feeding and it was probably one of the worst periods of my life. So ready for less drama this time round! 💖

[@ShadesofSage]

Thank you for sharing! I do a lot of postpartum videos too as a doula, because I feel like it hardly ever gets talks about and is even MORE important for new moms❤️! Love your channel 😍!

[@trenschellife4513]

Thank you so much for this video! As a mom of 6 girls, number 7 due soon. I have made so many birth plans but never really made a postpartum plan. I always had family around to help out but now we are in a new city, with no friends or family. So this video was a great guide for creating a plan.

[@sheaberry]

I am 5 days PP so this is right on time 🙌🏾 overall it going well aside from a really gnarly tear (2nd degree perineal tear AND a tear in my clitoral hood/urethra) . 2nd baby but my recovery the first go round was from a c section, this one was a VBAC. Sitz baths, padsicles /cold packs and my peri bottle are all my best friends at the moment. Praying for a speedy recovery 🙏🏽 because this pain is horrendous !

[@SSYOTX]

My midwife did a countdown during the fundal massage and I appreciated that so much so I knew how quickly to look forward to it being over! I also think it just helped so much to get things contracted back down efficiently

[@alexmcardenas]

I’m still watching your video but want to say THANK YOU for posting this and other informative videos! I have a two month old baby girl and have been following, watching and liking 👍🏼 all of your videos. THANK YOU!! Perfectly timed! ❤️

[@cwag9442]

Yes please more postpartum vids! Im 10 days pp with my first. The fundal massage was no joke in the l&d room during the first hour. Very painful I wasn't expecting that! My nurses were amazing though!

[@katelynbarnes807]

With my first I was so stressed out when other people came over. I suggest if you are feeling this way TALK to your friends and family. Get all that stress out. They will be so understanding. Take advantage of how much the grandparents want to help! Second baby is coming anyway and we are so ready to have family come over and help do all kinds of things.

[@rissa7913]

What about a video on the first post partum check up?

[@angelkaate]

So happy I found your channel, I’m pregnant with my second 37weeks and I WISH I had these videos with my first. Thank you so much

[@MarionPlank]

Love all the information, it‘s so interested that you can watch 1000 videos on postpartum but still learn something new on your channel... 🙂🙂🙂

[@ourlittlelife2818]

There was a very sweet, well-intending nurse in the NICU that came in while I was (for the 100th time that day) attempting to get my baby to latch. She saw me trying and came over and said “want some help?” , grabbed my boob and aggressively shoved it into my baby’s mouth. I know sometime they are rough with it because it can help the baby know it’s there and latch a bit easier, but after maybe 30 seconds of him not taking it she says “maybe you just weren’t meant to breastfeed!” Is this really how nurses think? Doesn’t breastfeeding normally take a lot of work, especially with NICU babies? We finally got him to latch without a shield after two months of working hard at it and had a wonderful breastfeeding journey for over a year and a half. 🥰 I just had to stay diligent!!

[@Kittykat5kits]

Biggest tip for post-partum as mom of 4 with #5 due in 7 weeks: REST! Mammas, you all deserve to be loved and cared for, just as much as the precious child you just brought into the world, so have your support team ready to go and USE THEM. I know it’s especially hard during COVID, but as the Lady Sarah herself says, nothing is worth your mental health (or your physical health) so don’t feel guilty or inadequate when you need to ask people to make you meals, or do your laundry, or watch your kids, or take over any other responsibilities that need to be off your own plate for a while.

[@jeannybleier4060]

i want to personally thank you for sharing all your knowledge. It really helps me as i am a first time mom. Really happy to find your page.

[@amberneave2101]

I would love to see a bedtime routine and more postpartum videos! I’m due in a couple weeks and never really mastered the whole night-time schedule lol

[@jayleencardona9096]

Due in March 6 thanks for sharing all of your advice and information ❤️

[@samanthahernandez8657]

Thanks for the advice! I am 36 weeks and although I am excited to meet my son I am nervous for postpartum. Luckily have my mom close by to have her help.

[@simabennifla8650]

I’ve heard the fundus massage is not just uncomfortable, but excruciatingly painful. I am scared about this almost as much as I am for labor. Thank you for starting to do postpartum videos. I’ve watched all your videos on birth as I’m due in 10 weeks! And now I’m learning of postpartum and it’s a lot more than I thought it was! I would love a video on routine.

[@itsmebarbara4085]

I just love your personality Sarah 😊

[@bilingualservicedogtravels8561]

My baby is almost 5 months old and being in México one of the hardest thing has been the pressure to use formula when I wanted to only breastfeed. I was able to stick with it even though some people where practically trying to force it on us! I wish I learned more about cesarrean and postpartum before labor, I focused so much on learning to have the natural birth I wanted that I didnt learn other essential things until afterwards or in the moment.

[@CB-jv6cj]

I just found your channel and I'm so glad I did. I'm currently 27w3d and so unprepared 😅 We have all the things needed for the baby, but I'm just totally not prepared for birth and postpartum. These videos are definitely very appreciated.

[@nataliechristine4934]

And yes I want a video on baby routines/schedules!

[@JBNCATS]

Thank so much for sharing acknowledge about feeding choice, this video is so so helpful for postpartum, mom

[@ashleymendez8446]

This is awesome!!!

[@starlapearson3998]

If u can maybe make a video of pregnancy stretches to do to help back pain thatd be greatly appreciated:) the pain is excruciating

[@brandirowell3197]

Just had my 4th on Feb 10th!!!🥰 Perfect timing!

[@MorganEileen]

Thank you, Sarah! We just finished labor prep and Coping with Labor and are feeling so ready for our girl to make her arrival in the next 5 weeks! We just need to do the medical intervention and infant safety courses now!

[@sarahlavonne]

Yay!!!

[@tarabarela]

Hi how do I get these courses?

[@sarahlavonne]

@@tarabarela www.bundlebirth.com/shop 😘

[@MorganEileen]

@@tarabarela you can purchase them at bundlebirth.com ! I highly highly recommend! My husband said he learned so much with labor prep and we both got so many amazing techniques out of Coping with Labor. We still need to take the infant CPR and safety class and medical interventions classes, but what we have done has been so helpful :)

[@tarabarela]

Awesome thank you so much! I'm 32 weeks and feeling under prepared definitely going to check these out!

[@Myosotis0discolor]

Yes please bed time Routine! Love it

[@mrs.228]

Video on rhythm of a newborn! Perfect name for video too!!❤️ Also, I want to have help but don’t trust or get along with my in laws and my sister is a smoker. I don’t want that in my house or around me and my baby. 🙏🏻 I can get my cousin here for a few days at least

[@mrs.228]

Please feel Free to use that as the title, Sarah

[@elizabethholmes7465]

Yes! More postpartum tips and sleep schedule!

[@Heyimvalarie18]

I remember after my first and my c-section, my nurses pressed on my fundus like you explained. It wasn't painful, but it was a weird annoying feeling, borderline a tad of pain, caught me off guard, taken aback the first few times - Lol. Hopefully getting a vabc this time, interested to see if it's a different feeling. Side note, I second getting help... I had terrible terrible PPD, started in the hospital, and my mom was a huge help to my husband and I. If you can get help, take it ❤️ and if someone wants to help that would just make it harder *cough mother in law cough* make sure you or your spouse, tactfully and gently yet firmly say no thank you.

[@nataliechristine4934]

I’m expecting my second in may and this was SO HELPFUL. I didn’t remember some of this or didn’t know in the first place! Thank you so much!

[@abigailquettley4577]

Been a while girl. Thanks for the video

[@jodavila3762]

10 weeks to go, studying hard 😄

[@shaistakhan5374]

Same here ✌

[@jodavila3762]

My baby is 2 months now this is crazy

[@millissapurcell3794]

Totally unrelated (but hoping to can answer in your next coffee and questions) with my first pregnancy I had a “tiny placenta” as the doctor called it. He also said that there were cysts on the umbilical cord. Now I know all pregnancies are different, but will this happen with my next pregnancy as well? I’m worried 😬 thanks! Also live your videos! You helped me stay so calm during my pregnancy because your videos are so helpful! And your coping with labor class rocks!

[@naomih1284]

Thank you so much for this video! It is all great info.

[@Dr33aa]

Thanks soo much for all of your videos I had my son 2 months ago and I watched almost every video leading up to my birth I felt soo prepared soo thanks you girl😘😘

[@ginagina9592]

You’re so funny lol thank you for all your help 💜🥰💕

[@Kittykat5kits]

OMG! Partner with mamma dr. Jones or a pediatrician on developmental milestones and circadian rhythms for newborns!

[@eimymorales704]

Yes please, more postpartum videos!💛

[@serenitymattingly]

Biggest tip that I'll be doing after my second and one I wish I knew with my first is... This is my child and I can choose how and when I take care of them.

[@ashleytoney7000]

Thats so true about breastfeeding in one day it felt so easy. I couldn't imagine having to get out of bed to actually make bottles and warm the milk and clean the bottles. (I am a stay at home mom and think that has a lot to do with BF coming so easy to me personally) Also my fomo with my babys was so bad I could not sleep if someone was watching my baby. I usually just tried to nap when they nap. For baby #2 I would have someone come pick up big brother and i would nap with baby then they went to the park or lunch. Flex and Flow 💪& ⤴️

[@ndodier]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m 38 weeks & will be 39weeks in 6 days...my due date was set for the 17th (tomorrow) but looks like I will go over it cause no change in cervix. So if nothing changes by Monday I may have to be induced. So now it’s a waiting game.

[@sarahstallings7105]

That first massage was the worst! I kept trying to push her hands off, she was really rough! But it did it’s job haha!

[@stevensfam]

I feel like there is a general mus-understanding on the importance of routine for little ones. Having a good routine and schedule for my little baby has helped so much! Taken so much stress off of knowing when to feed, and how often to keep him awake vers let him sleep. Love the book "My first 300 babies". A huge key for us knowing how to do this successfully! Not easy at first, but so worth it once the baby is on track!!

[@Still_blessedlouise]

1st trimester with baby number 2. Do I really need to be watching this video right now? Nope 😂 But I will anyway!

[@juliesemeraro663]

Sarah’s classes are totally worth it! I suggest her all class bundle. I binged all of her videos during my first pregnancy. Now I’m going through them again at 24 weeks round two!

[@kitty9ward]

Omg when I had my oldest the nurse massaged me so hard I literally almost got up and smacked her. They had to drug me and knock me out. She pushed all her weight down on my stomach

[@whowantstoknow2617]

I know it's brutal eh especially just after giving birth!

[@Leandrasjones]

Is the fundal massage internal or external? I wasn’t clear on this. Thanks

[@ngs5554]

external, over your belly.

[@Leandrasjones]

Sorry one more question you said something about during pregnancy the body want to keep the blood pressure high? Could you clarify? Between 6- 7 mins is when you talk about it if that helps

[@tamrawilliams4847]

I am currently 36 weeks pregnant with my second and am beginning to get nervous about labor and delivery. With my first I had went septic from infection behind a kidney stone and conceived my daughter 2 weeks later. Ever since I had my first ( she is almost 2) I have had major burning pains in my bladder, trouble emptying my bladder, kidney pain, and pain during intercourse. I am not sure if this was all caused from sepsis or the delivery of my daughter but I definitely do not want it to get worse going through another delivery. Any suggestions or ideas on what is going on?

[@mariannemarie6838]

I think I'm going to decline the massage unless my bleeding is at a high level. If my placenta had a tear or is missing a piece then I will go through with the massage.

[@alexafuqua8727]

How can I new mom handle PP with possible nerve damage to the spine from epidural? I've been looking everywhere and have asked a lot of questions but it doesn't seem know one really has an idea on what to do?

[@MsBnjohn]

i love you. you're the best

[@melissaferguson7630]

Do you have tips for engorgment? After both my babies I had mega engorgment and the most recent was HORRIBLE it was so painful, I was shaking and in so much pain, the only thing that helped was heat so either heating pads or hot shower

[@melissaferguson7630]

Also pain meds! I took the meds religiously then was taking Tylenol and Mortin like clockwork or I was dying

[@Nida_Arslan]

That uterus sounds she made were hilarious 🤣

[@kimb9287]

I never peed so much in my life until after I had my baby!! I woke up the next day no longer swollen though lol

[@Cabilena0850]

Can you please tell us if it's ok to start milking before baby come

[@amyrichard4311]

I wish my fundal massages would have been uncomfortable. I felt like I was dying it hurt so much! I also have a high pain tolerance so I'm assuming I had a rough nurse 🤷‍♀️😅 don't mean to scare anyone.

[@janineaguilar1884]

Same thing happened to me! I was so sore from where she pressed really hard 😭

[@amyrichard4311]

@@janineaguilar1884 I'm happy to say that it really wasn't that bad with my second daughter. The bleeding was most likely more under control. Don't want to just blame the nurse lol I know every situation is different :)

[@beemarie2012]

I'm really worried about my postpartum time with my fourth child. I'm afraid of the lack of attachment I may have. Do you have a video like that or of a sort??

[@funsun3277]

My sister just had her 4th and feels the closest to him. Good luck and take time for you two to spend time together when you can.

[@candicewiggins166]

Have you seen alot of failure of production with breastfeeding in spite of intervention? I never produced anything, not even colostrum, I had intervention and pumped along with nursing for weeks and saw nothing happen.

[@harmonymccullough8621]

Can you cover thrush mouth in newborns? Please!

[@vitoriabeckerd]

breastfeeding is hard but is not impossible girlsssssss

[@amrehu88]

I wish we could have extra help from family, but unfortunately we live far from them which isn’t easy with the pandemic.

[@loracorwyn3713]

The hardest part is sleep deprivation.

[@stevensfam]

I now everyone views this differently, but it helps so much to get your little one on a schedule. My baby loves the routine, and is doing awesome now that he knows when he'll be fed, and having things the same day to day. This has helped me so much with getting sleep!

[@loracorwyn3713]

Having a routine (schedules are discouraged like the video states) has helped for peace of mind but not with sleep. Everyones family is different, hopefully your comment helps someone else though. Babies are supposed to wake often, it helps prevent them from sids. I’m not complaining, I’m glad they wake, it’s just the hardest part for my family and it has been for all three of our kids when they were newborn.

[@stevensfam]

@@loracorwyn3713 I do appreciate how she referenced the difference between rhythm and schedules. It is easy to get caught up in the technical and the specific timing of things. But I do agree totally with what she said. Thought it was really good

[@hafsaanwar6592]

Breastfeeding is really second labor its so difficult

[@explaincauseidontgetit3294]

😂What the hell is a birthing person!!? A woman sacredly giving birth to a human baby is reduced to a cold...birthing person? One of the MOST sacred things a woman could do, should never be reduced to, birthing person. Also, fundal message after c-section is so rough!

[@sarahlavonne]

Birthing person is actually an expansion on woman. It doesn't include women but includes all people. I know it may be uncomfortable for you but it is the respectful terminology

[@explaincauseidontgetit3294]

@@sarahlavonne it’s definitely not uncomfortable to me, it diminishes the nature of a woman. Women in all their glory, needs no expansion. It doesn’t diminish a man’s role or a non-heterosexuals role in the partnership of bringing a baby into this world, but it is a gift that women bring, that should not be sidelined by calling them a birthing person. I’m curious how long this term has been in circulation as correct medical terminology.

[@juliesemeraro663]

So I might just be a weirdo, but none of my nurses ever did a Fundus massage. There was so little bleeding my midwife was very surprised. So it doesn’t happen to everyone. So don’t stress about that. Flex and flow and deal with it when/if it happens. ❤️

[@brandirowell3197]

Engorgement.. by far the WORST! That and mastitis😭😥😔😫🥴😭

[@polarbarr21]

I am a RN and pregnant with my 6th child and the number 1 thing I will NOT consent to is fundal massage.

[@unnepak1]

Maybe not postpartum... but a video on cord blood, tissue, placenta banking... and or placenta encapsulation... Or a video that NOOOOOO one talks about...... ur rib cage expanding. Omg!!!!! And hurting!! 🥴

[@hannabanana85]

I have a question and a tip for other new mommas. I just had my second, and getting help with number 2 is also totally okay! Tip: try not to compare your experience to other people’s stories. Just because your postpartum depression/anxiety isn’t as bad as other stories you’ve seen, doesn’t mean your feelings aren’t valid. Please still talk to someone 🤍 Question: I know newborns having little swollen breast buds is totally normal, but how long do they last? My 3 week old son still has them 👀

[@loracorwyn3713]

Also bedtime with a newborn isn’t a thing. That’s not for a few months later