Postpartum Lessons From My First Baby That Helped Me the Second

The postpartum lessons I learned after having my first baby helped my navigate my second postpartum experience five years later in a whole new way.
I’ll never forget the advice that my midwife gave me after my first baby was born. “Plant yourself on the couch, rest, and nurse the baby,” she said. “Don’t really do anything else for a few weeks.” She also gave me permission — no, encouragement — to say no to visitors, unless they were coming over to help with the baby. “You don’t have to play host,” she said. I’ll never forget this advice, but the truth is, I very much forgot it at the time. Sitting around and doing nothing sounded awful to me. I am the kind of

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