Suhina Kaur / postpartum confinement, COVID-19 lockdown birth, baby blues, formula feeding, slow bonding

Motherness

In this episode, I speak with mother-of-one Suhina Kaur about her fourth trimester experience with her six-week-old son, Ari who was born at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland during level 3 of New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown.
Suhina is of Indian/Malaysian descent so had planned for postpartum confinement with the help of her parents and in-laws for the first 40 days after birth. She talks through the focus of this time being nourishment and bringing warmth back to her body after birth from both food and self-care.

We talk through the challenges and benefits that came with her confinement, what it was like having so much support and help from her parents and in-laws, and how much of her postnatal recovery she attributes to this cultural custom.

Suhina speaks of her difficult breastfeeding journey with Ari and her decision to formula feed, as well as her gradual bonding journey with her baby - one that she admits is still evolving.
I’m so thankful to Suhina for bringing us into her world during such a sacred time and passing on the wisdom she already embodies, despite her own motherness being very much in its infancy.

Thank you, Suhina for joining me on Motherness.
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