Health News Share Email Print New moms: Take time for self-care As a new mom, your first days home from the hospital can be pretty stressful—not to mention exhausting. So along with caring for your little one, try to take some time for your own well-being too. Welcome home! 5 ways to prioritize your wellness after giving birth Nap when your baby naps. You both need lots of rest right now. Ask for help with chores. This isn’t the time to worry about laundry, cooking or cleaning. Take a walk. Refresh your body and mood while someone you trust watches the baby. Eat healthy foods. Rebuild your strength with fruits, veggies, whole grains and other healthy choices. Make time for a postpartum checkup. Your doctor will make sure your recovery is going well. Your new baby will bring a lot of changes to your life. Curious about the adjustments you might need to make? Learn more and get tips for how to cope. Reviewed 7/3/2023 Sources March of Dimes. "Your Body After Baby: The First Six Weeks." https://www.marchofdimes.org/find-support/topics/postpartum/your-body-after-baby-first-6-weeks. NCQA. "Prenatal and Postpartum Care (PPC)." https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/prenatal-and-postpartum-care-ppc/. Office on Women's Health. "Recovering From Birth." https://www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/childbirth-and-beyond/recovering-birth. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Pediatrics RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.