Hi, I’m Ashley Conger. I’m passionate about postpartum mental health and its relation to nourishment, family support, and community. For the last 10 years I’ve helped hundreds of woman as a doula, prenatal yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic counselor.

In my years working as a postpartum doula, I noticed a pattern. People would show up the first couple of weeks, eager to see the Mom and baby. After the initial visits in the first couple weeks, too many new Moms were left with little to no support, fending for themselves, surviving, not thriving. I wanted to create a way to guide others to really show up and support mothers during those first six weeks in a very easy, tangible way. To feed her nourishing meals with love.

Yes. I have designed it to be very easy. Broken down into 17 meals to delegate that will last the entire 42 days. If you have any questions you can always reach out to me.

There are over 70 vegetarian recipes that include breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. They are nutrient dense and designed to increase in complexity the digestive fire rekindles after child brith.

The body uses a lot of energy to give birth to a baby. Hormones are flowing and the brain is communicating with the reproductive system. The digestive system is not a priority so it slows way down. Like when you leave a camp fire alone, eventually it starts to die down. You wouldn’t just throw a huge log on to restart it. You would slowly build it back up again. Same goes for our digestive fire (agni ). You don’t want to eat heavy foods like pizza, burgers or casserole. Instead, slowly rebuild your agni with warm, easy to digest foods that are also nutrient dense to support milk supply, rebuild blood thats been lost, and nourish your body as it recovers and heals.

Yes. With the exception of vegan diets. The entire meal plan is vegetarian and any recipes that contain flour (there are very few) can be replaced with gluten free flour and any recipes that contain egg can be replaced with a flax egg. The reason the meal plan is not vegan is because in Ayurveda, ghee and milk are highly medicinal, nourishing foods. Especially for breastfeeding mothers, based on the principle like increases like. Always choose organic, non-homogenized milk. For myself, I use raw milk I get from a local heard share. You may be able to find one in your area but if not, go for the cream top milk that usually comes in glass bottles. If you are lactose intolerant, use an alternative milk that doesn’t have a bunch of added ingredients or make your own. It’s easy (and cheaper) to make your own almond or oat milk with a high speed blender and nut milk bag. Ghee has extremly low levels of lactose and is typically safe for those who typically can’t have it.