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It is not bone broth 💅

It's MEAT STOCK. Not the same thing.

Meat stock is simmered low and slow for just 2–4 hours - keeping it low in histamine, high in gelatin, glycine, collagen and minerals.
Everything a postpartum body and a developing gut actually need. No inflammatory load. Just deep, cellular nourishment.

I know this not just as a practitioner.
I know it as a mum.

After my first birth I was depleted, inflamed and running on empty. Meat stock was a non-negotiable part of how I rebuilt.
When my first baby developed eczema, I went back to the pot. Consistently. It was one of the key pieces in calming her gut-skin connection and watching her skin finally settle.
And with my second, when a potential diary allergy showed up after introducing solids, meat stock was again the gut-supportive foundation that helped us navigate that transition without panic.

Here's what it does:

🩸 Repairs YOUR gut: birth, hormones, interventions - your microbiome has been through it. Meat stock heals and seals the gut lining so you can actually absorb the nutrients you're eating.
No absorption = no recovery.

🍼 Feeds your milk: what you eat becomes what they drink. The anti-inflammatory compounds and amino acids in meat stock directly support breast milk quality and composition from the inside out.

👶 Seeds baby's microbiome - through your milk first, then as one of the most bioavailable, gut-loving first foods you can offer. And yet somehow we're still handing mums a tin of fortified rice cereal and calling it a solid food plan. Ultra-processed. Virtually void of bioavailable nutrients. Your baby's gut deserves better than that.

This is what your great-grandmother would have made after birth, before we were told to bounce back, dry up and get on with it.

Your body is rebuilding from the inside out right now. It doesn't need discipline or a five-step supplement protocol.
It needs real, mineral-rich, ancestral nourishment.

It starts in the pot 🍲

🔥💬 Comment STOCK below and I'll send you my free Meat Stock Guide - nourishment for every phase of womanhood, from cycle issues and fertility to #postpartum and baby solids.

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#postpartumreco

It is not bone broth 💅

It's MEAT STOCK. Not the same thing.

Meat stock is simmered low and slow for just 2–4 hours - keeping it low in histamine, high in gelatin, glycine, collagen and minerals.
Everything a postpartum body and a developing gut actually need. No inflammatory load. Just deep, cellular nourishment.

I know this not just as a practitioner.
I know it as a mum.

After my first birth I was depleted, inflamed and running on empty. Meat stock was a non-negotiable part of how I rebuilt.
When my first baby developed eczema, I went back to the pot. Consistently. It was one of the key pieces in calming her gut-skin connection and watching her skin finally settle.
And with my second, when a potential diary allergy showed up after introducing solids, meat stock was again the gut-supportive foundation that helped us navigate that transition without panic.

Here's what it does:

🩸 Repairs YOUR gut: birth, hormones, interventions - your microbiome has been through it. Meat stock heals and seals the gut lining so you can actually absorb the nutrients you're eating.
No absorption = no recovery.

🍼 Feeds your milk: what you eat becomes what they drink. The anti-inflammatory compounds and amino acids in meat stock directly support breast milk quality and composition from the inside out.

👶 Seeds baby's microbiome - through your milk first, then as one of the most bioavailable, gut-loving first foods you can offer. And yet somehow we're still handing mums a tin of fortified rice cereal and calling it a solid food plan. Ultra-processed. Virtually void of bioavailable nutrients. Your baby's gut deserves better than that.

This is what your great-grandmother would have made after birth, before we were told to bounce back, dry up and get on with it.

Your body is rebuilding from the inside out right now. It doesn't need discipline or a five-step supplement protocol.
It needs real, mineral-rich, ancestral nourishment.

It starts in the pot 🍲

🔥💬 Comment STOCK below and I'll send you my free Meat Stock Guide - nourishment for every phase of womanhood, from cycle issues and fertility to #postpartum and baby solids.

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.
.
#postpartumreco

This will get me equally followed and trolled 😂.
But please don't give me "the NHS can't afford to give you proper meals" because that's just utter BS.

I need to talk about what actually happens inside a woman's body the moment she finishes giving birth.

Not the golden hour.
Not the first latch.

Her blood volume just dropped by up to 500ml.
Every cell running on iron - her neurons, her immune system, her energy production - is on fumes.

Zinc and copper, the minerals that rebuild tissue and fight inflammation, just took their final hit.

If she's breastfeeding, her body is already raiding her own brain's DHA reserves to feed her baby.
Not her diet. Her brain. First.

Cortisol crashing.
Glycogen gone.
Nervous system completing the most demanding physiological event of her adult life.

And we handed her dry toast 🍞
And called it care??

Here's what cultures who actually understood postpartum did:

🌿 Ayurveda: warming, ghee-rich meals from the first hours to rebuild what birth took.
🥢 Zuo yuezi: 30 days of blood-building, mineral-dense food - starting in the delivery room.
🍲 West African traditions: iron-rich broths within hours of birth.

Not a gesture.
An understanding.

Here's what the research says:
➡️Postpartum iron deficiency is one of the strongest nutritional predictors of postnatal depression.
➡️DHA loss post-birth directly impacts mood stability and cognitive function.
➡️Blood sugar instability disrupts cortisol, oxytocin and milk production.

The first postpartum meal is not a nicety.
It is a clinical moment.

And the message dry toast carries:
🧟Your depletion doesn't warrant our attention.
🧟What you just did doesn't require a response.
🧟Here's your ration, see you in 6 weeks.

We are living through an epidemic of postpartum burnout and maternal depletion that lasts years.
And one of the most overlooked entry points is the very first meal.

It doesn't need a budget overhaul.
It needs a clear decision that mothers are worth feeding properly.
THAT IS IT.

What did YOU eat after you gave birth?
I wanna know👇🏻❤️

➡️Follow @messybutmenstruating for more evidence-based truths about #postpartum

This will get me equally followed and trolled 😂.
But please don't give me "the NHS can't afford to give you proper meals" because that's just utter BS.

I need to talk about what actually happens inside a woman's body the moment she finishes giving birth.

Not the golden hour.
Not the first latch.

Her blood volume just dropped by up to 500ml.
Every cell running on iron - her neurons, her immune system, her energy production - is on fumes.

Zinc and copper, the minerals that rebuild tissue and fight inflammation, just took their final hit.

If she's breastfeeding, her body is already raiding her own brain's DHA reserves to feed her baby.
Not her diet. Her brain. First.

Cortisol crashing.
Glycogen gone.
Nervous system completing the most demanding physiological event of her adult life.

And we handed her dry toast 🍞
And called it care??

Here's what cultures who actually understood postpartum did:

🌿 Ayurveda: warming, ghee-rich meals from the first hours to rebuild what birth took.
🥢 Zuo yuezi: 30 days of blood-building, mineral-dense food - starting in the delivery room.
🍲 West African traditions: iron-rich broths within hours of birth.

Not a gesture.
An understanding.

Here's what the research says:
➡️Postpartum iron deficiency is one of the strongest nutritional predictors of postnatal depression.
➡️DHA loss post-birth directly impacts mood stability and cognitive function.
➡️Blood sugar instability disrupts cortisol, oxytocin and milk production.

The first postpartum meal is not a nicety.
It is a clinical moment.

And the message dry toast carries:
🧟Your depletion doesn't warrant our attention.
🧟What you just did doesn't require a response.
🧟Here's your ration, see you in 6 weeks.

We are living through an epidemic of postpartum burnout and maternal depletion that lasts years.
And one of the most overlooked entry points is the very first meal.

It doesn't need a budget overhaul.
It needs a clear decision that mothers are worth feeding properly.
THAT IS IT.

What did YOU eat after you gave birth?
I wanna know👇🏻❤️

➡️Follow @messybutmenstruating for more evidence-based truths about #postpartum

A woman just grew an entire human from scratch. Systems, organs, tissues. She birthed them earth-side. And we handed her dry toast 😭

Here's what I need you to understand as a women's integrative health practitioner with a background in personalised nutrition⬇️

That first meal isn't just food.
It's biology. And we are getting it very wrong.

Here's what just happened inside her body:
🩸 Blood loss at a vaginal birth averages 300–500ml. Iron, the mineral her red blood cells, neurotransmitters and energy systems run on, just plummeted.

🔬 Zinc and copper, critical for tissue repair and immune function, are acutely depleted.

🧠 If she's breastfeeding, her body is already mobilising DHA from her own brain tissue to feed her baby. Her stores. Going first.

⚡ Cortisol has been surging for hours. Glycogen is empty. Her nervous system is in the most demanding transition of her adult life.

And we handed her dry toast 🍞
Not because it's all there is.
Because it's all we decided she was worth.

🌿 Ayurvedic tradition: warming, fat-rich, spiced meals from the first hours to rebuild what birth stripped away.

🥢 Chinese zuo yuezi: 30 days of mineral-dense nourishment to restore blood and hormonal balance.

🍲 West African traditions: iron-rich broths and stews immediately postpartum.

These aren't wellness trends.
They are ancient, evidence-aligned wisdom that understood what modern postnatal care still treats as an afterthought:

👉🏻 A depleted mother cannot repair, regulate or recover on an empty tank.

✨ You are worth nourishing.
✨ What you just did deserves to be met.
✨ Your postpartum recovery begins now and it starts with being seen (and offered a nutrient-dense blood sugar balancing meal 👑).

It's not expensive.
It's not complicated.
It's the lowest, most actionable shift on the entire postnatal care spectrum.

And yet here we are, claiming "that tea + toast after birth will be the best thing you'll ever have"😅

Yes, sure, processed food may hit the spot, but really this isn't about the toast. It's about the message it carries.

➡️What do you think?💬

➡️Follow @messybutmenstruating for more

A woman just grew an entire human from scratch. Systems, organs, tissues. She birthed them earth-side. And we handed her dry toast 😭

Here's what I need you to understand as a women's integrative health practitioner with a background in personalised nutrition⬇️

That first meal isn't just food.
It's biology. And we are getting it very wrong.

Here's what just happened inside her body:
🩸 Blood loss at a vaginal birth averages 300–500ml. Iron, the mineral her red blood cells, neurotransmitters and energy systems run on, just plummeted.

🔬 Zinc and copper, critical for tissue repair and immune function, are acutely depleted.

🧠 If she's breastfeeding, her body is already mobilising DHA from her own brain tissue to feed her baby. Her stores. Going first.

⚡ Cortisol has been surging for hours. Glycogen is empty. Her nervous system is in the most demanding transition of her adult life.

And we handed her dry toast 🍞
Not because it's all there is.
Because it's all we decided she was worth.

🌿 Ayurvedic tradition: warming, fat-rich, spiced meals from the first hours to rebuild what birth stripped away.

🥢 Chinese zuo yuezi: 30 days of mineral-dense nourishment to restore blood and hormonal balance.

🍲 West African traditions: iron-rich broths and stews immediately postpartum.

These aren't wellness trends.
They are ancient, evidence-aligned wisdom that understood what modern postnatal care still treats as an afterthought:

👉🏻 A depleted mother cannot repair, regulate or recover on an empty tank.

✨ You are worth nourishing.
✨ What you just did deserves to be met.
✨ Your postpartum recovery begins now and it starts with being seen (and offered a nutrient-dense blood sugar balancing meal 👑).

It's not expensive.
It's not complicated.
It's the lowest, most actionable shift on the entire postnatal care spectrum.

And yet here we are, claiming "that tea + toast after birth will be the best thing you'll ever have"😅

Yes, sure, processed food may hit the spot, but really this isn't about the toast. It's about the message it carries.

➡️What do you think?💬

➡️Follow @messybutmenstruating for more

Unhinged? Possibly.
Necessary? Absolutely.

I'm Elena, integrative women's health practitioner, scientist, mother, and someone who lived without a period for 12 years before healing and conceiving naturally. Twice.

And somewhere along the way, I became completely obsessed with the piece that most women's health conversations skip straight past:

➡️ Your environment.

The food containers you heat your meals in.
The candles and sprays you fill your home with.
The produce you eat every single day.
The pans you cook on without a second thought.

These are endocrine disruptors, chemicals that quietly interfere with your hormonal signalling, oestrogen metabolism, thyroid function, fertility, and your children's developing systems.

You can be eating beautifully, prioritising sleep, taking every supplement going, and still feel like nothing is shifting.

Your toxic load may be a significant reason why.

That's why Detoxify is one of the six pillars of
The Messy Middle™.
The research backs it, and my clinical experience confirms it, lowering your body's toxic burden is a foundational step toward hormonal health.

For women recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea, trying to conceive, or navigating postpartum depletion and hormonal imbalances, this is consistently the most overlooked piece. And often the one that speeds everything up.

Less for your body to fight means more left to heal.

Save this and check out part one if you missed it 🔥🔥🔥

🏠 Comment HOME to book a virtual home audit - we'll go through your environment together and build realistic, lasting changes to optimise your hormonal health and the health of your whole family.

#lowtox #toxinexposure #environmentaltoxins #hormonehealth #womenshealth

Unhinged? Possibly.
Necessary? Absolutely.

I'm Elena, integrative women's health practitioner, scientist, mother, and someone who lived without a period for 12 years before healing and conceiving naturally. Twice.

And somewhere along the way, I became completely obsessed with the piece that most women's health conversations skip straight past:

➡️ Your environment.

The food containers you heat your meals in.
The candles and sprays you fill your home with.
The produce you eat every single day.
The pans you cook on without a second thought.

These are endocrine disruptors, chemicals that quietly interfere with your hormonal signalling, oestrogen metabolism, thyroid function, fertility, and your children's developing systems.

You can be eating beautifully, prioritising sleep, taking every supplement going, and still feel like nothing is shifting.

Your toxic load may be a significant reason why.

That's why Detoxify is one of the six pillars of
The Messy Middle™.
The research backs it, and my clinical experience confirms it, lowering your body's toxic burden is a foundational step toward hormonal health.

For women recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea, trying to conceive, or navigating postpartum depletion and hormonal imbalances, this is consistently the most overlooked piece. And often the one that speeds everything up.

Less for your body to fight means more left to heal.

Save this and check out part one if you missed it 🔥🔥🔥

🏠 Comment HOME to book a virtual home audit - we'll go through your environment together and build realistic, lasting changes to optimise your hormonal health and the health of your whole family.

#lowtox #toxinexposure #environmentaltoxins #hormonehealth #womenshealth

let me be honest with you for a second.

I teach women to nourish themselves properly.
My 9.30PM dinner is often tinned sardines on Ryvita.

I teach women to regulate their nervous systems.
Mine is held together with dry shampoo and good intentions right now.

I teach embodied movement.
The only movement practice I have had this week is with my clients.

I teach women to get back into their bodies.
I am so far from mine it's almost funny.

Almost.

This is the part of the wellness world not many say out loud: that the people who do this work are living inside the same messy, complicated, deeply human experience as the women they support.

That knowing the science doesn't make you immune to the season you're in.

Whether you're deep in HA recovery and still waiting for your body to trust you back.
On a fertility journey that's taking more from you than you expected.
Or postpartum and ealy motherhood, depleted, and quietly wondering if you'll ever feel like yourself again.

the gap between knowing and doing is not evidence you're "not coping".

It's evidence you're in the Messy Middle™.

And that's exactly where my work lives 🔥

➡️If you're here too, in the lovely gap between knowing and doing, let me know in the comments, I'd love to know you're here too ❤️

➡️And if you're in the Messy Middle of motherhood, feeling foggy, exhausted, ragey and completely depleted, comment UNBOUNCE to join my upcoming Masterclass UNBOUNCE BACK and learn the steps to finally feel like YOU again ❤️

PS:. Thank you @ellen_mulcrone for setting up the most epic challenge, sharing the wisdom and encouraging me to always share the Messy truths 💅
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#womenshealth #periodrecovery #fertilityjourney #motherhood

let me be honest with you for a second.

I teach women to nourish themselves properly.
My 9.30PM dinner is often tinned sardines on Ryvita.

I teach women to regulate their nervous systems.
Mine is held together with dry shampoo and good intentions right now.

I teach embodied movement.
The only movement practice I have had this week is with my clients.

I teach women to get back into their bodies.
I am so far from mine it's almost funny.

Almost.

This is the part of the wellness world not many say out loud: that the people who do this work are living inside the same messy, complicated, deeply human experience as the women they support.

That knowing the science doesn't make you immune to the season you're in.

Whether you're deep in HA recovery and still waiting for your body to trust you back.
On a fertility journey that's taking more from you than you expected.
Or postpartum and ealy motherhood, depleted, and quietly wondering if you'll ever feel like yourself again.

the gap between knowing and doing is not evidence you're "not coping".

It's evidence you're in the Messy Middle™.

And that's exactly where my work lives 🔥

➡️If you're here too, in the lovely gap between knowing and doing, let me know in the comments, I'd love to know you're here too ❤️

➡️And if you're in the Messy Middle of motherhood, feeling foggy, exhausted, ragey and completely depleted, comment UNBOUNCE to join my upcoming Masterclass UNBOUNCE BACK and learn the steps to finally feel like YOU again ❤️

PS:. Thank you @ellen_mulcrone for setting up the most epic challenge, sharing the wisdom and encouraging me to always share the Messy truths 💅
.
.
.
.
.
#womenshealth #periodrecovery #fertilityjourney #motherhood

Fu*k “That’s just mum life.” 🖕

If you’re moving through the day snappy, overstimulated, exhausted, and stuck in that rage → guilt loop… it might be common, but it’s not your baseline. And the “that’s just motherhood” dismissal is just BS.

Your body is signalling something. These five labs, often available through your GP, can offer clarity around irritability, fatigue, low stress tolerance, and emotional overload.

Note to self: “Normal” doesn’t always mean optimal, especially after pregnancy, breastfeeding, sleep disruption, and the sensory load of raising small humans.

👇 Optimal ranges often discussed in general wellness contexts:

⚡ Ferritin Iron storage that influences stress threshold + nervous system reactivity.
Optimal often cited: 70–100 ng/mL

⚡ Thyroid panel Postpartum shifts can affect mood, energy, anxiety, and that wired‑but‑fried feeling.
Common functional reference points: TSH 1–2 uIU/mL Free T3 3–4.5 pg/mL Free T4 1.2–1.8 ng/dL

⚡ Vitamin D Linked with mood, immunity, and emotional steadiness.
Optimal often cited: 50–80 ng/mL

⚡ Vitamin B12 + Folate Key for energy, nervous system function, and emotional resilience.
Optimal often cited: B12 >500 pg/mL Folate >10 ng/mL

⚡ Fasting insulin Early marker of metabolic stress; swings can influence mood and irritability.
Optimal often cited: <8 uIU/mL (many feel best around 2–6)

Inside The Messy Middle™, we look at labs and the whole picture: your story, your season, your birth, your depletion, your nervous system load, and the lived reality of motherhood.

➡️ Save this for your next GP chat.
✈️ Share with a mum who deserves to feel like herself again.

#motherhood #postpsrtumrecovery #postpartumdepletion #womenshealth

Fu*k “That’s just mum life.” 🖕

If you’re moving through the day snappy, overstimulated, exhausted, and stuck in that rage → guilt loop… it might be common, but it’s not your baseline. And the “that’s just motherhood” dismissal is just BS.

Your body is signalling something. These five labs, often available through your GP, can offer clarity around irritability, fatigue, low stress tolerance, and emotional overload.

Note to self: “Normal” doesn’t always mean optimal, especially after pregnancy, breastfeeding, sleep disruption, and the sensory load of raising small humans.

👇 Optimal ranges often discussed in general wellness contexts:

⚡ Ferritin Iron storage that influences stress threshold + nervous system reactivity.
Optimal often cited: 70–100 ng/mL

⚡ Thyroid panel Postpartum shifts can affect mood, energy, anxiety, and that wired‑but‑fried feeling.
Common functional reference points: TSH 1–2 uIU/mL Free T3 3–4.5 pg/mL Free T4 1.2–1.8 ng/dL

⚡ Vitamin D Linked with mood, immunity, and emotional steadiness.
Optimal often cited: 50–80 ng/mL

⚡ Vitamin B12 + Folate Key for energy, nervous system function, and emotional resilience.
Optimal often cited: B12 >500 pg/mL Folate >10 ng/mL

⚡ Fasting insulin Early marker of metabolic stress; swings can influence mood and irritability.
Optimal often cited: <8 uIU/mL (many feel best around 2–6)

Inside The Messy Middle™, we look at labs and the whole picture: your story, your season, your birth, your depletion, your nervous system load, and the lived reality of motherhood.

➡️ Save this for your next GP chat.
✈️ Share with a mum who deserves to feel like herself again.

#motherhood #postpsrtumrecovery #postpartumdepletion #womenshealth

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