How has your relationship with your menstrual cycle changed since becoming a mother?
Of course as my womb has been activated. I find I’m much more sensitive physically and internally too. My intuition is so on point when I bleed now as a mother it almost always makes me gasp. Physically I have to be slower when I bleed, and I experience more discomfort or a heavier flow. I also nearly always free bleed since becoming a mother. It just feels not natural to stick something up there and stop the flow, which is why your new period undies are the best thing ever.
Bleeding while breastfeeding can feel like the body moving through two powerful cycles at once. How do you support yourself through it?
Absolutely the bleeding and feeding weeks are huge for me. With both my babies I have started bleeding again 6 weeks after giving birth, so I’ve never not been feeding whilst managing my cycle. I feel as though the week I’m breast feeding and bleeding nearly all my life force or chi is going outwards, or outpouring so I rest a lot. Bed, books, warm meals, baths, naps if I can and I try not to plan much socially.
How did you experience the passage from maiden to mother?
Maiden to Mother was a journey. Probably the biggest initiation and translation I’ve had in my entire life. It wasn’t necessarily easy, and there were times I felt depleted disconnected and even lost in it. I had a lot of breastfeeding issues first time round and was in a lot of physical pain, mastitis, blisters, you name it I experienced it.
It wasn’t until I was about 10 months in that I remember looking in the mirror and remembered that I create my Own story. That I’m in charge of my reality and it was like from that decision everything began to shift. My breastfeeding issues stopped, motherhood began to give me energy rather than deplete me, I was no longer looking for the old version of myself. I was no longer wanting for someone to save me in motherhood. And once I have this break through, I started to fall in love with myself and mothering and who I was becoming. 
What small rituals or practices currently help you feel grounded and replenished?
For me getting into a body of water daily is my medicine. I pray to the waters, I cleanse, I swim, I come back a new person. I would say this is my go to as a mother. We have a beautiful river that wraps around our land that I use daily but the ocean or wherever I am can easily be the source too. Movement is also super important for me. Daily yoga or walk, workouts, dance etc.
What words of wisdom would you offer to a woman stepping into motherhood?
The biggest tool or lesson in motherhood is surrender. Surrender soften and then surrender some more.
