🤱Stress and breastfeeding: 5 wellness rituals for overwhelmed moms

Breastfeeding is magical... but it can also be exhausting, especially when you're juggling short nights, crazy hormones and a hectic daily routine.

At 23 Mai Paris, we want to help you live through this period a little more gently 🌿💛

Here are 5 simple (and realistic!) little rituals to reconnect with yourself, without pressure, even between feeds 👶

 

Managing stress during breastfeeding: our 5 rituals to help you truly relax

🌬️ 1. Conscious breathing: 3 minutes to breathe (really)

No need for a yoga mat or total silence (spoiler: you won't get it 😅). As soon as baby feeds or sleeps, give yourself a real breathing moment.

🧘♀️ How to :

• Inhale through your nose, counting to 4 🫁
• Hold air for 2 seconds
• Exhale slowly through the mouth, counting to 6 🕊️
• Repeat 5 times

This little exercise slows down the pace, reduces stress and gives the impression of having regained a little control 💪

🍵 2. The evening infusion: your new little cocoon ritual

When the house calms down (a little), make yourself a comforting herbal tea. Verbena, fennel, lemon balm... gentle herbs that soothe and sometimes even support lactation 🌿

✨ Tip 23 Mai Paris :

Create your own mini "herbal tea corner": a pretty mug, a soft plaid, subdued lighting, and why not a podcast or a soft playlist 🎶

➡️ Just for you, even for 10 minutes.

👚 3. Comfort in what you wear

Well-being also depends on what you wear. When you're comfortable (physically and mentally), you experience things differently.

🧵 O ur nursing clothes, like the personalizedembroidered t-shirt or the ultra-soft ultra-soft sweatshirts are designed for just that:

• 💨 Easy to put on
• 💛 Gentle on the skin
• 👀 And pretty (even at home)

📓 4. The evening notebook: 3 phrases to refocus

This little ritual can change everything, even if you're not "the writing type".

🖋️ Each evening, note :

1. ✨ So mething that made you smile today
2. 🙏 So mething you're grateful for
3. 💭 So mething you'd like to do tomorrow, just for you

➡️ This helps us to see the small pleasures despite fatigue, and to stay on course without forgetting ourselves.

🚶♀️ 5. A micro-walk, every day (or almost every day)

Yes, even for 10 minutes. Yes, even if you haven't combed your hair. Yes, even with dark circles.

👟 Put on your sneakers, put baby in the sling or stroller, and walk.

Just a little. To breathe, to change scenery, to reconnect with the outside world 🌤️

🎧 A udio, music or just the sound of the city: it doesn't matter, as long as it's your moment.

💛 Doing yourself good feeds the whole balance: reduce your stress and make breastfeeding time more comforting

These rituals don't require a whole hour, a large budget or perfect organization. Just the intention to take care of yourself, a little, every day.

And this is already huge 💫

To help you feel beautiful and serene, 23 Mai Paris creates soft, functional and symbolic breastfeeding clothes, so that every mother feels seen, supported and valued in this crazy yet magnificent adventure of motherhood.