 So let's have a little look at the actual energetic surrounding pregnancy and then this early postpartum period. So pregnancy is normally a time of moisture because of all the amniotic fluid, which is a fluid that surrounds the baby during the pregnant, especially in the second and third trimester. So from an energetic point of view, some women might find that they feel quite lethargic, more emotional and hungry or more congested during pregnancy. And that can all be a sign of excess moisture. So in the early, during pregnancy and during the early postpartum period, if that's something that your clients are experiencing, obviously everyone's constitution is different, but that's in sort of generically speaking energetically, this is a time of moisture. You want to avoid things like damp forming foods. So dairy products, excess sugars or processed foods, they can all create more dampness in the body. And you also want to make sure that they're not having too much excess fluids. So it's important to be well hydrated and you can see in a lot of the postpartum foods, fluids and warm fluids especially are something that appears in lots of different cultures. So we want to make sure that they are hydrated but not having excess fluids and also that they're not having cold fluids as well like cold smoothies, cold green smoothies or musilaginous foods like okra can actually exacerbate this damp forming part of energy in the body if that's what your clients are experiencing. Also, we don't want to include too many high water content fruits or too sweet fruits like melons or overripe bananas. So those are the kind of things that if your client has been experiencing that in pregnancy, the lethargy, feeling more emotional, more hungry, then it could be that she's having more of a damp condition going on and you want to make sure that she's avoiding those foods in pregnancy and they're in the first, just in the first few days postpartum as well. So what you do want to make sure that they're including in their diets are more sort of drying foods if they're experiencing these damp symptoms. So things like whole grains, legumes and sort of drier foods, lightly roasted nuts and seeds for example and also making sure that they're eating more warming foods, so warm foods to help counteract this dampness. So foods and drinks that are eaten warm as you can see from a lot of the traditional postpartum dishes with some culinary herbs and spices but not too extreme. So the other thing that we want to avoid especially in the postpartum period are all of the extremes, too sour, too bitter, too sharp, too salty or too sweet. Those are from a traditional Chinese medicine point of view, they're not indicated for the postpartum period. The babies also from an energetic point of view is also damp around this time because childhood is actually considered the moist stage from an energetic point of view. So we want to make sure that the mother is obviously following the guidelines for the energetics to make sure that she's not too damp but also making sure that the baby has things like, that has breast milk and warmth and comfort and that they're having enough sleep as well during that time. To learn more about CNM or its courses head to www.naturopathy-uk.com