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What is different about postpartum food?

  • Designed for breastfeeding bodies ~ higher amount of protein, choline, Vitamin B12, iodine, and more

  • Easy to digest ~ slow-cooked, enough fiber (but not too much), whole organic foods

  • Calorically dense without feeling heavy

  • Warm and spicy (to your preference) to promote body realigning, tissue regeneration, and hormonal balancing

Food as Medicine

I am informed in Ayurvedic healing approaches and a multi-cultural understanding of food as medicine.

Your body has just completed an amazing task through birth, but that is only still one step in the journey. Entering into postpartum, the body already understands how to rebuild itself through engrained ancestral wisdom and biology. It only needs the right tools to do this.

This is when what you eat and drink (and otherwise consume) becomes medicine.

For breastfeeding parents, you get to explore another amazing aspect of this by passing on medicine to your baby’s body as well (the other body that just completed the strenuous work of birth). Breastfeeding bodies rely even more on the right food to perform necessary cellular tasks for healing and growth.

Step 1:

Select Your Meals

Fill out the form at the bottom of the page to select which meals you would like in your frozen meal package.

Please only fill out the form once the Bentonville Birth Services doula package has been purchased and all necessary hiring paperwork has been completed.

Step 3:

Receive Your Delivery

Your confirmation email from Gentle Journeys will confirm the delivery date and time. This can be planned as far as six months in advance or no later than three weeks before the desired delivery date.

If you would like your delivery sooner than three weeks from the time the form is filled out, Gentle Journeys will reach out to let you know if this is possible at the time.

You will need to plan for someone to be home during the agreed upon delivery time. No orders will be left unattended (including porch drop offs!)

Step 2:

Check Your Email

Watch for your coordination email from Gentle Journeys. This email will confirm your order timeline and provide or ask for any additional information needed to bring you the meals that will be best for you.

Menu

Choose the number of servings you would like of each dish in the form below. All dishes are allergen free unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the substitutes and allergies section below for more information.

Substitutions and Allergies

Since day one, our goal has been simple: make everyday tasks easier for real people. We started small, listening closely to local needs and building solutions that truly help.

More About Your Meal Options

  • No hidden fees, ever.

  • Our work grows as you do.

  • We answer within one business day—often sooner.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes! You can order the meals you’ve already purchased up to 2 months after birth. After this deadline, the meals purchase as a part of the BBS doula package will expire.

  • Please allow up to 2 business days for your form to be processed and the confirmation email to be sent. If you have not received an email after 2 business days, please email gentlejourneysbn@gmail.com.

  • When you fill out the form below, you will have the chance to tell us your desired delivery date and what time of day would typically work best for you. Keep in mind deliveries are made on Mondays unless otherwise agreed upon. In the confirmation email you will receive from Gentle Journeys, I will either confirm that the desired delivery date is available or provide the closest available date.

  • The frozen meal order purchased through the Bentonville Birth Services doula package includes 32 meals. Each meal is one adult serving size.

  • Your frozen meal package purchased with your Bentonville Birth Services doula care is a service specifically designed for birthing people to support their postpartum recovery.

    However, at Gentle Journeys, I offer a wide range of customizable menu options for the whole family, including a kids menu! If you would like to continue ordering meals through Gentle Journeys, please visit gentlejourneysbirthandnutrition.com for more information and to fill out a separate order form.

  • I would love to continue supporting you and your family in your postpartum healing! For more information and to order more frozen or weekly fresh meals, visit gentlejourneysbirthandnutrition.com.

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