Hi Kirby. Hi Sarah. Welcome to Los Angeles. Welcome glamgelinos. We hope you stay a while.

Thank you. That's cute. Hi, everyone. It is Sarah. I am popping in. I know I'm supposed to be on a little mat leave. I will be back soon. But I really wanted to record this episode because it's very relevant to my current situation being postpartum two weeks. I actually was supposed to record this episode before baby Cade came into the world.

But if you follow me on social media, then you know that Cade came a couple weeks early.

And I had to be scheduled this episode. So Kate's actually joining us today. This is

his official first episode, though obviously he has been participating from the womb and is very

familiar with my voice, obviously, and Auntie Kirby's voice for the past nine months of recording,

however many, hundreds of episodes.

But I really, really wanted to record this episode with the founders of Chio, Irene Lou and

Jennifer Jolorte Doro.

Chio is this incredible postpartum meal delivery service that draws from

postpartum practices that are common in traditional Eastern cultures. So a lot of the food and

recipes that they develop are based in, again, the foods that you would eat

traditionally after you give birth, especially within the first 40 days or five to eight

weeks because that's a really, really crucial period of recovery. So Irene and Jennifer are on today's episode to talk to us

about what foods those are that we should be eating during this really important time to help

heal and recover. They talk about specific ingredients that they use and look for.

Can you hear, Cade guys?

They talk about the importance of rest and recovery.

There is also this idea of isolation and rest.

And so they talk about that and like what that looks like for the modern mom.

They talk about caffeine intake during the first 40 days, which obviously is very important.

But like what is that actually doing to your body?

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