Healing Your Body After a Miscarriage
Experiencing a miscarriage is physically, emotionally, and spiritually taxing. Your body has been through an intense process and your heart may feel heavy with grief. While rest, support, and prayer are vital, nurturing your body with gentle, ancestral-inspired foods and practices can help restore balance, replenish energy, and honor the life you carried.
These traditions, passed down through generations, focus on supporting the body with warmth, easily digestible foods, and herbs that help with recovery, while keeping the mind calm and spirit soothed.
Gentle Principles for Healing
Warmth is Key
After miscarriage, your body craves warmth to restore energy and support circulation. Warm foods, teas, and broths help your system process nutrients more efficiently and provide comfort to a sensitive stomach. Cold, raw, or heavily processed foods may be harder to digest during this delicate time.Focus on Nourishing, Easily Digestible Foods
Your body may be weak, so foods that are light but nutrient-dense are ideal:
Grains: Rice, oats, and cooked quinoa.
Proteins: Soft-cooked legumes, lentils, eggs, and gently cooked fish or chicken if desired.
Vegetables: Steamed or sautéed root vegetables like carrots, beets, and sweet potatoes.
Fats: Ghee, olive oil, and avocado provide gentle, sustaining energy.
3. Strengthen with Herbal Support
Ancestral traditions often include herbs and spices to support recovery:
Ginger and cinnamon: Promote digestion and circulation.
Fennel seeds: Help with bloating and gentle hormonal support.
Tulsi (Holy Basil) or chamomile teas: Calm the nervous system and ease emotional tension.
4. Hydrate with Warm Liquids
Water is crucial, but warm liquids like herbal teas, warm broths, or lightly spiced water (with ginger or cinnamon) help the body absorb nutrients and stay hydrated while keeping the digestive system gentle.
Sample Daily Healing Routine
Morning:
Begin the day with a cup of warm water with lemon or ginger or tea.
Enjoy a light porridge made with oats or rice, cooked with ghee, a pinch of cinnamon, and a little honey.
Midday:
Warm, lightly spiced lentil soup with soft-cooked vegetables.
Steamed rice or mashed sweet potato on the side.
Afternoon:
Warm herbal tea (chamomile, tulsi, or fennel).
A small handful of soaked almonds or pumpkin seeds for gentle protein.
Evening:
Softly cooked chicken, fish, or eggs (if desired) with sautéed root vegetables.
A cup of warm, lightly spiced milk (cow, goat, or plant-based) to relax before bed.
Gentle Practices Beyond Food
Rest and gentle movement: Short walks, stretching, or restorative yoga can support circulation and calm the mind.
Warm baths or compresses (with herbs or epsom salt): Help soothe abdominal discomfort and provide comfort.
Mindful breathing and prayer/meditation: Healing is not just physical — nourishing your mind and spirit is essential.
Journaling or creating a keepsake: Honoring your baby through small rituals can aid emotional recovery.
Encouragement for Moms
Recovery after miscarriage is not just about “getting back to normal.” It’s about supporting your body in healing. Gentle nourishment, warmth, and ancestral practices can help restore your energy and balance, while creating space to process grief and find hope.
Every meal, every sip of warm tea, every gentle movement is a way of saying: I am healing, I am nurturing, I am honoring the life I carried.
Anything stated in this blog is not medical advice.
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