Make cooking and housework as easy as possible.
If you ever planned to treat yourself to hired help, now is definitely the time. Buy a slow cooker, Dutch oven, or microwave for meals that practically cook themselves. Many birth practitioners recommend that a pregnant woman line up dinner preparation for the first week’s postpartum from all those who have offered assistance (particularly if they want to come and see the baby). Or, you can cook casseroles and soups in advance and freeze as much as possible.

Develop a sense of humor
If you don’t have one already, you will definitely need it in the years ahead. Let your troubles roll off your shoulders. Joke around with your partner, your kids, yourself. Call good friends for a chat and some silliness. Let your heart be light, and look on the bright side of difficult situations.

Try not to burden your partner with grim realities, at least not on the emotional level. If you can translate these into specific needs, okay, but otherwise forget it. Take responsibility for your feelings. Find other women to talk to for solace and inspiration.

Know that this wild and crazy time will pass
Keep the long–term view in mind, plan your first weekend (or week long) getaway with pleasure, and keep the faith. Finally, it’s important to note that against all the odds, a fair number of women feel their sexual understanding and power greatly enhanced by giving birth. Some have orgasms for the first time in their lives. This is probably because birth partners a woman primarily with herself; the particulars of letting go and surrendering come ultimately from within her. Especially if she has been buffeted around by male needs, desires, and opinions about sex, this can come as quite a revelation.

As Cassie says
“I never had orgasms like I did after giving birth. When I was pushing my daughter out, I got more than connected to my vaginal muscles: I became them. My strength was incredible, my timing exquisite. Before, when I made love it was me up here, vagina down there. But now my consciousness and intelligence are fully inside me. I’m not afraid to do or try anything with my body; its power belongs to me. Once you’ve let go giving birth, letting go with sex can take you to places you’ve never dreamed of”.