The Mother now empty of physical child is herself empty. If you will, a blank slate. Re-Born so to speak, just like her child. The child however is whole, having fed, in – utero and being blessed with a clean (in many cases) immune system.

The Mother however has just lost 20 pounds overnight.
She will need lots of rest and lots of food in most cases. Her choices should be dictated by her, her body will crave specific items- which shouldn’t be denied. Again, she should be viewed as a blank canvas- her care would be more sensitive than the whole child, as she has been emptied.
Rest and recovery will help dictate her new life, and this is when the Father needs to tend to her whims. He now has truly high responsibility for both mother and child. Not merely financial, but his emotional support is crucial as child-birth can take an emotional toll on both mother and father, which is why family is important.
Running to work won’t be ideal if the mother desires close company from the father. Getting fired for tending to crucial matters also shouldn’t play a role in this delicate state post – birth, and panic frenzy or paranoia over work related issues will take it’s toll on the new family member, the mother, the father and even Fido the Dog, or Sally the Cat. Meaning, sure work is great for avoiding falling into debt, or living in the gutter but should never over-ride health, or mental stability.
So before commiting to Child, one should be secure with Finance, to the tune of ($25 Million USD – The Year 2022) just in case mother wants to recover on a beach for several years and drink nectar from exotic fruit all day.
One should never begrudge the child, as child will never have say in birth. And perhaps in an ideal World if Child decides that the gift of life is torture, then there should be a clean safe place to exit back into nothingness legally.
The path to recovery shouldn’t include forcing the Child to eat like the Mother, again as the Child has in most cases has taken the best of her (the Mother), and is whole i.e.- full, and the Mother having lost about 20 pounds needs to eat.

So saying ‘I don’t want to be the only one here eating like a pig’ is to force all parties to eat as if they just dropped a bowling ball out of their stomach- which only the Mother has done, so only the Mother needs to eat like it.
The entire Family needs to understand that she (The Mother) simply needs lots of sustenance, rest, and cooperation from all, much as the New-Born will require the same. Yet not to say the same food or sustenance, as both needs are completely different despite being one in the same in most cases.

Doctors will push pills and prescriptions, but can be told no. It’s in many cases best to be educated if commiting to Child, as Parent should be responsible for Child, and Child’s actions. Feeding Fido under the table is to occur when the food is bad, or the Child is full. So this action is the Parent’s cause. Fido will eat almost anything however and became man’s best friend doing such.
[2022]
The International Register