You are days away from a life-changing event, and the last thing you will feel like doing is standing at the stove. This book is written for the exhausted, the overwhelmed, and the gloriously unprepared. It walks you through a single, well-planned session of batch cooking that fills your freezer with real, comforting meals for the weeks after your baby arrives. No fancy equipment, no rare ingredients, no recipes that expect you to have two free hands. Every step is realistic about what a tired person can manage: honest timings, safe storage guidance, and meals that freeze, reheat, and eat one-handed. You will find breakfasts, soups, casseroles, slow-cooker meals, and quick snacks — all designed to be prepped before the birth and ready when you are too tired to think about dinner. There are no lectures about avoiding takeaways or using fresh produce. This is a practical, judgment-free plan for feeding yourself and your family through the fog of early parenthood. Part of The Tired Cook's Library.