Postpartum

A baby is born and the postpartum begins, a stage full of changes, adaptations and many doubts for mothers, new or not. At this stage we go through many things and our emotions are in full bloom. Therefore, if we are going to visit a mother who had her baby, we must pay special attention and care to what we say.

We live in a time when talking about postpartum is increasingly common. From celebrities who share their experience with depression or postpartum psychosis, to recommendations to live it in an easier way. However, although mothers are getting better and better prepared for their arrival, there is still more awareness in the people around them.

Postpartum depression is not usually given the attention it deserves. Sometimes it is underestimated by confusing it with fatigue or difficulty adapting to the new mother's reality, but it is much more than that. Women who suffer from postpartum depression, it is estimated that one in seven women, live with an invisible fanstasma that prevents them from feeling happy after giving birth.

This year the extension of the paternity leave to five weeks was approved, which the new parents already enjoy, and the Government has shown its intention to continue expanding it progressively until it equals it in 2021 with the 16 weeks of the maternity leave. But there are many voices that do not think it is a good measure to continue extending the permission of the parents instead of extending that of the mothers, which by the way, has been immovable for about thirty years.

Postpartum is one of the most complicated and confusing stages of being a mother. You are newly arrived home with your new baby, tired, inflamed, sore and probably, somewhat lost. Surely you've heard that famous advice "sleep when the baby sleeps" countless times, but at the moment of truth, it doesn't always work.

I have always thought that nothing can really and completely prepare you to be a mom. We can read countless books, magazines, blogs or websites, learn and know all the theory, advice and suggestions about being a first-time mother, but when the time comes for the truth and they give us our baby things can be very different and more confusing than we imagined.

Postpartum is a crucial time for moms, as they have to adapt to their baby and new routines, while their body is still recovering from pregnancy and labor. And although many times there is no time for the shower they have to take care of themselves. And that begins by going to their postpartum check-ups to check that they are recovering well or raising the doubts of their new life (there is always).

When six months ago Kate Middleton gave birth to her third child, she left the hospital just seven hours after delivery with her baby in her arms, smiling and seemingly perfect. The same happened when Carlota, the second daughter of the Dukes of Cambridge, was born. Both images were highly criticized for not showing the postpartum reality, and these criticisms are now added by actress Keira Knightley.

Meghan Boggs is a blogger from Dallas (United States), who ten months ago saw her dream of becoming a mother come true for the first time. The pregnancy came after two years of intense physical exercise and a change in lifestyle habits to fight the overweight she had, and that initially hindered her desire to become pregnant.

Today is the World Day for the Prevention of Suicide, a tragedy that almost doubles the deaths from traffic accidents in our country, and which however little is said about being considered a taboo subject. Postpartum is a time that is likely to trigger depression and, in extreme cases, arouse suicidal thoughts in recent mothers, so it is necessary to pay attention to this problem in women's mental health, talk about it and make it visible in order to help them before It's too late

Increasing weight during pregnancy is something we cannot get rid of, but totally expected and natural. However, losing weight after childbirth is something that many of us want to achieve in a short time when it comes to a whole process that goes hand in hand with breastfeeding as well as a healthy lifestyle.

In Babies and more we have talked on various occasions about the mental health of mothers, as well as the disorders that may occur during and after pregnancy. One of them is postpartum depression, a mental disorder that affects many women, including celebrities such as singer Adele and model Chrissy Teigen.

Once again social networks are super active thanks to the American model Chrissy Teigen. But this time, not because I have uploaded photos of its spectacular beauty. The comments of support for the mother of 32 years have not stopped happening after posting a video on Twitter talking about his body as it is now, two months after giving birth to his second son, Miles Theodore.

In pregnancy, our body goes through an impressive transformation, and in addition to giving us a baby at the end of this stage, we also have some memories, such as extra pounds or stretch marks. Our postpartum body now has some imperfections we may not have before, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.

On Friday, June 22, 'Tully' was released, the most brutally honest film about motherhood starring the great Charlize Theron with which you will surely feel identified. The actress puts herself in the shoes of Marlo, a mother with three children, the last of them newly born, who is in a choppy and without brakes towards postpartum depression until she comes to life Tully (Mackenzie Davis), a young nanny who It will make you rethink everything.

One of the concerns of recent mothers in terms of beauty is related to hair loss after childbirth. The woman may notice that after the birth of her baby she loses more hair than usual: more hair is left on the brush, on the pillow, on the clothes, in the shower ... Quiet, it is absolutely normal.

Sofia Lindfors is a Swedish model and influencer who has just done a zas in the mouth to her colleagues by profession and, in general, to all those people and media that contribute to the idea that you have to have a perfect body weeks or even days after giving birth. He stars in the cover of the summer edition of the magazine mama with a beautiful bikini image accompanied by his two daughters of six and a year and a half.

Some time ago I shared the results of an investigation, in which they explained that most women felt insecure because of the unreal representations we saw of pregnancy and postpartum in social media and networks. Nor do magazines or fashion sites where we see how they praise celebrities for instantly recovering their figure after having a baby.

Placentophagy, or eating the placenta after childbirth, is a practice that has become fashionable in recent years, promoted in part by some famous women after giving birth to their babies. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Lopez and recently the Spanish model Sheila Márquez confessed to ingesting a piece of their placenta after childbirth and talk about the benefits of this practice to increase energy, promote milk production and prevent depression postpartum, among others.

The first days back home with the baby can be complicated. Between attending to that new person, adapting to the change of routine and schedules, and also continuing with most of our usual activities, those first weeks after the birth of the baby can become chaotic and eternal, especially for the new mother.