Postpartum

Birth photography or birth photography is a modality that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Until it emerged, the photos that the parents kept as a memory of that day, if they had made any, were homemade images usually taken by the father, as he could and knew.

The one on the left is a picture of Marissa Fearon, a 27-year-old woman, nine months pregnant with her first child seven years ago; the one on the right, a recent photo of her after 33 weeks of training after giving birth to her last child. It is the incredible transformation of a mother after having three children.

She is 34 years old, five children and is considered a fitness mom worthy of creating a tendency and, apparently, telling women how her body is supposed to be after having children. Her name is Simone Gately, she lives in Halifax, North Yorkshire, and she has gained a lot of followers and detractors (especially women) by saying that if she can, the others also: "there is no excuse for not being fit."

Moderate physical activity in postpartum and breastfeeding can bring many benefits to the mother, so it is normal and healthy to resume exercise after having the baby, provided there is no complication in the postpartum. There will be some exercises that are not suitable for this stage, but most likely you don't feel like doing them too.

One of the best things about the internet and social networks is that people known from television, movies and magazines are shown in their daily lives and teach us, to the rest of the world, that they are not as special or different as we think . One of the events that causes changes to a greater or lesser extent to all women are pregnancies, and although many strive to conceal, lose kilos as soon as possible or even operate so that it seems that nothing has happened, others take pictures without no look.

I met her almost by chance, and it is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful and meaningful images I've seen lately. Women as a generational link, naked on a bed with history, celebrating the arrival of a new member to the family. This beautiful photo, taken by photographer Jade Beall, connects four generations of women in a very intimate moment, even though we only see three people.

Motherhood is one of the most beautiful experiences in a woman's life. Those of us who have been mothers, have conceived and have given birth to children, our bodies have undergone great changes to give life. Most women do not have model bodies after being mothers, and that change of life and body is what Liliana Taboas wanted to reflect in 'Divine mothering', a photographic project that shows the bodies of real mothers after childbirth .

The great moment has arrived, they have accompanied you during pregnancy and probably during childbirth, you have already commented on your needs at that time, but what happens after delivery? Do they know what you need around you? These are nine things that moms want in their postpartum, do not forget to take them into account if you are going to accompany her in those moments and if you are the mother, make your wishes known.

When a mother enters to give birth to a hospital, she obviously does it with her baby. And when he leaves, he obviously goes with his baby. Unless one of the two has a problem and then one requires more days of admission than the other. At that point there are hospitals that deserve a suspense in empathy and common sense, as in this case the Igualada Hospital, in Catalonia, where a mother suffered a postpartum she never imagined: outrageous, for having to sleep in a sack to be able to be with your baby .

I never tire of seeing them, especially the image you see above that seems spectacular to me. It is the winning photograph of the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) that has awarded its annual awards. But it is not the only one. Here I leave 17 impressive photographs, among the winners and those who received special recognition, which reflect the beauty of childbirth and postpartum.

Tired but happy, special. With a belly, disposable panties, disheveled and without separating from the baby, this is what most mothers who have just given birth look like, so it is a little incomprehensible that photographs like this still surprise people. Unless what we have in mind is the image of the "magazine mothers" that come out perfect after having a baby, incredible body models or others prepared for the report with their best galas and probably with a good dose of Photoshop.

It is common in some European countries such as the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom, but in Spain and in most countries it is not yet well known nor is the home care service after childbirth barely applied, on those days when the Baby is more fragile and mothers need more help and have more doubts.

There are only two weeks left until the end of the year and in Babies and more it is time to take a look at everything that the year has offered us and remember what was the best. We have already brought you the best posts about pregnancy and the best posts about childbirth, so today we leave you with what comes next, with the best postpartum posts of 2015.

When a woman becomes a mother, she also seems to become the target of all the stupid comments and questions that people think they have the right to ask. Many people love to give advice that no one has asked for or ask questions with absolutely no tact regarding your motherhood or how you raise your children.

Postpartum depression is more frequent than we think, but it is usually underestimated and sometimes banalized, so it is so important to make it visible for women to realize that they are not alone, that it is necessary to recognize it and ask for help. A woman who has just become a mother should feel infinitely happy, but the truth is that not everyone has that feeling.

After childbirth, many changes occur in the woman's body, from the most obvious that is how the belly is reduced to more unknown ones. Today we talk about those changes in your body that may surprise you after having a child, when you look in the mirror and ask yourself, but what is this?

There are people who are simply repulsed by the simple idea of ​​eating a piece of raw meat. For others, they are not so strange or far from our nature and there are even those who would dare with a viscera, with the placenta, prepared in different ways. In recent times we talk about it again: eat the placenta after birth, would you do it?

And a few months ago you've given birth but you still can't put on your old pants. You wonder if you will be doing everything right and although it is not an issue that has to obsess us (it can take years to return to our previous weight or simply never do it) yes we can try to lose a few kilos that we think we have left over and return to a More active and healthy lifestyle.

The vaginal cup, for those who do not know it, is a relatively recent invention, much promoted by ecologists, which is introduced into the woman's vagina when she has menstruation to collect the fluids. When it is full, or when a few hours have passed, it is removed, emptied and cleaned and replaced (or stored for deep cleaning afterwards, placing a spare if you are not at home).

They are not very common, but sometimes during postpartum fever can be a symptom of an infection. These are the most frequent puerperal infections, whose first sign may be that the mother's temperature reaches 38 ° C or more for two successive days after the first 24 hours postpartum (and there are no other apparent causes).