All Entries in the "POSTPARTUM" Category
Health Visitors Can Help ‘Stop Baby Blues’
Psychological support for new mothers is very important according to a new study and when support from a specially trained health visitor is made available, this helps to keep away the baby blues.
Visits from Specially trained health visitors can greatly help new mothers since they are able to offer psychological support and also help to [...]
Breastfeeding Even With Inverted Nipples
Are you excited to breastfeed your baby but you’re worried it may not be successful because you have an inverted nipple? Do not become despondent as there is an exercise you can do to deal and prepare for it.
You may start with this simple exercise beginning on your 7th month until you deliver your child. [...]
Getting Intimate After Pregnancy – Fact And Fiction
There are a lot of misconceptions and myths floating around about “when is it OK to have sex after pregnancy”.
Lisa Masterson, OB/GYN and host of CBS’ “The Doctors,” spoke a little about what is fact and what is fiction in this matter:
It is recommended that you wait four to six weeks after a delivery to [...]
Get Into Shape Post Pregnancy, Warn Experts
It isn’t just the fact that you want to get into your smartest pair of jeans that should be a reason to lose the post pregnancy flab, there are health reasons for you to do so as well, according to health and wellness doctor, Dr Jennifer Ashton.
When your life has become a series of feeding, [...]
Sleep Deprived? Tips To Help You Get Enough Rest
A new baby does not know day or night, he does not know when he is supposed to wake or sleep, he does not realize that mommy and daddy need their sleep. [ Infant sleep]
He follows an internal rhythm all his own, and nothing can parents do to change that at least to begin with. [...]
Kourtney Kardashian’s Tips To Get Back Your Body Post Pregnancy
Many women revel in their new role as mother but still regret the pounds that have piled on in the process. While each woman’s body responds differently for motherhood, weight gain is almost universal and each woman desires to get back the body she had before she got pregnant.
Celebrity mom Kourtney Kardashian who gave birth [...]
5 Tips To Handle Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression was said to occur due to lack of vitamins, however now it is thought that the most plausible cause for this problem could be the significant changes that take place in a woman’s hormones at the time shortly after childbirth.
You may do everything right and still get the baby blues, and in some [...]
Getting Fit After Having A Baby
During pregnancy, a woman’s body will undergo many changes. One unpopular change during pregnancy is an increase in weight which can often be up to 50 pounds.
Unfortunately, after giving birth, you not only take your newborn back home, but also the extra weight. One of the first things you want to do after giving birth [...]
Postpartum Depression – How Common Is It?
Postpartum or Postnatal depression is a clinical depression that can afflict 5 to 9 % of women who have delivered a baby.
It occurs immediately after child birth or within a few months thereafter and some cases may affect men as well. The chief characteristics of postpartum depression include:
An inexplicable sadness may be experienced though everything [...]
Demi Moore Talks About Post Pregnancy Body Issues
For many of us Demi Moore is the epitome of self confidence, the fact that she has had three girls has inspired a lot of women in a sense that how it’s done! And now she has revealed that a seeming self confidence in her body is really not what it seems to others. She [...]
