If you feel like you don’t love or care for your baby, you might have postpartum depression. These people are more at risk; đź’˘Have a personal/family history of depression or bipolar disorderđź’˘Lack of support from family and friendsđź’˘ Unmanaged depressed during pregnancyđź’˘Teenage pregnancyđź’˘Alcoholics and illegal drug usersđź’˘ Birthing a baby with special needs. You should …
When deciding whether to take a medicine during pregnancy, it’s important to find out about the possible effects of that medicine on your baby. Most medicines taken during pregnancy cross the placenta and reach the baby. The problem is that scientists can’t ethically perform drug testing on a pregnant woman. So, it is not accurate …
If used properly, breastfeeding can be 98 percent effective at preventing pregnancy within the first six months after the baby’s delivery. However, it’s not as simple as it sounds. LAM requires a very precise method. 👉🏼First, you must have a baby who is less than 6 months old. 👉🏼Second, you must exclusively breastfeed your infant, …
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Delayed onset of lactation’ is the term applied to a condition wherein the breast milk is slow to come in. A delay in the production of breast milk, however, does not mean it will not arrive at all. Under normal circumstances, colostrum is available in the mother’s breast within 40 hours of delivery. Breast milk …
Expecting mothers tend to spend so much time preparing for their babies and forget to prepare for themselves, the recovery after birth and the transition to parenthood. The first three(3) months after birth is crucial and many women find it difficult to adjust during this period if they don’t know what to expect. We have …
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