According to psychological investigation and analysis, patients with mild postpartum depression generally disappear within two or three weeks, while patients with moderate or severe postpartum depression last for months or even years. Many pregnant women think it's no big deal, but postpartum depression will have a great impact on the family if it is not adjusted.
Causes of postpartum depression 1, postpartum hormone stimulation.
Great changes have taken place in the body structure of pregnant women after delivery, and their stress and hormone levels are in a state of readjustment. Among them, the most significant is the obvious decrease of estrogen level, which can lead to the decrease of catecholamine, which will affect neurotransmitters relatively and cause maternal depression.
2. Anxiety, nervousness and excitement of being a new mother
The arrival of the baby will not only change the structure of a family, but also change the life of family members before, especially the living habits and ways of the original mother. It takes a long time and process to reshuffle and adapt together. New children, the change of family roles and the nervousness of new mothers will all lead to emotional disorders.
3. Coordination of the relationship between mother's family and husband's family.
As soon as the newborn is born, with the change of family role, many parturients can't do all kinds of work during confinement. In addition, after giving birth, they need to consider the problem of taking care of their children at home, and they need to negotiate whether they want their husband's family or their parents' family, or whether they want to hire a nanny. Once there are different opinions in the family, it is easy to aggravate their emotional anxiety and depression.
At the same time, in family relations, many families with backward concepts will pay too much attention to the gender of their children. When the child is born, some families will show their dissatisfaction with their mothers and make them feel wronged.
4. Insomnia factors
Babies crying and eating at night can easily lead to insomnia and fatigue in women at night, which will affect the quality of sleep. When a pregnant woman gives birth to a fetus, if her sleep quality is poor at night, it will easily lead to women's fatigue, amplify bad emotions and produce psychological characteristics of annoyance and irritability.
5. The workplace is broken
At present, many pregnant women will take maternity leave during pregnancy, usually for 3-6 months. If they are employees of state-owned enterprises, the chances of job-hopping will be very small; Most employees in private enterprises, faced with pregnancy and childbirth, will have major adjustments in their jobs. Many pregnant women are very tired and weak after giving birth, and they have to face the pressure of parenting and changes in the workplace. Once the change is big, it is easy to produce conflicts.
Factors and influence of 4BMI index
Studies have shown that postpartum depression of puerperal women with a higher body mass index (4BMI) is much higher than that of puerperal women with a normal or lower 4BMI index. As pregnant women gain weight during pregnancy, they need more time and energy to recover after delivery. Therefore, pregnant women who gain less than 15Kg will have a lower degree of depression, so pregnant women should pay attention to controlling their weight as much as possible during pregnancy.
7. "Widowed parenting" or the father of the child stays out of it.
In some families, women need to bear almost all the pressure, especially in some "giant baby" families. The father of the child does not participate in the whole process and thinks that "giving birth" is a woman's business. This makes women not only adjust their physical condition, but also take care of newborns, and face family pressure and social pressure, which is prone to postpartum depression. Although this reason is sharp, it is very realistic!
Many men have never given birth to children, so they will never understand how great and difficult it is for mothers to struggle through postpartum depression.
Postpartum adjustment and nursing methods 1, diet adjustment
Many women are weak after childbirth, and their families usually prepare a lot of body supplements. Therefore, try to ensure a nutritious and healthy diet after delivery, pay attention to the collocation of meat and vegetables, not only eat some nourishing soup, but also pay attention to eat some fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure the vitamins needed by the body, which can also be conducive to the secretion of milk and the feeding of newborns.
2. Get family and social support
After giving birth to a child, the mother's mind will be exhausted and haggard. In addition, many pregnant women will feel depressed and uncomfortable because they can't go out in the second month. At this time, they need the support of their families and chat with their husbands and families as much as possible to make themselves feel better.
Nowadays, in many families, people are busy with work. Sometimes pregnant women are depressed, and their husbands feel that pregnant women are unreasonable, emotional and unwilling to understand. Therefore, at this time, they should adjust themselves after giving birth and encourage themselves from the heart.
3. Timely psychological counseling after delivery.
Family members need to strengthen the postpartum examination of pregnant women. Family members should spend more time with pregnant women, be considerate of them, communicate with them in time, and try their best to meet their requirements.
Understand the psychological state of pregnant women in a targeted way, try to create a comfortable and quiet environment and rest atmosphere for pregnant women, and encourage pregnant women to adjust their psychological state in time after delivery and devote themselves to their postpartum life.
4. Work as quickly as possible.
Many pregnant women took maternity leave because of giving birth to children, which led to their own closure for a period of time. I haven't seen my former colleagues for a long time, and even if I see them, I will feel strange and depressed. Therefore, adjust your mental state as soon as possible and change your social role immediately after confinement. In addition to being a full-time mother, working women need to restore their charm in the workplace, get into work quickly and get rid of postpartum depression.
5. Engage in proper exercise.
Actually, this suggestion is very important. Many famous mothers practice yoga during pregnancy and before delivery, such as Sebrina. Therefore, if you can't do exercise before delivery, you'd better do proper exercise after delivery. On the one hand, you can lose weight and let the meat accumulated during pregnancy gradually fall off. On the other hand, you can enhance your self-confidence and make yourself recover, confident and beautiful.
If you can't do strenuous exercise, you can do some soothing yoga or musical gymnastics.