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By the end of your pregnancy, the strain of carrying all that extra weight starts to take its toll and most women tire long before the end of the day.
The increased size and weight which comes with late pregnancy begins to tax the muscles, while difficulty in sleeping can also leave you suffering from late pregnancy exhaustion.
Once your baby has arrived, and especially if it is your first baby, you may well be surprised to find how much your life changes.
One of those changes is usually how the new routine (or sometimes lack of it) can turn your days and nights upside down.
One of the biggest problems for a new mother can therefore be postnatal exhaustion.
Most new mothers start to feel less exhausted after 2 to 3 months. But recent research has found that many women are more exhausted when their baby is aged 14 to 19 months than they were at 6 weeks.
It is important to save what energy you have to care both for yourself and your new baby. You need to prioritize:
- Have low expectations and set realistic goals – your baby needs to be fed and changed as often as necessary and you need to eat, sleep and shower regularly.
- Preparing meals, cleaning the house and entertaining guests are not priorities.
- Enlist the help of friends and relatives if they offer – such as looking after the baby while you take a break, preparing a meal for you or carrying out a household chore which has been neglected.
- Limit the amount of visitors who drop in. If they do come and visit, they can help out.
- Enlist the help of your husband or partner too. He can take turns with a night feed sometimes either with a bottle of formula or breast milk which you can express earlier on. An uninterrupted night’s sleep from time to time will make a big difference. There are many other ways he can help out as well. It is important that they are actively involved in their new baby’s life and complimented on their efforts.
- As soon as you have established some sort of routine, try to schedule at least one activity per day just for you. This could be a massage, time to read a book or a good soaking in the tub.
- If your husband or partner is working hard and involved with baby care, then he also needs some time off on a regular basis
- Then as a couple, you need to get back in to the habit of just having some time together – try to make a weekly date that you do something together while someone else is minding your baby. This time together alone is an important ingredient to a lasting marriage or partnership.
- Once you are feeling more rested and confident, take time to interact with your girlfriends once more and especially those who also have babies or young children. They can be a tremendous source of information and help and you can swap hints and experiences.
- Join a “mothers and babies” group so that you can widen your circle of friends while absorbing new ideas on baby care. Your baby learns to socialize with others of his age.
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Editor’s Note: Often putting themselves last, women tend to overlook the importance of maintaining a healthy mind and body.
The unique health care issues women face throughout their lives include physical issues such as sexual and reproductive health, fertility, menopause, osteoporosis, urinary tract infection (UTI), fitness, and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Women also confront vital psychological concerns like stress management, anxiety, depression, and even premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
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