What can and cannot be done during quarantine?
In PregDream we tell you what you can do and not in quarantine, which is the 40 days that pass since the woman gives birth.
Quarantine is the postpartum period where the body prepares to return to its natural state, the state it was in before motherhood. In this period , which lasts approximately six to eight weeks, the woman’s body re-establishes itself physically and psychologically . The new mother gradually begins to assume that she has a baby and that her child’s life depends on her.
In addition, the body returns to its normality: menstruation returns and vaginal secretions reestablish, after the quarantine, said woman will be able to become a mother again, the breasts are prepared to feed her baby through milk. .. A series of changes that determine motherhood and the new life of this woman after having a child . But, these changes can be positive and / or negative, both for the body and the mind of this mother.
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POSITIVE ASPECTS
As we have said before, quarantine is a time of change, back to normality. These changes produced during pregnancy, especially the physical ones, are mostly temporary, so women during pregnancy do not deprive themselves of eating and having a life full of whims and cravings, because they know that after motherhood, they can return to regain his vitality and his physique from the beginning.
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In addition, they often suffer from constipation during the last months. Both things are usually solved naturally during the quarantine period. Another important and positive aspect of this period is the resumption of vaginal secretions (vaginal discharge and menstruation especially). This is the change most longed for by women, because menstruation allows them to have the possibility of having children again in a more reliable way than during quarantine and that the return of menstruation psychologically reassures them because this fact makes them feel like women again.
In addition, the return of vaginal discharge allows them to have more effective and painless sex. It is important to know that during quarantine there are also chances of becoming pregnant and being able to have sex. Only, motherhood is more complicated during quarantine but not impossible and the return to sexual intercourse will be determined by the woman, as she is physically after childbirth because during this she may have received stitches or be in pain in the following weeks and can make life difficult sexual.
In summary, quarantine is a period that is usually positive for motherhood as it allows the woman those weeks of rest after going through a nine-month process full of changes and emotions.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS
Quarantine, despite being a necessary and mandatory period for women after childbirth, also has some negative consequences that make these weeks hard for the new mother. During this period, the woman sometimes passes the so-called postpartum depression . This feeling of sadness comes after feeling that she no longer has her baby inside, that they stop depending on them in some way and also, after seeing that her body is no longer the same.
Some of these most significant changes are weight gain, breast size, cracks in the nipples caused by breastfeeding, skin with stretch marks and excess skin after having gained a lot of belly, body aches (back due to the weight of the belly, legs and feet due to difficult mobility …) make the woman not feel good, neither pretty nor safe. In many cases, after childbirth, the woman adopts a negative attitude to this new situation and finds it impossible to return to the appearance she had before motherhood . In these cases, where the extreme of negativity is reached, the support of the partner, family and friends for the woman is important.
It is important for the new mother to know that with time and effort the body returns to its natural state, which is a period where it is very important that they feel motivated to achieve their goal and that their child, the most important at that time, need by your side. In the event that it is very difficult to adapt to this new period, you can consult a specialist who will help you understand, accept and adapt your new life to that of your baby .
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.