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The postpartum period begins after the birth of the baby and ends when the mother's body is almost back to its pre-pregnancy state. The postpartum period typically lasts 6 to 8 weeks and is associated with many emotional and physical changes. Therefore, mothers need to take good care of themselves to balance life, take care of their children and prevent postpartum depression.
1. Ways you can take care of yourself while having a baby
If you're like most first-time moms, you may find yourself unable to find personal time when you have to care for a young child in the house. However, you need to know that, only when you take good care of yourself when you have a small child, you can take care of them.
Try to take a few minutes each day to take care of yourself. Not only will that help you feel less frustrated, irritable, and self-blame, you can even protect yourself from postpartum depression.
Here is a list of suggestions that can help you take care of yourself. You may not need to do them all, but just reading through them can help you pick out what can be done:
Take care of yourself physically: Rest, eat right, exercise Develop a support network: Make sure you have other new-baby parents to talk to and share life experiences and newborn care with at least once a week . Express and accept your negative feelings: It's normal to feel bad when you have to adjust to life with a new baby sometimes.
Nên cố gắng dành vài phút mỗi ngày để tập luyện và thư giãn sau khi sinh
Focus on your positive emotions: Find ways in which you feel better and pay attention to those ways too. Rest alone or with husband and relatives, friends: No one can work without taking time off every day. Keep expectations tied to reality: No one can do it all, do everything perfectly. Work toward reasonable, achievable goals, whether dealing with emotions, doing chores, or losing prenatal weight. Try to stay positive and smile every day Plan every day all the chores you plan to do, like taking care of the kids, cleaning the house, or shopping. Keep the plan flexible and stick to reality so you can execute and complete it. Put aside the big things in life. Avoid taking on a new job, a new house, or a new boyfriend until you feel more settled in your role as a mother.
2. Why is it so hard to put yourself first?
Unfortunately, most of us didn't learn to take care of ourselves growing up. We often worry that prioritizing our emotional health will interfere with taking good care of our children, husbands, family, and friends.
In fact, it's quite the opposite. The more you take care of yourself, the more energy you'll have, the peace of mind you'll have, and the less frustrating and stressful you'll feel.
Một sức khỏe tốt giúp bạn an tâm và có nhiều cảm xúc tích cực
Below is a list of beliefs and habits that can get in the way of emotional or physical self-care. You might recognize some of them from self-talkers, something that comes to mind when you think about taking time for yourself.
Other needs are more important than mine. My role is to take care of others. That's what a woman should do. I can't find time to do anything more. I feel selfish when I do something for myself. I don't deserve time for myself to do what I want. I'm afraid other people won't like me or will get angry with me when I take the time to do personal things. My mother never did anything for herself, so why should I? Beautiful girls always put others first. I thought I could be healthy without doing anything for myself. When you become aware of your barriers, you can change negative ideas or thoughts that interfere with your ability to take care of yourself.
3. How to reprogram your self-talk?
An effective way to beat beliefs that prevent you from taking care of yourself is to repeat new phrases to yourself. Try this exercise:
Find a quiet place and close your eyes: Practice breathing slowly, deeply, so slowly that your belly rises and falls. For two minutes, repeat the movements above and think, "Looking after myself will benefit the baby." When you take care of yourself, it's like you're filling up your battery, building a bank account, or charging your battery. You may feel silly or unfamiliar at first. You may doubt the effectiveness of this exercise, so try it out for a few days and then re-evaluate the results.
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Reference source: babycenter.com
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