Not exact matches
They may develop
postpartum depression or post-traumatic stress syndrome.9, 20,25,31 Some mothers express dominant
feelings of fear and anxiety about their cesarean as long as five years later.16
Women having cesarean sections are less likely to decide to become pregnant again.16 As is true of all abdominal surgery, internal scar tissue can cause pelvic pain, pain during sexual intercourse, and bowel problems.Reproductive consequences compared with vaginal birth include increased infertility, 16 miscarriage, 15 placenta previa (placenta overlays the cervix), 19 placental abruption (the placenta detaches partially or completely before the birth), 19 and premature birth.8 Even in women planning repeat cesarean, uterine rupture occurs at a rate of 1 in 500 versus 1 in 10,000 in women with no uterine sc
Women having cesarean sections are less likely to decide to become pregnant again.16 As is true of all abdominal surgery, internal scar tissue can cause pelvic pain, pain during sexual intercourse, and bowel problems.Reproductive consequences compared
with vaginal birth include increased infertility, 16 miscarriage, 15 placenta previa (placenta overlays the cervix), 19 placental abruption (the placenta detaches partially or completely before the birth), 19 and premature birth.8 Even in
women planning repeat cesarean, uterine rupture occurs at a rate of 1 in 500 versus 1 in 10,000 in women with no uterine sc
women planning repeat cesarean, uterine rupture occurs at a rate of 1 in 500 versus 1 in 10,000 in
women with no uterine sc
women with no uterine scar.27
Although it's normal to go through a transition period of having some «baby blues» in the first few weeks after having a baby, any
feelings of
depression, mood swings, or irritability and anxiety that interfere
with a
woman's daily life beyond six weeks
postpartum are not normal.
Instead,
women with postpartum depression (PPD) are often gripped
with feelings of deep sadness, confusion, anxiety, and despair, and they are deprived of their anticipated joy in their first precious months
with their baby.
However,
women with postpartum depression tend to
feel the symptoms more intensely.
Having a strong home support base, talking
with your partner about how you
feel and getting out of the house regularly to socialize
with friends have also been found to significantly help
women with postpartum depression.
Women with postpartum depression have intense
feelings of sadness, anxiety, or despair that prevent them from being able to do their daily tasks.
Growing up in the nineties, I associated
postpartum depression with Susan Smith [a
woman now serving life in prison for killing her two sons; her lawyer argued that she suffered from a long history of
depression],
with people who didn't like their babies or
felt like they had to harm their children.
A
woman with postpartum depression may
feel sad, tearful, anxious, cranky, discouraged, hopeless, worthless, or alone.
More specifically, compared
with women with no early neonatal signs of breastfeeding difficulty, we found that
women who had negative
feelings about breastfeeding and reported severe pain while nursing soon after birth were more likely to experience
postpartum depression at 2 months.
In
women with postpartum depression, the values recorded were 21 percent higher than those of
women who were not plagued by negative
feelings after giving birth.
In
women with postpartum depression, the values recorded were 21 percent higher than those of
women who were not plagued by negative
feelings after giving birth.
Women with postpartum depression have intense
feelings of sadness, anxiety, or despair that prevent them from being able to do their daily tasks.
A
woman with postpartum depression may find relief and support in joining new mother's groups to discuss challenges and
feelings about caring for an infant.