Importance Of Postpartum Care

In Asia, postpartum care is considered to be a very importance stage of a woman’s life and this belief and practice is passed down through many generations. In western countries, it is becoming more popular as the women weigh the vast health benefits more than anything else.Postpartum CareExperts refer Postpartum period as the first six weeks after childbirth. In real context , postpartum period can stretch up to 4-6 months with the mother herself coping and adapting physically and emotionally after childbirth.Postpartum care can be categorised to different categories such as external , internal and mental care. For a new mother, she has to make sure she takes good care of herself in these three aspects during the postpartum period.

External care refers to the physical body such as dealing with the change in body shape, coping with breastfeeding problems like engorgement or sore nipples, caesarean incision or even hair loss issues.

Internal care refer to things like physical fatigue, body aches, afterbirth cramps, perinea pain or constipation problems.

Mental care refer to emotions such as anxiety, impatient, confidence level or low self esteem due to hormonal changes that trigger us to be more sensitive during postpartum period