Most Women Are Receiving Inadequate Postpartum Care, Finds Study
The study concluded that there is substantial room for improvement in the delivery of postpartum care.
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Exercising Helped Me Not To Get Into Postpartum Depression: Sania Mirza Prepares For Tokyo Olympics
“It showed me mental strength, what it took for me to not eat a samosa when everyone else and it was all worth it when I see it now,” says Sania Mirza.
Depression, Abuse, Silence: Why Housewives Are Ending Their Lives
What is forcing so many homemakers in India to take such an extreme step? What is keeping them from taking help? Clinical psychologist Dr Prerna Kohli answers these questions and many more.
Maternity Leave Is Not A Vacation, Especially For The New Mother
Bonding with an infant, even if they are your flesh and blood takes time and hard work. Mothers don’t come programmed in understanding the unsaid.
Postpartum Depression: I almost wanted to give up my child for adoption
I would look into the eyes of my days-old baby and cry, day in and day out, saying things like, ‘I wish I could be a good mom’, and ‘Sorry you were born to a mom like me’.
Women & Doctors Both Suffer From Stereotypes: Tripti Sharan
Standing at a staggering 174 per 100,000 live births, according to a 2015 statistic, India has an unusually high maternal mortality rate. Starting from an obvious alteration in their bodies, women at times, go on to suffer from a host of issues from mostly preventable complications experienced during pregnancies, the myths and superstitions surrounding them, an emotional mental […]
A Mother’s Inability to Breastfeed is not her Unwillingness
The Madras High Court recently posed a query to Center that why it isn’t obligatory for mothers to breastfeed their newborns. The judge delved into various researches and studies to emphasize that “breastfeeding is important for the babies to keep them healthy and also the feeding mothers”. This was one of the fifteen queries placed before […]
Rimli Bhattacharya Shares her Story on Breastfeeding in Public
“Please use a cover, you see its public, though you are in a ladies’ compartment, its visible, you should be more modest, I mean to be more discreet. You cannot be an attention seeker; do you get my point?” I get that remark in the ladies’ first-class compartment in the famous overcrowded Mumbai local feeding […]
Postpartum Depression: How To Cope With It
Many new mothers experience postpartum depression. To cope with it, they need to spot the signs and get help. Family support is crucial too. “After childbirth, it’s common for mothers to experience baby blues. This occurs because of the sudden hormone changes. Postpartum depression, on the other hand, is a very serious issue. The phase […]
