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You prepare for the birth of your baby for many months during pregnancy and then the first months at home after your baby is born can be a quiet, gentle time of getting to know this new person who has come to live in your home. But for most women it is not all quiet or sweet. And for some women it is a very hard time. What Can I Expect in the First Few Months After the Baby Comes? New mothers and their families face many challenges in the first few months: Your body and your hormones have to get back to normal. You and the baby will be learning to breastfeed. Babies only sleep a few hours at a time. The whole new family will have a hard time getting enough sleep. You and your family need to learn how to parent this new family member. If you have a partner, you have to figure out how to stay together as a couple and maybe even start to have sex again. You may have to figure out how to keep from getting pregnant again right away. You may need to return to work and find day care. How Long Will It Take for My Body to Get Back to Normal? Some changes occur quickly. Others will not happen so quickly. Your uterus, cervix and vagina will all shrink to their normal, nonpregnant size in abou

Who reads Share With Women?

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley (ISSN 1526-9523)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)