Postnatal mental health

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What are the feelings experienced by the new mother?

Although having a baby can bring huge joy there may also be times of feeling low. It’s very common to feel anxious, overwhelmed and moody at times after having the baby.

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How long does Postnatal lasts ?

it will last for a long time and those mothers need some support to manage it.

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There are several mental health conditions that can happen after having a baby, these includes?

•The baby blues

•Postnatal depression

•Postnatal anxiety

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Symptoms of Postnatal depression ?

•Difficulty bonding with the baby

•Low mood

•Feeling sad, worthless and hopeless

•Difficulty sleeping

•Lack of energy

•Avoiding seeing or speaking to friends and family 

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True or false ?

The baby blues can start just after birth and usually last for a few weeks.

True 

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It’s common as mothers may be worried that they are not doing the best for their baby, or worried that something may happen to their baby.(What is the reason?)

Postnatal anxiety

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Symptoms of baby blue ?

•Feeling overwhelmed, irritable and anxious

•Mood swings ( feeling happy then sad )

•Poor eating habits and self care

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What are the sign and symptoms of Postnatal anxiety ?

•Overthinking things

•Expecting something bad to happen

•Panic attacks

•Feeling ‘on edge’ nervous and tense

•Headaches

•Muscle pains/tension

•Heart palpitations

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There are some things the mother can do to feel better such as?

looking after herself, sleeping well, eating good and exercising.

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There are a lot of things that someone with postnatal anxiety can to he feel better such as?

mindfulness, exercise and relaxing breathing exercises.