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How can women's postpartum depression be effectively relieved?

sihai.com: postpartum depression is a series of physical, emotional and psychological changes caused by sexual hormones, social roles and psychological changes after the birth of women. Many women will have some mild postpartum depression after giving birth, so how can postpartum depression be properly relieved?

At 9:52 p.m. Tuesday, a man called the police for help, saying that he and his wife took a boat to travel. When the boat first reached the waters of Lanling River in Zigui County, the Yangtze River, his wife suddenly jumped into the river from a window of the boat. At that time, he was so scared that he immediately asked for help from the cruise ship. Later, the cruise ship immediately turned around to try to rescue him. Unfortunately, it was still raining in the dark night, so he could not find the trace of the woman jumping the river.

At about 11:00 that night, search and rescue personnel finally heard a weak response sound from the river. They searched carefully with the help of lights in the direction of the sound, and finally found a woman jumping into the river among a bunch of branches floating on the river. At this time, the woman has been floating in the river for more than an hour, exhausted, and has no strength to catch the lifebuoy thrown by the police.

After treatment by Zigui County Hospital, the woman's life was not in danger. According to the police, the woman jumped into the river because of postpartum depression.

How to relieve postpartum depression?

1. Strive for sleep

Many people have heard that mothers should strive for sleep when their babies are sleeping, but in fact, many mothers do not take this advice, because they may use their babies' nap time to do other things. In fact, if mothers were able to make up for lost sleep, their chances of feeling depressed would be reduced. You may need friends, family or even hired help to help you get enough sleep.

2. Suitable room conditions

The effect of environmental factors on postpartum depression and insomnia can not be ignored. The room of the puerpera should have sufficient sunshine, open windows and ventilate every day, change the dirty air in the room, and keep the air fresh. Even in winter, if you are afraid that the pregnant woman will catch cold in the wind, you can let the mother and the baby stay in other rooms for a while while while ventilating.

3. Psychological adjustment

First of all, women should do well in psychological preparation for pregnancy and childbirth, which is the psychological adjustment to be started before and during pregnancy, which can greatly reduce the incidence of postpartum depression; second, postpartum women should not immediately receive too many guests, should maintain a quiet rest environment, the new mother must be in a hurry, at this time, do not let the external trivia too much to interfere with their emotions, in order to reduce Anxiety, tension and other bad emotions.

4. Don't overwork

Just gave birth to the baby's maternal usually also pay attention to ensure adequate sleep time, do not overwork.

5. Relax charging method

Leave your child in the care of others for a while, take a short vacation with your spouse, watch a movie, go shopping, and avoid mental and emotional overdraft.

6. Sharing with others

When you feel that you are in the wrong mood, you should talk with people around you, such as your husband, tell him how you feel in your heart, talk about your worries, let him share some with you, or find a trusted friend or girlfriend to talk about your mood and feelings.

7. Food therapy

Pregnant women usually eat a lot of supplements in the "month". However, these foods are easily annoying, irritable, insomnia and anxiety. In serious cases, there will be various signs of 'burning'. So we should eat more light food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, drink more warm water, and adjust our physical and mental state from the inside out.