5 Ways to Deal with Baby Blues

Pregnancy and parenting are special times in the life of a woman but not always are these periods stress free and pleasant. After waiting for about 9 months for the new baby, finally giving birth may bring instant joy to the new mother but as the reality sets in, about 80% new mothers experience something known as the baby blues and around 10% of them experience extreme post partum depression.

The fact is that parenting is an overwhelming experience for new mothers, particularly if they are first time mothers. A new baby might seem too little but he can bring some very big and often permanent changes to your lifestyle. As a new mother, you might have to make several alterations to your everyday rituals to accommodate your responsibility of caring for your newborn, which takes a lot of your time. If you are a career woman who gives her professional life as much priority as her personal life, you may have to make compromises and adjustments that you may not like. You may also not look your very best. Pregnancy will leave you with some extra fat and pregnancy scars and marks that are quite annoying to look at. All these little things, along with the hormonal changes in your body, culminate into baby blues.