Tips For News Moms To Cope With Pandemic Blues

 

With pandemic striking mankind, along with ailments and other hassles, it has also brought along a row of uncertainties. Even the new mothers, who have recently delivered a baby child, have fallen prey to this, alongside emotional problems, health issues, increased workload, and the new responsibility to look after the newborn infant. Amidst such times, the pandemic has added to their woes, as they feel disconnected from the entire world and isolated.

Many new mothers have revealed that becoming a mother in the thick of the pandemic landed them in acute depression, especially due to no assistance from outside for doing the household chores. They feel swamped under relentless work and it seems like the only thing in life.

“With the advent of Covid-19 and thus the social distancing norms, the new moms feel left out and isolated, and are often deprived of love from the other family members, which is the root cause of soaring cases of postpartum depression in the last 2 years”, experts say.

 

Thus, here are some tips for such women reeling under the aforementioned conditions. Let us take a glimpse of some such tips.

 

1. Remain active and functional:

Walking or other simple indoor activities like household chores or gardening is known to enhance mental health. Physics exercises debilitate the effects of negative thoughts in the mind.

2. Keeping in touch with friends and family:

Social support is a pivotal element for everyone in the world, and way too much for a woman who has recently delivered a baby child. Therefore, keeping in touch with near and dear ones, who impart positive affirmations to you is quite efficient, which catalyzes your healing process.