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When I was pregnant with my first child I had no absolutely no idea what to expect. I went about my business, as if nothing was different. At work I had time to look at my growing belly as thoughts Chubby, quiet, smiling babies dressed in all-white filled my mind. I had convinced myself that my life does not really change.

Fast forward a few months – I was sitting in my little daughter in the room and we were both Crying. She was crying because she needs a new diaper, I was crying for my old life, my lack of sleep and my resentment against my husband, whose life is not really changed. To add insult to injury, he came home at night "in the mood." Was he on drugs?

Two months later, just as my daughter Three months ago I joined a support group for young mothers. It was at that moment I began to see the light at the end of the "new mom tunnel." There, surrounded by six other exhausted, overwhelmed and anxious women, I began to feel human again. The group was headed by a child psychologist, but any discussion turned from the children and focused on us. Thank God one hours I could devote to each week, it really spurred me.

We talked about our sex lives, or lack of them, our emotional state of mind, as our bodies had changed forever our questions remain about at home versus going back to work. Every week there was a new theme and when the women found out that I was a doctor, the talks shifted to our physical health. "Is it? Normal for my hair falls out "" Why can not I lose the weight? "" Why do my feet are bigger, they are always their pregnancy size? "" If my child has the croup, I get it? "" When will it stop hurting to have sex? " "Since I have my son laugh when I had to come from urine, is this normal?"

It was clear to me that a variety of health issues arise in a new mothers. And I became their resource. If I'm not the answer, I ask my Ob / Gyn or research in a medical textbook. There was no one available Resources to these young mothers This could credibly to answer their questions. And the available resources provided sketchy information were the best. I remember a meeting where a woman had a lesion under his arm and spotted go online, she came in crying hysterically, she was sure to die of skin cancer. She did not know that certain lesions were normal during and after pregnancy. What they discovered proved to be a normal skin day.

There was definitely things I wish someone had warned me before I had my baby. From acne to the larger feet of resentment towards your spouse the fear of return or not to go back to work, not the other issues mentioned above, no one wants such as constipation, depression, hemorrhoids and vaginal Pain, women should talk to an outlet to discuss one of the biggest changes they will experience ever: a new baby!

Most people Think new mothers do not have time for themselves or their own health, but given the proper resources, they are certainly at the time. Place with a group of women after birth and to give inevitably, the discussion on health issues that relate to themselves, and in turn how their babies and children. It is my hope that this book, some of the much-needed calm and solid, have good health information to new mothers while researching this turbulent period, but miraculous.

© 2008 Jennifer Wider, MD

Author Bio
Jennifer Wider, MD, is a doctor, author and radio personality, which specializes in women's health issues. She is medical advisor to the Society for Women's Health Research in Washington, DC Dr. Wider regular contributions for Cosmopolitan magazine and hosts a weekly segment on Cosmo Radio for Sirius Satellite. She has appeared as an expert on health The Today Show, CBS News, Good Day NY, Fox News, and a variety of cable channels. She lives with her physician husband and their daughter and son, in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Her book, The New Mom's Survival Guide is now available from Bantam Books.

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