There are a number of healthy benefits a women can receive from practicing yoga. Through this form of exercise women are able to build on their strengths and focus on bettering themselves through a calming method of breathing, meditation, and gentle poses.

Here are just some of the healthy benefits that women can get from yoga:

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Everybody in this world goes through certain life experiences, which trigger him or her to learn more about it or to resolve it. But this can only happen if you are able to identify an issue or realize that it is an issue. One of the issues that many of the women experience and don’t know is Baby blue or post partum depression.

 An interview with my patient gave me an insight that many of our females suffers from this tragedy “Baby blue” and don’t even know that it has a major impact on mother as well as for the infant’s development. My patient went through a post delivery period and she recalls that sometimes she had unusual thoughts and fears such as she felt if she’ll loose her child, she’ll forget her child in some shop, or she may harm her own child. These were very horrible thoughts that took my breath away. Sometimes she use to dream that someone has taken away her child or she is giving bath to her baby and suddenly her baby is out of her hands and gone inside the drain. After these kinds of thought and dream she used to become very restless, no sleep, she used to wake up even when a slightest noise is there. She became overprotected towards her child. Her husband many times commented that how do you know beforehand what does the baby wants? Because she was always making fuss about everything even telling her husband what to do and what not to do as if her daughter was only her property. After this interview I wanted to learn more about it that why she had these symptoms, what are the usual risk factors of it?

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The most of studies show that massage therapy executed during pregnancy can abate anxiety, reduce symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, newborn health and improved labor outcomes.

Many Massage therapy techniques, one of technique is called Swedish Massage, which purposes to rest muscle tension and blood circulation and improve lymphatic through mild pressure applied to the muscle groups of the body. It is the advised or recommended prenatal massage way during pregnancy because it addresses many common discomforts associated with the skeletal and circulatory changes brought on by hormone shifts during pregnancy.

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As much as women, enjoy the feeling of a baby growing in their wombs for nine months, the post- pregnancy period is always a new experience for most of them.

To a number of them, this period is a dramatic change from the norm and instead of being happy that the belly is free, they suffer from postnatal depression.

It is also what is commonly called the baby blues and not easily understood by other people around the mother.

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I’ve talked to my doctor about TTC but forgot to ask her that question.

Anyone been pregnant while taking Lexapro? What was your experience like?
Yes, my doctor knows I’m taking it…she’s the one who prescribed it! Like I said, I already talked to her about TTC, but didn’t ask if I could take prenatal vitamins. Of course, I wouldn’t just start taking them without my doctor’s approval, I was just wondering, until I can speak with her, if anyone else knew anything about it. I’m not an idiot…
Actually, you CAN take it during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, but it can cause problems. Many babies are born healthy & fine & only very few babies are actually affected by breastmilk with Lexapro in it.

For the love of God, doesn’t anyone know anything about this?
Considering no one answered either of my questions & only lectured me…I’m not choosing a best answer.
Well Saz, I wasn’t talking about you directly. Though, you didn’t really answer either of my questions.

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Did you know that prenatal omega 3 fatty acid intake should be higher than what is recommended for non-pregnant women?  A woman’s needs are also higher when she is breast feeding.  If her dietary needs for DHA are not met, she could experience a variety of health problems.

DHA or Docosahexaenoic acid is an omega-3 that is essential for normal brain development in the fetus and in the infant.  It continues to be important throughout a person’s life.  A lack of it throughout a person’s life could be one of the causes of Alzheimer’s.  Research concerning that is currently ongoing.

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I can’t imagine the depression getting worse, but the reassurance of other mothers who have been through this would be terrific.

Thank you for your answers in advance.
BTW, I’m not taking anything right now. They will put me on something if I insist, however, I don’t think that this is beyond tolerable, yet. I am still functioning.

If I can handle this without meds, I would rather do so so that if I get hit with PPD after she’s born, the medication will have a better effect.

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