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“Shoot” or wait: why it is harmful to give birth to the weather
And how long is the best time to wait between pregnancies.
Some women still accept breastfeeding as a method of contraception. Yes, the hormone prolactin, which rises during lactation, inhibits the process. However, many mothers, relying on their hormones, soon found out about pregnancy again.
However, there are such brave women who, having barely given birth, want to get pregnant again. Some dream of children-the weather, others just want to immediately “shoot while the body remembers”, and no longer return to the topic of pregnancy.
But the short intervals between births are a serious test for the mother and the unborn baby. These are the problems women who decide to give birth to the weather can face.
High risk of anemia
During childbirth, a woman loses about 200 ml of blood and a lot of blood in the first day after. Then the bloody discharge becomes less and less and after a month and a half, it disappears. In this case, anemia can occur even during pregnancy, and after childbirth and during lactation, it is quite a frequent companion of young mothers. Therefore, if a woman immediately becomes pregnant, she will most likely have a serious iron deficiency, which will need to be replenished from the outside.
Folic acid deficiency
The first baby uses his mother’s reserves of folic acid with might and main – first sitting in the stomach and then, having already been born, when he will drink breast milk. At the same time, folic acid is needed not only for the health of the mother, but also for the life of the unborn baby. With a lack of this vitamin, the threat of miscarriage and the risk of developing fetal malformations increase. Therefore, with repeated pregnancy, folic acid should become an obligatory supplement to the diet.
Risk of uterine rupture
This applies to women who have given birth using cesarean. If a woman becomes pregnant again after a CS within a year, she has an increased risk of uterine rupture, because the scar may not have had time to heal properly.
Postpartum depression
Young mothers are told: “Hold on for a year, then it will be easier.” But not everyone becomes easier. With one child, there are enough worries a year. And if you add a baby here, then soon physical fatigue and lack of sleep can quickly develop into moral fatigue. Therefore, mothers of the same age are more likely to experience postpartum depression and increased anxiety.
The risk of premature birth
According to American scientists, if less than 12 months pass between childbirth and pregnancy, then subsequent childbirth in 53% of cases begins prematurely, i.e. before the 37th week. In the last weeks of pregnancy, important stages in the development of the baby take place, so premature babies are more likely to have health problems and congenital pathologies.
How long to wait?
Until the doctors agreed on the same opinion, what is the optimal interval between childbirth and planning a new pregnancy. Western gynecologists recommend a minimum interval of 18 months. But the World Health Organization advises to abstain from conception for two years after childbirth. Russian doctors are of the same opinion. And in the case of a cesarean section, mothers are advised to wait at least three years.