Majority of new moms are still recovering from giving birth with some feeling effects three years later: survey
Two in three women who have given birth in the last three years say they are still “recovering” from the experience, according to new research.A survey of 2,000 women found that recovery after childbirth extends well beyond physical healing — into their mental and emotional health and other bodily changes.The majority of those who had their last child at least two years ago still feel like they’re unofficially “recovering” (59%).When it comes to physical recovery, the average respondent took four weeks to recover physically after giving birth and six weeks to recover mentally.More than twice the percentage of moms said that it took them more than eight weeks to recover mentally than physically (43% vs.17%).Conducted by Talker Research for Intimina, the survey found that a majority of moms agree that no matter how hard you try, you can’t prepare for what to expect after giving birth (88%), including 87% of those who have done it more than once.Forty-seven percent of those who previously gave birth said their most recent birth took longer to recover from than their first one, and the same percentage of all respondents said bouncing back was harder than they expected.It took the average respondent six weeks to bounce back to having a similar body as before, going back to work and exercising; getting back to their routine was a bit easier to get the hang of at five weeks.However, 62% haven’t bounced back to the person they were, personality-wise, before they had their last child.Half of moms surveyed are learning that their body may never feel the same as it did prior to giving birth (51%).Some of the changes to their body that respondents expected and experienced were hormonal changes (78%), fatigue and low energy (73%) and having stretch marks (70%).
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