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Post pregnancy care tips: Experienced and big women are present in every house to tell how women should take care of themselves after delivery. Apart from the suggestion of the doctor, there are some traditions going on in every house, which you can say in the common colloquial the prescriptions of grandmother/grandmother. In this, he also has a suggestion to cover the head and ears. Let’s know how much truth is there in this matter.
According to gynecologist Dr. Chanchal SharmaIn our society, the myth has been going on for a long time that after delivery, women should keep their heads and ears covered, otherwise the air and ears fill the air. Actually, it can be a matter of lack of information in a way. After delivery, when any woman needs the most care, then such elders keep suggesting them.
Lack of health information
In olden times, when people did not know about the hormonal changes that occur after delivery, due to which women also get depression. In such a situation, people felt that there is pain in the head because the wind fills, which can be cured by covering the ear and head with the help of scarf.
Older thinking based
You may be surprised to know that after pregnancy, women have headache, anxiety, etc., which are gradually cured on their own. But old people or people with lack of information used to consider it as a symptom of filling air in the head and ear. This tradition is actually based on old -time thinking. People used to think that all this is happening due to air filling in the head and ears. Therefore, they were told to cover their heads and ears with scarves or dupattas
What is the real reason?
After delivery, there are large -scale hormonal changes in the body of women. For this reason, problems like headache, fatigue, anxiety or mood swing can occur. These are common symptoms and gradually recover on themselves. But due to lack of information, they were linked for wrong reasons. The reality is that covering the head and ears neither stops hormonal changes nor treatment of depression or headache.
Take special care of Mental Health
Dr. Chanchal Sharma says that After delivery, women should take special care of their mental health. It would be better to get entangled in things like covering head and ear, contact a gynecologist and tell about your problems. She will give you proper advice so that you can take care of yourself and you can remain healthy even after delivery.
What to do and what not to do
After delivery, if you want, you can cover your head according to the weather, but do not consider it as compulsion. It is important to pay real attention to these things like-
- Eat balanced, fresh and nutritious food.
- Relax and get good sleep
- Talk to the family, stay close to your loved ones.
- Try to reduce mental stress.
- If the problem increases, consult a doctor immediately.