Postpartum

Postpartum by week articles

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Vaginal intercourse after pregnancy: What to expect and how to make it better

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Taking care of your health after gestational diabetes

Finding her tribe, finding her stride

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Managing your postpartum perineal pain

Managing alcohol and drug use after giving birth 

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Finding the light, the hope and the joy

When to consider seeing a pelvic floor specialist

C-section incision area

C-section incision draining

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Don’t be floored by postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction 

Pain after C-section

Postpartum pain level

Vaginal bleeding

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Important things to know about marijuana use in the postpartum period

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Managing your postpartum mental health as a Black parent 

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Building a healthy postpartum relationship with alcohol 

Some pregnancy complications are linked to higher heart disease risk later—here’s how to protect your heart

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Taking medication to lower your heart disease risk

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Keeping on top of your heart health postpartum

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Black Maternal Health: Understanding postpartum complications

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Diastasis recti: a gap in your abdominal muscles

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Dealing with postpartum hand/wrist pain (de Quervain’s tendonitis)

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Understanding postpartum lower extremity pain

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Getting the help you really need from extended family during the postpartum period 

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How to keep your relationship strong after the baby arrives

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Vaginal delivery and that first bathroom trip

One week postpartum

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Vaginal intercourse after pregnancy: What to expect and how to make it better

Body Positivity

How to make a meal when you don’t even have time to shower: in conversation with nutritionist Alyson Roux

The nitty gritty: Emotional stress after giving birth

Two weeks postpartum

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What is the pelvic floor?

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How perinatal mood & anxiety disorders might affect your return to work

Three weeks postpartum

Body image and bouncing forward with Taylor Bjorgum

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Your guide to postpartum healing

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When can I have sex if I had a C-section?

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How can I recognize postpartum depression?

Four weeks postpartum

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What to expect from your postpartum healing timeline

How to recognize postpartum depression 

Five weeks postpartum

What you can do about postpartum back pain

Welcoming a new baby, and the emotions that come with it

Six weeks postpartum 

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Body image as a new parent

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Preeclampsia: it can happen after birth, too

Seven weeks postpartum 

Eight weeks postpartum 

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What you should know about postpartum anxiety

Nine weeks postpartum 

Ten weeks postpartum 

Eleven weeks postpartum

Twelve weeks postpartum

Thirteen weeks postpartum

Fourteen weeks postpartum

Fifteen weeks postpartum

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The signs and symptoms of a postpartum infection

Sixteen weeks postpartum

Seventeen weeks postpartum 

Eighteen weeks postpartum 

Nineteen weeks postpartum 

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Recognizing the signs of DVT and pulmonary embolism

Twenty weeks postpartum 

Twenty-one weeks postpartum

Twenty-two weeks postpartum

Twenty-three weeks postpartum 

Twenty-four weeks postpartum

Twenty-five weeks postpartum

What you should know if you have a history of anxiety disorders

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What is libido? Plus the factors that can influence it

Where you can find mental health support

Twenty-six weeks postpartum

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The latest guidelines for postpartum care

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My struggle to find birth control that’s a good fit for me postpartum

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Why is my libido low? 3 Common reasons for low sex drive 

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Self-care for the introverted: Needing peace and quiet, space and time (alone) as a parent 

7 things to remind yourself when you’re having “one of those days”

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