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What to do to calm preparatory or isolated contractions?
- move if you have been sitting: contractions usually stop when you move;
- drink some water: contractions can be triggered by dehydration;
- take a hot bath, but not too hot, it should be a nice relaxing warm one;
- lie on your left side and avoid lying on your back: this can slow down or stop contractions.
When to go to hospital with contractions?
Contractions will become more regular and closer together, last about a minute, occur
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In the first few days after birth, milk has a more or less intense yellow; this precious first milk is called colostrum and has a 'creamy' consistency than the milk we would expect to see.
After about three to five days it becomes whiter, more liquid and more abundant.
Colostrum is produced in very small amounts, the physiological amounts for your newborn baby's tummy.
Colostrum contains all the nourishment your baby needs, provides him/her with protection against infection and stimulates
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The postpartum period is very delicate for a woman who can experience two different situations:
- the baby blues (an emotional instability;
- postpartum depression (to be considered a real depressive state).
Most mothers experience the so-called 'baby blues', i.e. an emotional instability that affects the woman immediately after childbirth, in the days after childbirth even up to a few weeks after childbirth, and which normally disappears after a couple of weeks. The woman feels:
- sad
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