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CONTRACEPTION AFTER CHILDBIRTH

Childbirth is a dramatic event, an intensely emotional occasion. It is a time of great physical and hormonal change, and of psychological readjustment. Psychoanalysts have called it a ‘maturational crisis’ – a woman’s abrupt transition from girlhood to motherhood, often bringing to mind previously unconscious recollection of the mothering she herself received. For the couple, it is a time of domestic and social upheaval and reassessment of roles. Such factors may have a profound effect on sexual feelings, which providers of contraception need to understand if they are to meet fully their patients’ individual needs.

As with any major event, the immediate effect of childbirth is one of shock; in this case usually succeeded by a need to care for and bond with a new baby. The woman’s ability to cope with the experience will depend on several important factors, namely the physical and psychological severity of the event itself, her personality and past experience, the fulfilment or otherwise of her expectations, and on the relationship she has with her partner.

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