{"id":3409,"date":"2023-03-03T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:51:25","slug":"see-you-later-postpartum-self-care-were-doing-relational-care-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-uk\/post-birth-recovery\/see-you-later-postpartum-self-care-were-doing-relational-care-now\/","title":{"rendered":"See you later, postpartum self-care. We’re doing relational care now."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As the old saying goes, \u201cIf you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rates of postpartum depression have been rising rapidly across the world in the past three decades. There\u2019s a lot at play there, but researchers are finding that the increased isolation of new parents \u2014 obviously made worse through the Covid 19 pandemic \u2014 are partly to blame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me, myself, and baby<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve mixed up the idea of very normal, human need for connection and physical support with the idea of codependency. The postnatal period is definitely not the time to be asserting your rugged individualisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is an odd dynamic at play here. Infants quite literally depend on others to survive. They can\u2019t feed themselves or move themselves, they can\u2019t keep themselves warm \u2014 both in the inability to put on clothes and not even being able to fully regulate their body temperature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n