Causes of nightmares after childbirth

After giving birth, my body is weak and I want to sleep well most of the time during the confinement period. However, I am often awakened by the baby's crying, so it is not easy to get a good night's sleep during the confinement period. There are also some mothers who do not sleep well, and they often have nightmares during the confinement period. When they wake up, they are sweating, dizzy, and even wonder if they have a little postpartum depression. Why do you have nightmares after giving birth? What should you do if you have nightmares every day after giving birth?

1. The reason why you have nightmares every day after giving birth

1. Body fatigue after giving birth

After the human body experiences childbirth, it loses a lot of blood and becomes very weak and tired. At this time, new mothers also have to take care of the newborns, feed breast milk, change diapers, etc., especially getting up late at night to feed milk, which disrupts the previous sleep quality and body clock regularity, resulting in insufficient sleep time and difficulty falling asleep. In this tired state, new mothers dream more than usual.

2. Worrying too much about your children

Most of the contents of some mothers' dreams are related to their babies. When they wake up, they are anxious to see if the baby is still around. This is because the mothers care too much about the baby. As the saying goes, you think about something during the day and dream about it at night. I often take care of the newborn during the day, worrying that the baby might have some problems, so when I go to sleep, my brain is not completely relieved of stress.

3. Too much inner work pressure

If the new mother is often in a state of anxiety and restlessness during the day, her sleep will definitely be affected. After giving birth, due to the change of roles, lack of knowledge of parenting education or conflicts in the parent-child relationship, new mothers are under great psychological pressure, and it is normal to experience depression during the confinement period. As long as you relax your mind and pay more attention to regulating your mood, this kind of depression will gradually subside.

2. What should I do if I often have nightmares after giving birth?

1. Communicate more with family and friends

New mothers always have to deal with the relationship with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the relationship between husband and wife during the confinement period. Misunderstandings and disagreements are inevitable in the process of interacting with the mother-in-law. It is recommended to communicate more with relatives and don’t keep everything in your heart. Doing so will not only aggravate the anxiety and depression, but also affect the recovery and sleep quality during the confinement period. You can also talk to close friends and adjust your emotional distress, which will help improve your mood.

2. Create a new sleep quality regularity

After giving birth, because the newborn's day and night are reversed, the new mother has to get up late at night to breastfeed, which disrupts the previous sleep regularity. At this time, you can follow the baby's resting pattern to create a new human body clock. When the baby wakes up, the new mother can breastfeed, wait and play with the baby. When the baby rests, the mothers should go to bed as soon as possible.

3. Proper fitness exercise

Appropriate exercise is helpful for promoting sleep. Mothers in confinement can do postpartum exercises or yoga, ask professional yoga teachers for one-on-one guidance, and learn some yoga poses that promote sleep, which can not only relieve stress, but also relax the body and prevent postpartum depression.

In addition to the above methods, new mothers can also do what they like, such as listening to music, reading, massaging themselves, applying facial masks, etc., which can all have the effect of relieving stress. They should also share more with their husbands on a daily basis, and let their partners help with breastfeeding, changing diapers, and help share the mothers' work pressure. This can not only establish good parent-child communication, but also promote intimacy between couples.