Baby blues or maternity blues syndrome

Baby blues or maternity blues syndrome or postpartum blues is a mild emotional disturbances which usually occur within 2 weeks or 14 days after childbirth. The term refers to the baby blues is the meaning of "distress". In accordance with the meaning he said, then the signs of this syndrome are symptoms of emotional disorders such as crying or irritability. This condition is common and about almost 50% of new mothers. Cause baby blues syndrome can arise from several factors, namely maternal factors, babies born, and also the surrounding environment.1. Mother Factor:. Postpartum fatigue. In the first days after birth, the mother's condition was still very tired from the birth process is very exhausting.. Difficulty breastfeeding. This condition is probably because the woman who is not familiar, yet experienced (since the first baby), or factor of the mother's breast (sometimes mothers can not breastfeed because of inverted nipples stand out or not).. Birth trauma and depression during pregnancy. Mothers who are experiencing difficulties during childbirth (major bleeding site or by caesarean section) most likely will suffer from this syndrome. Depression during pregnancy can also cause the baby blues syndrome. For example, feeling very sad because of losing parents or relatives.. Awkward baby care. When faced with a new baby, a new mother may feel awkward. Even not infrequently to be afraid to touch because of seeing her baby is very tiny and looks fragile. This makes the mother feel afraid because they handle women who are too rough, for example. The mother was afraid to touch her own baby, but inwardly anxious to do it. Of course, these conditions trigger the grief of the mother.. Effect of Hormones. Hormones also play an important role in the mother's emotional stability. Hormonal changes will be followed by changes in mother's emotions. During pregnancy, hormones (estrogen and progesterone) will increase. These hormones will decline sharply within 72 hours after birth.2. Infant factors:. Babies often wake up at midnight and crying because of hunger, thirst, or has a bowel / bladder. Of course this will be a western task for the mother to her baby calm in the middle of the night, because at that time the mother also was severe drowsiness.Sometimes for some babies, not just a night or two nights she woke up, even up to two or three weeks ahead. Time to put him to sleep again also need patience, may bias one to two hours of the new baby can sleep again.. physical condition of the newborn heart of the mother also can be sad and give opportunities exposed to this syndrome. For example, babies born with low weight, yellow baby, or babies born with abnormalities.3. Environmental Factor:. environmental conditions that do not support may also cause the mother is sad and emotional. Environmental bias is defined as parents, in-laws, neighbors or even a husband or father of the baby itself. For example, when the mother woke up at midnight because the baby cried, the husband even slept soundly and did not care if the situation is happening. When bathing the baby's mother is learning his new, often blaming the baby's grandmother how to bathe. Neighbors often give advice that is too much, so instead of good to even cause a sense of disgust for the mother. These conditions surely make mom just uncomfortable, but will lead to crying, blaming herself, and felt sad that prolonged.