The Fourth Trimester

By Mercy Namusia

Nothing prepares a woman, especially a first-time mother for the aftermath of childbirth. When you get pregnant with your first child you happily go through the pregnancy journey until you reach the end, where some moms have a good birth experience while others have traumatic ones. All in all, every mother, irrespective of the birth experience has to give herself time to heal properly so that she can go back to how she was before pregnancy. She has to heal physically, internally, and emotionally so that she is able to nurture a healthy child. This book focuses on postpartum healing, weight loss, and well-being in order to help mothers reconnect with their former selves, and feel good about themselves, which is very important in the upbringing of their children and fostering healthy relationships with other people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mercy Namusia
• Release date: Nov 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005101633

Mercy Namusia

Mercy Namusia was born and raised in Bungoma County in Kenya. She loves reading and writing.

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The Fourth Trimester:

How to heal and lose weight faster after child birth

By Mercy Namusia

Copyright 2020 Mercy Namusia

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Chapter One

Once postpartum, always postpartum, said a female speaker in one talk show about postpartum health that I watched sometime before I gave birth to my son. Those words made me understand that your body changes after you give birth. This change is permanent. You cannot go back to how you were before. And it is not physical change. Of course you can have your pre-pregnancy body back, your energy can be over the roof, but you will definitely not be the same as before.

There are women who bounce back like nothing happened. They are much energized and back to their pre-pregnancy size almost immediately after childbirth. Then there are those like me who end up tired like forever, even holding the baby can be burdensome to them. And when it comes to their postpartum bodies, they still look pregnant for way too long. Well, it is not because they ate too much during the pregnancy. That is just how their bodies respond to pregnancy. And we are not complaining, we are thankful for the miracles we gave birth to.

Women who bounce back like nothing happened might forego rest. They immediately go back to what they were doing before, be it household chores or work. Society applauds such women for being strong. For instance, in Africa, most women who give birth without complications and start doing household chores and other heavy work like tilling the land or fetching water a day or two after delivery are applauded. That is why people have made it look normal for many years such that if you give birth with complications and need to be taken care of, you will hear people say, " When I gave birth I was nothing like you, I was strong, I took care