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Update Date: 2010/10/25 China Times [Reporter: Zhang Cuifen / Taipei Report]
The government frequently promotes "birth encouragement" plans, but mothers who are actually willing to give birth are not treated kindly. Many new mothers, exhausted both physically and mentally after childbirth, are immediately forced by hospitals to take care of their newborns, leading to the majority of mothers experiencing "breastfeeding depression." Some can't help but cry in the hospital, and many say childbirth is so exhausting that they dare not have another child in the future!
An angry mother-in-law complained to our newspaper, accusing a major medical center of inhumane treatment of new mothers. Her daughter-in-law had just given birth when the hospital shoved the baby into her room, forcing her to feed the baby even though she had no milk yet. When the baby finally slept, she had to busy herself with warm compresses, massages, and pumping milk. Before she could even rest, the baby would cry from hunger again. Seeing her daughter-in-law worn out and exhausted, she couldn't bear it.
Recently, new mother Huang, still in her postpartum confinement period, attended prenatal classes step by step, thinking she was fully prepared. Unexpectedly, everything went wrong after childbirth. Her baby had jaundice, and she herself had insufficient milk supply—struggling for two hours to pump just 10cc. The baby couldn’t get enough milk and even lost weight, leaving her feeling deeply defeated and bursting into tears in her room, with her husband crying alongside her.
Ms. Liu, an office worker who breastfed her baby for four months, shared her painful experience. Among the mothers who gave birth around the same time, eight or nine out of ten suffered from "postpartum breastfeeding depression." Everyone was exhausted and frustrated but afraid to complain because not breastfeeding seemed to imply they didn’t love their children, putting immense pressure on mothers with lactation difficulties and filling them with guilt.
She said that modern women work up until the day before delivery, enduring the pain of labor until they are completely drained. Yet, they are immediately expected to care for their newborns, forced to breastfeed even when they have no milk! The government’s so-called "mother-and-baby-friendly" services only seem friendly to the baby, not the mother. Seeing breastfeeding promotion posters just makes her furious. She said, "Whether I breastfeed or not, I still love my child!"
It is understood that hospitals, in line with the Department of Health’s mother-and-baby-friendly initiative, follow a "standard" procedure of placing the baby with the mother within four hours after birth. However, some hospitals fail to communicate adequately beforehand, leaving new mothers feeling overwhelmed and mistreated.
Dr. Ye Qibin from the Psychiatry Department of Tri-Service General Hospital pointed out that childbirth is a tremendous challenge for women. Generally, half of new mothers experience "moodiness and emotional lows," while one in ten may develop postpartum depression requiring proper treatment. As for whether breastfeeding increases the risk of postpartum depression, there is no medical evidence to support this. However, during breastfeeding, rising prolactin levels and hormonal changes can indeed cause physical discomfort, requiring more understanding and support from family members.
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New Moms Depressed by Immediate Postpartum Breastfeeding
The government frequently promotes "birth encouragement" plans, but mothers who are actually willing to give birth are not treated kindly. Many new mothers, exhausted both physically and mentally after childbirth, are immediately forced by hospitals to take care of their newborns, leading to the majority of mothers experiencing "breastfeeding depression." Some can't help but cry in the hospital, and many say childbirth is so exhausting that they dare not have another child in the future!
An angry mother-in-law complained to our newspaper, accusing a major medical center of inhumane treatment of new mothers. Her daughter-in-law had just given birth when the hospital shoved the baby into her room, forcing her to feed the baby even though she had no milk yet. When the baby finally slept, she had to busy herself with warm compresses, massages, and pumping milk. Before she could even rest, the baby would cry from hunger again. Seeing her daughter-in-law worn out and exhausted, she couldn't bear it.
Recently, new mother Huang, still in her postpartum confinement period, attended prenatal classes step by step, thinking she was fully prepared. Unexpectedly, everything went wrong after childbirth. Her baby had jaundice, and she herself had insufficient milk supply—struggling for two hours to pump just 10cc. The baby couldn’t get enough milk and even lost weight, leaving her feeling deeply defeated and bursting into tears in her room, with her husband crying alongside her.
Ms. Liu, an office worker who breastfed her baby for four months, shared her painful experience. Among the mothers who gave birth around the same time, eight or nine out of ten suffered from "postpartum breastfeeding depression." Everyone was exhausted and frustrated but afraid to complain because not breastfeeding seemed to imply they didn’t love their children, putting immense pressure on mothers with lactation difficulties and filling them with guilt.
She said that modern women work up until the day before delivery, enduring the pain of labor until they are completely drained. Yet, they are immediately expected to care for their newborns, forced to breastfeed even when they have no milk! The government’s so-called "mother-and-baby-friendly" services only seem friendly to the baby, not the mother. Seeing breastfeeding promotion posters just makes her furious. She said, "Whether I breastfeed or not, I still love my child!"
It is understood that hospitals, in line with the Department of Health’s mother-and-baby-friendly initiative, follow a "standard" procedure of placing the baby with the mother within four hours after birth. However, some hospitals fail to communicate adequately beforehand, leaving new mothers feeling overwhelmed and mistreated.
Dr. Ye Qibin from the Psychiatry Department of Tri-Service General Hospital pointed out that childbirth is a tremendous challenge for women. Generally, half of new mothers experience "moodiness and emotional lows," while one in ten may develop postpartum depression requiring proper treatment. As for whether breastfeeding increases the risk of postpartum depression, there is no medical evidence to support this. However, during breastfeeding, rising prolactin levels and hormonal changes can indeed cause physical discomfort, requiring more understanding and support from family members.
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 101025/ 4/ 2flg8. html