Review Article
Year: 2023 | Month: April-June | Volume: 8 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 423-429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230253
Perception of Body Image During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Prathibha N J
Department of OBG Nursing, Kempegowda Institute of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
ABSTRACT
Physiological changes during pregnancy occurs in all the systems of the body. All these changes will revert back to prepregnant state but not exactly. Breastfeeding is not only essential to the newborn but also useful to the mother. Through breastfeeding, mother and child bonding improves and helps to reduce the weight during postpartum. Eating behaviours and lifestyle modifications may be useful to reduce body weight with positive perception about body image. In this study, discussed about abdominal changes, breast enlargement, stretching effect of muscles, skin hyper pigmentation and also some of the home remedies to reduce hyper pigmentation, abdominal stretch marks.
Keywords: body image, pregnancy, breastfeeding, body changes.