Postpartum in men/women

Does it fuck 😂😂

true, it’s a big change for fathers too but i don’t think it’s comparable to what women go through

Not all men are providers.

But no way is it comparable to what women go through when they become a mother.

If the father is a great father then yes. They experience post-partum just as hard as women. If he is not a great father, then his life will feel the same- they will still go out, see friends, gym, do sports, work and their body and sleep wont change much at all. If they are a great father, they will be sleep deprived getting up to do night feeds, lose sense of identity, recognise their body is changing, experience losing friends and feeling isolated because they dedicate to supporting mum and baby. If the father isn’t pulling in the hard yards, mumma won’t feel supported, and that’s where mummas may feel it’s incomparable.

I have to heavily disagree. Yes they have to deal with some lifestyle changes, maybe, but for the most part they don’t have the accompanying hormones, emotions, same level of sleepless nights, struggles with feeding, healing from growing a baby/potential labour interventions/pushing a baby out, they don’t have the same risks for their health, or worrying about all the appointments to keep for themselves/baby… it’s definitely not the same for men and women - and that’s even if you have a “provider”.

Absolutely the fuck not. It can absolutely be hard on fathers too. But the hormones alone are wicked

Thank you ladies. 😂 a group of men attacked me for saying postpartum for men is not as intense as it is for woman! We apparently “think we have it harder bc we push out babies and in reality, we don’t have it harder” is exactly what I was told lmaooo

@Chantelle I still don’t even think the greatest father in the world will experience postpartum at the same intensity level as women. Mostly due to the drastic hormonal fluctuations. Men do have fluctuations of hormones from the new babies arrival but like not even remotely dramatic as a women’s.. after birth is the most intense and rapid hormone depletion anyone can experience in their life. Not even puberty was that extreme 😂

In my case, i was way more affected. My husband would agree

There is research that shows men also have hormonal changes associated with becoming fathers, as well as the lifestyle change. But it sure as shit isn’t as significant as the physical and hormonal changes a woman goes through. The difference if that men don’t have experience of sudden hormonal shifts, whereas women tend to. I would have lost my ever loving crap at any man trying to compete with the female experience of birth, especially in this postpartum stage 😂

We were both affected in totally different ways but I definitely got the lions share of the difficulties and lifestyle changes. And it resolves quicker for them than it does for us. Women take two years to recover from having a baby, men are over it much quicker