What Happens With My Hormones after Giving Birth?

What Happens With My Hormones after Giving Birth? How will I feel during the postpartum time? I remember asking these questions during pregnancy. These are common questions to have because of the talk about Postpartum Depression and then Postpartum Anxiety. There is a lot happening with your hormones in the postpartum days and weeks and that is one more reason why rest and patience is so important.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Estrogen and progesterone both plummet after birth while oxytocin and prolactin increase to facilitate bonding and lactation
• This drop impacts emotions and you often feel a lot of extremes in the early postpartum weeks
• After about three months or so, your hormones of what your estrogen and your progesterone are back to pre pregnancy levels in most people

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