Maternity Leave: Physiological Postpartum Recovery, Hormonal Shifts, and Maternal Mental Health
1. Introduction to Postpartum Physiology Maternity leave is an essential period dedicated to the profound physical and psychological healing required following childbirth. Medically recognized as the puerperium, this phase encompasses the critical weeks during which the maternal body reverses the massive physiological adaptations of pregnancy and recovers from the acute trauma of labor and delivery. … Read more