Seven reasons for dads to give postnatal massage to their partner
Why it is important to give postnatal massage. Giving birth is a wonderful experience but it can also be a traumatic time too. Mum has been through a great deal - nine months of pregnancy and the associated discomforts; then the pain of delivery, the tiredness, the euphoria, the bodily changes. Now comes motherhood and the great responsibility that comes with it.
1. Your partner needs reassurance and intimacy, and it may take a while for your sex life to return to how it was before. Of course bare in mind that now there is a third party, the baby, on the scene, life will be different from now on.
2. Your partner will easily get tired and require more sleep; she may feel stressed. Massage is a wonderful way to soothe away
stress.
3. Her body is readjusting to being without a child within – it is a strange feeling.
4. Your partner needs your affection and needs to know you still love her – her body will not be the same as it was before she got pregnant.
5. You need to show her you are there for her, without being too demanding.
6. You need to connect with your partner; there is now another person in the relationship - your baby.
One other thing, there is always the possibility of
post natal depression
and a loving reassuring massage will certainly help, even it is just of the shoulders and neck where a lot of tension is held.
Massage can be the most intimate non sexual thing you can ever do with your partner. Yes, it can lead to sex but should not always be done with that in mind. It is good to give without expecting to receive.
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