{"id":2925,"date":"2020-02-11T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ncmatters\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:49:50","slug":"the-postpartum-care-tips-ob-gyns-wish-you-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ncmatters\/2020\/02\/the-postpartum-care-tips-ob-gyns-wish-you-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Postpartum Care Tips OB\/Gyns Wish You Knew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ncmatters\/directory\/makimmel\/\">Dr. Mary Kimmel<\/a> is quoted in this Good Housekeeping article about people who give birth can navigate the postpartum recover period.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Give yourself space to feel whatever emotions you have, including grief or sadness. We go into birth with a lot of expectations, including some we don\u2019t even realize we have. 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Be proud of what you have accomplished.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/parenting\/a30657091\/postpartum-care\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51724159@N02\/4818987065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;A small hand in mine&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51724159@N02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kate with a camera<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a class=\"photo_license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mary Kimmel is quoted in this Good Housekeeping article about people who give birth can navigate the postpartum recover period. &#8220;Give yourself space to feel whatever emotions you have, including grief or sadness. 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