Just as pregnancy is composed of 9 months, divided into three quarters with different characteristics and events, even after birth there are as many months that accompany the first phases of development of the child and his family.
What is exogestation and how long it lasts? When we talk about exogestation, we refer to the following nine months compared to birth of the newborn. In fact, immediately after conception the gestation begins, or more correctly the endogenperiod in which the boy or girl grows up and develops inside the maternal uterus.
The exogestation is the period immediately following childbirth in which the mother and the newborn establish a deep symbiosis and through mutual contact. This phase is of vital importance and stands out for The intense connection instinctive between the mother and her boy or girl. In fact, after nine months in the womb at the time of birth the newborn it is not yet completely mature And in the months following his birth he repeats behaviors and sensations already implemented during the prenatal life.
In this article the period is analyzed of the exogestation: What is and its duration, the different phases with their characteristics and the various changes that this long period brings for the newborn, his mother and the whole family.
What is and how long the exogestation lasts
Just as pregnancy is composed of 9 months, divided into three quarters with different characteristics and events, also After birth There are as many months that accompany the early stages of development of the child and his family.
What does exoys mean? The term derives from the Greek: éxo means “outside”, in fact the exogestation identifies i Novi months that follow the birth of the child Outside the maternal uterus and also in this case, these weeks, they are divided into three quarters in which the newborn grows and begins to know the world that surrounds it, interacting with this.
When does the exogestation ends? The term of this period is Around the ninth month after birth When the newborn has taken on skills such as cracking that help him discover in autonomy The world that surrounds him, moving away from his mother, which he needs less and less.
Phases of the exogestation: which are?
The exogestation is therefore, therefore, the continuation of the months of pregnancy And just like during the latter, more phases follow one another both for the child and for his family unit, in particular for his mother. In fact, according to psychoneuroendocrinimmunology (pnei), a recent discipline based on the interaction between human behavior, environment and endocrine and immunological responses of the body, motherhood is cyclical because human birth and its development several times the same stages, similar but With always new skills.
Here are the phases of the exhilmentcompared with the respective weeks that run during pregnancy:
- adaptation (0-3 months), important changes in post-partum both physical and psychological for the mother influence daily activities and social dynamics, but also the need for the newborn to adapt to life outside the uterus. In these weeks both must adapt to a new balance. There are many post-partum changes and consequent pregnancy: the start of breastfeeding, new sleep rhythms, care of care of the newborn. Own as happened during the first quarter of pregnancywhen the woman faced the first symptoms and the first changes of the body, including sleep disorders also linked to hormonal changes and mainly felt anxieties related to the continuation of pregnancy, so in this First period following childbirth New fears and questions will appear, such as: “I am able to take care of my baby or my little girl? “;
- balance (4 – 6 months), the mother and her baby learned to get to know each other and managed to find a their balance and I’m in symbiosis. Breastfeeding is well started and continues, the signs of hunger and sleep are now well known and the mother He returns almost completely to his pre-granting rhythms And often also to his physique, which he recognizes again. Similarly to the second trimester of pregnancy, the woman now tries confidence and an increasingly intense relationship with her puppy, first in the belly and now in her arms. However, the first detachments and the sense of separationwhich will characterize the next period, often due also to the need to return to work;
- Detachment (7 – 9 months)weaning and crawling that allow the mother to carve out greater time for themselves thanks to the greater autonomy that the boy or girl acquires. Just as going back to the period of pregnancy, the sense of detachment He increased more and more when he approached the presumed date of childbirth, when his mother recognized the child brought in his womb as an individual who will soon know. There are also similarities in sleep: during pregnancy it could be influenced, before childbirth, by the increasingly voluminous abdomen and by physiological discomfort like back pain; So in this last phase of exogestation, the child after 8 months could show sleep disorders related to separation anxiety which, in fact, characterizes this period and therefore influence the maternal rhythm. Both the third trimester of pregnancy and the exogestation are characterized by some hormones including theoxytocin and the cortisol which together alter the rhythm of sleep and the prolactin which influences the adaptation to these changes and the care that changes towards its puppy.
How to manage exogestation?
During the period of the exhilment as well as during pregnancy, unique and special moments are experienced for the whole family, characterized by the changes (physical, psychological and social), by numerous checks and visits for the well -being of the mother and child and are both Long and tiring paths, which determine dynamics variable from family to family, from child to child.
Therefore it is good to always confront health professionals who can provide all the explanations and indications necessary to face these periods in the best possible way, but at the same time The comparison with other pregnant women can also be of great helpneo-Mamme and parents who are facing or have faced all these changes in the past, for a more intimate and direct comparison. However, it is always necessary to keep in mind that each of us is different and therefore also the stages and the way to face them will be different: we are not all the same.
How does the partner role change?
We talked about exogestation considering in particular the Mamma-Bambino Diade, but it is a transformation phase that with the presence of the father or partner, crosses the parents-child triad. Even the role of the partner, fundamental during the course of pregnancy and during the travail of childbirth, turns in the time of the exogestation, experimenting with the new role of parent and the relationship with the newborn day day after day. At this stage, changes and “adjustments”, sometimes even tiring and destabilizing, also cross the couple dynamicsboth relational and intimacy.
