新媽媽平均需1年半才能恢復自我

According to the Daily Mail on January 12, it does take an average of 18 months for a new mother to "feel like a woman again", suggests a poll of thousands of British women。

During that one and a half year period, however, sleepless nights, loss of independence and weight worries all contribute to a crisis of confidence. More than two thirds of those questioned admitted to feeling "saggy", "fat" and "unattractive" in the months after giving birth。

Six out of ten claimed their confidence took a real knock when they realized their old clothes did not fit. And a quarter of the 3,000 women said they felt they were competing with other mothers - including celebrities - to lose weight quickly after birth。

Around a third blamed breastfeeding for limiting what they could wear and 39 percent felt unattractive in every outfit they put on。

Others struggled to adjust to the loss of "me time", with 63 percent saying they let themselves go by failing to take care of their hair, make-up or clothes。

Siobhan Freegard, of the Netmums parenting advice website, said that while 18 months might be the average figure, many women will take longer。

The change in priorities also meant that nine in ten new mothers polled said work no longer seemed as important after they gave birth, and 79 percent did not want to leave their baby to go back. Many also feared they would no longer excel in their job。調查顯示：新媽媽平均需1年半才能恢復自我

據英國《每日郵報》1月12日報道，一項訪問數以千計英國婦女的民調顯示，新手媽媽要回到“覺得自己又像個女人”的狀態，平均得需要18個月的時間。

然而在這一年半的時間內，夜無好眠、喪失自我及擔心體重等因素，會造成信心危機。超過2/3的受訪者坦承，在生完小孩後的幾個月內，她們感覺“身材鬆弛”、“肥胖”且“沒有魅力”。

6成婦女聲稱，當發現舊衣服不合身時，自己的信心會大大受挫。3000名受訪婦女當中，1/4覺得自己正與其它媽媽比賽產後快速減肥，競爭對象包括名人。

約有1/3婦女抱怨餵母乳限制了她們的穿着，39%受訪者覺得不管穿什麼衣服都缺乏魅力。其他婦女表示，她們很努力去適應沒有“爲自己而活”的時間。63%的人說，她們常在沒整理頭髮、化妝或講究服裝的情況下過日子。

育兒諮詢網站“網上媽媽”網的賽歐博漢姆•弗里加德說，18個月可能只是平均數，許多婦女需要更長的恢復時間。

此外，9成的新媽媽認爲，生小孩後，工作似乎不再那麼重要。79%的人表示不想離開寶寶回去工作。許多人也擔心，無法在工作上表現傑出。