From the author: After the birth of a child, a woman finds herself in a kind of social isolation. This article is the author's thoughts on whether this can be avoided or how to overcome the limitation of communication during parental leave. The life of a woman on maternity leave or maternity leave is very different from life before pregnancy and childbirth. And one of the areas of life in which changes inevitably occur is the area of ​​communication. There is an inevitable restriction of social contacts, a partial or complete breakdown of professional contacts. Let's be honest: having a child, being with him and maintaining the same level of activity in your social life is impossible. Here you need to say “yes” either to raising a child or to professional and social life. Either become a mother in the full sense of the word, with the formation of attachment in the first year of life, or remain a full-time working professional. When choosing to “be a mother”, limited communication is inevitable, but you can make your life quite active and eventful. -For this purpose, there are child development clubs that bring more benefits to the mother than to the child. -There are cafes and other establishments that are friendly to visitors with children. -There are a variety of carriers and slings that allow you to be a fairly mobile mother even with an infant. The Internet can also be a way to overcome feelings of loneliness. It is no coincidence that craftswomen in scrapbooking, making teddy bears and other handicrafts appear so actively during maternity leave. Moreover, there are many women who, during maternity leave, begin to earn money through their hobbies. And then a hobby becomes a profession. For example, creating children's photo albums. The relationship between spouses changes, as well as the interactions between the child’s mother and others. Often a woman is not ready for the fact that after pregnancy, when her wishes were fulfilled, she was heard and seen, all her needs fade into the background. The child becomes the center of the family, and this also affects relationships. Here it is important for a woman not to forget about herself, her needs and her condition. Self-support becomes one of the key skills for a woman in the first year after childbirth. The birth of a child is a moment of crisis for any family. It is important for a woman who has recently given birth to a child and is having a hard time with the lack of communication to talk to her husband about her condition. It is important to seek understanding and support, but at the same time support your husband. After all, for a man, the birth of a child in the family becomes considerable stress. It can be very useful for a woman to use the resources that the environment provides. For example, sending your children to go out with their grandparents to be alone with your husband. Send your husband for a walk with a stroller to meet a friend. Do not refuse help if loved ones offer it. There are studies that show that while holding a child in her arms, a woman does not produce hormones responsible for sexual desire. Perhaps this is due to prolactin, which is produced in large quantities during breastfeeding. Prolactin plays an important role in the formation of sexual desire: when it increases, libido will decrease. Knowing this pattern, you can more often give the baby to your husband for a while, or go out to drink tea with a friend in a nearby coffee shop. In this case, everyone wins. A woman staying at home during maternity leave should remember that she is not only a mother. She, first of all, remains a person with all his inherent needs. Including in communication. She remains a woman who has a need to communicate with her husband and have sexual intimacy with him. Remembering this and accepting yourself with many needs, including the need to be without a child or alone, can be very resourceful.