When it comes to having children, many moms have a question: Why do celebrities and female celebrities recover their bodies and appear in the public eye so quickly after giving birth, as if they don't have to confinement at all. For example, not long after Princess Kate gave birth to her third child, she wore a red dress and stepped on high heels to accept an interview with the media. In fact, we are really different from celebrities and actresses in having children, and there is no need to be like them.
When they are pregnant, they have a special responsibility for making diet and exercise plans, and they have a maternity doctor with them 24 hours a day, which is beyond our reach. The fact that an average woman recovers from pregnancy to childbirth and finally to postpartum recovery can take months, or even longer, and that's the truth about postpartum recovery. The quality and speed of postpartum recovery are affected by many factors, such as pregnant women's physique, health, exercise habits and so on.
Why do we have so many doubts about childbirth and postpartum recovery? That's because no one has ever said anything to us about childbirth and postpartum recovery.
Let's take a look at the cold facts about childbirth and postpartum recovery
1. It will be very tired after childbirth
A lot of women always complain about how painful and tiring it is when you're pregnant, and the real tiredness starts after giving birth. This tiredness may come from your day and night care for your baby and housework, as well as your still faintly sore wounds and swollen breasts.
This tiredness will not end immediately, at least for weeks, or even months, it is recommended that mothers can sleep when the baby, I advise you to put down the idea of brushing your mobile phone and chasing drama, and take a nap.
2, after giving birth, the pain continues
After the child is born, the pain will not disappear immediately, and your stomach and private parts will hurt for a week or so.
After the end of childbirth, the uterus should return to the size of the pre-pregnancy, begin to contract non-stop, coupled with the stimulation of breastfeeding, the pain in the abdomen will continue for a period of time. It is recommended that the mother can massage the abdomen in a ring or use the corset to bring relief, the effect is good.
In addition, because the fetus is too large during childbirth, some mothers may make a lateral incision to ensure that the fetus can pass through the birth canal smoothly. Although the lateral incision is a minor surgery, it still hurts for about a week. Moms with side cuts can try the following methods to relieve discomfort:
After childbirth, you can apply a cold compress to relieve the pain.
You can use the moon pillow when sitting, avoid direct contact between the lower body and hard objects
After going to the toilet, it is possible to rinse the perineum with warm water and then dry it.
3. Leakage of urine
After giving birth, many mothers will have urinary leakage problems when laughing, sneezing, and coughing, mainly because of sphincter relaxation. Many people think that only mothers in vaginal birth will leak urine, which is wrong, and mothers who have a caesarean section will also leak urine. However, mothers are also too worried that the leakage of urine will improve over time, and generally will not last too long.
Moms with urinary leakage problems can improve urinary leakage by practicing Kegel exercises to increase the strength of the pelvic floor muscles.
4. Depressed mood
Within one to two weeks of giving birth, it is normal that about half of mothers will have low mood problems such as irritability, sadness, and overwhelmability. After childbirth, your body begins to undergo major changes, hormones begin to return to the pre-pregnancy state, coupled with childcare stress, postpartum depression caused by excessive physical fatigue.
5. 10 days of mile-by-mile
When the child is born, the delivery takes place only two-thirds of the time, and the remaining third is the time for lochia to be discharged. Whether you have a vaginal birth or a caesarean section, there will be lochia in your body, which takes about 10 days to drain.
During this period, it is recommended that mothers observe lochia in time, change tampons every hour, and keep their underwear clean and fresh.
6. Menstrual holidays will not come soon
Although the child is born, menstrual leave does not resume immediately, generally taking 6 to 8 weeks, and breastfeeding mothers may take longer. It's important to note that even if you don't recover from menstruation, it doesn't mean you won't get pregnant.
7. Contraception
Once mothers have resumed their married lives, they should take the necessary contraceptive measures and do not think that they will not get pregnant during lactation. Generally speaking, even if you have a plan to have a second or third child, the interval between the two children of a normal mother should be about 18 months, and the caesarean section mother needs a longer recovery period, which takes 3 to 5 years.
8, postpartum recovery is not so fast
According to incomplete statistics, pregnant women will gain an average weight of 22 to 30 kilograms during pregnancy, and having a baby will only make you lose 5 to 10 kilograms of weight, that is, the weight of a child. Within 1 week after childbirth, as the problem of edema eases, your weight will decrease slightly, and the remaining fat will take weeks, months, or even years to consume.
Postpartum weight loss, mothers must not choose the method of dieting, which is not conducive to your physical health, but also not conducive to the development of the baby, may wish to try a scientific diet, moderate exercise methods.
I advise everyone not to envy those female celebrities, they do not grow much meat during pregnancy, and they do not think about breastfeeding after childbirth, so their slimming method is not suitable for us ordinary people.
9. It takes longer to recover from caesarean section
The recovery time of normal delivery is relatively short, you can get out of bed 3 hours after childbirth, and you can move freely after a week, and you are normal when you have a confinement.
Many people think that a caesarean section is about getting a knife in the stomach and then getting the child out. And what I'm going to tell you is that the scalpel during the caesarean section cut through 7 layers of tissue from the belly to the uterus, leaving a wound up to 15 centimeters long that would take at least 3 months to recover.
10. Pure heart
In order to prevent infection of the birth canal, doctors will advise mothers to resume their married life after they have confinement, especially those with lateral incisions. However, due to hormonal changes and the influence of breastfeeding, many mothers have lost that mood after childbirth and have little interest in their husbands.
When you are pregnant, many people may tell you about the precautions when you are pregnant, but they do not tell you about the things after giving birth. I think the ten points mentioned above should be known in advance by every mother to be mentally prepared for future life and difficulties. As the saying goes, "Be prepared"!