Postpartum recovery is a gradual process, which contains a lot of content, not only physically, but also physically and psychologically.
1. Weight loss: breastfeeding + reasonable diet
Breast milk is not only the best ration for babies, but also helps mothers lose weight. Breastfeeding, which helps to speed up the metabolism, can therefore consume fat. The calories accumulated during pregnancy are slowly consumed with the process of breastfeeding. Mom naturally lost weight, especially about six weeks after giving birth, with obvious results. Of course, this does not mean that breastfeeding mothers can eat and drink greasy food or soup, or pay attention to meal combinations. Staple foods, vegetables, legumes, meat, milk... All kinds of food should be ingested as much as possible, and do not eat too single food. Achieving a balanced diet, speeding up metabolism, and then slowly starting some gentle weight loss exercises after six weeks must help slimming.
2. Health: Beware of mastitis + tenosynovitis
Mastitis and tenosynovitis, is the most common health problems of postpartum mothers, breastfeeding must let the baby eat one breast and then eat the other side, do not alternate between the two sides of the breast to prevent the baby from eating milk for a long time after causing milk stasis caused by acute mastitis. Tenosynovitis, also known as "mother's hand", when taking care of the baby, pay attention to their own posture, but also learn to properly rest the wrist.
3. Psychology: Face postpartum depression
In recent years, the incidence of postpartum depression has become increasingly high, and more and more vicious events such as suicide and even infanticide have occurred. After giving birth, new mothers are emotionally unstable due to hormonal instability. New mothers should not be afraid to face their own depression, which is a very normal phenomenon, and give themselves more encouragement and exit. You can communicate with your family, husband, and girlfriends. Ask experienced other moms to feel less alone. Of course, if you still can't escape the emotional demon, you must seek the help of a doctor, this is not an embarrassing thing, this is a very healthy and positive thing. Good for yourself and your family.
4, cohabitation and contraception: enjoy sex, but pay attention to details
In general, the doctor will recommend that you can have sex after 2 months after the birth and 3 months after caesarean section, and the first time you have sex should be gentle, because the vagina of the new mother after childbirth is generally not lubricated enough, and the new father should be more patient and do enough foreplay. It should be noted that even if menstruation has not yet come, there is still a possibility of pregnancy, so be sure to do a good job of contraception, the best way should be to wear a condom.