What should you pay attention to during the postpartum recovery period

The core principle is actually not to be bound by traditional bad habits, and don't be led away by the anxiety of "quick recovery" on the Internet. Prioritize following your own body feelings, and put organ recovery and functional recovery first. Body shape and condition are things that come later.

Don’t believe it, I just accompanied my best friend who gave birth to a 6-pound baby for a review last week. In the first week after giving birth, she eagerly followed the "7-day belly reduction tutorial" on the Internet and did dozens of abdominal curls every day. The lochia was almost eliminated, but she suddenly had bright red blood. , she was still falling in a panic, and the doctor scolded her, saying that just after giving birth, the uterus was still like a water bag hanging in the abdominal cavity, and squeezing it hard would only affect the recovery. The repair of the rectus abdominis must at least wait until the lochia is cleared and the degree of separation is rechecked before starting. Practicing blindly will cause problems.

Having mentioned this, I have to mention the most quarrelsome dietary controversy. The older generation always says that you should avoid all foods. You should not touch cold foods, let alone spicy foods. Even fruits should be steamed and eaten hot. Western medicine also says that as long as your gastrointestinal tolerance is tolerated and the child does not have eczema or diarrhea after eating, there is no need to excessively restrict food. I used to know a mother from Chengdu who loves spicy food. Half a month after giving birth, she couldn’t help but take two bites of slightly spicy maocai. After observing the baby for two days, there was no reaction. Instead, her mood became brighter and her milk volume increased a lot. On the contrary, another friend strictly followed the food for two months and did not dare to eat anything. In the end, she couldn’t keep up with her nutrition and suffered an emotional breakdown and almost suffered from postpartum depression. In fact, there is no standard answer to this matter. If you are comfortable with yourself and your baby is fine, that is better than anything else.

Besides eating and moving, the most easily overlooked thing is not to carry it hard. My cousin gave birth to a baby last year, but she always felt that "it's not just giving birth to a baby, it's so delicate." After feeding in the middle of the night, she had to get up to wash the breast pump and tidy up the crib. When her husband wanted to help her, she thought he couldn't do it, so she started doing it not long after she was born. My wrists hurt, my back was sore, and I couldn't hold my baby for ten minutes. I went to the rehabilitation department and found out that it was long-term strain. The doctor said it was an incurable "confinement disease" because I was so tired without rest. If I had known better, I wouldn't have suffered from this if I had been lazy.

In fact, the postpartum body is really like a rubber band that has been stretched for ten months. You have to give it time to slowly rebound. Pulling it as soon as it is loosened will only break, and it will loosen if you leave it still. You must go for a 42-day reexamination. Pelvic floor muscle assessment, uterine involution examination, etc. should be done. Don’t be embarrassed. If there is urine leakage or bloating, early intervention is much easier than delaying treatment until it becomes serious.

There are many sisters around me who are in particularly good condition after confinement. In fact, they have not followed the trend and bought some sky-high-priced repair devices, nor have they eaten according to any standard recipes. They just don’t hold on or compete, lie down when they are tired, and eat what they want when they are greedy. If they don’t impose the shackles of being a “perfect mother” on themselves, they will naturally recover faster.