Postpartum recovery: How to return the form?
Only lucky ladies, which one can show off a flat belly, as it was before pregnancy – most newly minted mom needed .
Initially the shape of the abdomen of a young mother determines increased directly after birth the uterus. Over 9 months the uterus, under the influence of the developing fetus, not only stretched, but also due to the emergence of new muscle increases in volume, and each muscle fiber becomes > in width 4 times, and in length - 10 in. Weight the uterus for childbirth becomes more than 25 times, and the volume is 500 times. Accordingly, to return the uterus to its normal size takes time.
Immediately after birth uterus is the size somewhere on the 4th month of pregnancy and only after 1-1.5 months, the size returns to the state it was in before pregnancy.
So that the uterus was decreased faster than that in the 1st place, it is necessary to breast feed the baby. In this mode of feeding in the body of a young mother will vyrabatyvaetsya the optimal number of oxytocin (the hormone that promotes reduction of uterine muscles). Moreover, stimulation of the nipple at the level reflex causes contraction of the muscle fibers of the uterus.
in addition, you can in the first 3–4 days, staying in the hospital for 4–5 times a day for about 10 min to put on the lower abdomen ice. The cold reduces bleeding of the wound surface of the uterus and causes contraction of blood vessels, and this, in turn, promotes rapid cleansing of the uterine cavity from blood clots, preventing thus bleeding and the uterus Dai the opportunity, without any obstacles to return to its original size. Ice you can get in a freezer that 100% is in any postpartum unit. Then wrap him in a clean diaper and can proceed to "procedures".
Also, very useful and will often lay on your stomach: this is by accelerating emptying of the uterine cavity also contributes to its cuts. Lie on your stomach enough for 10–15 min 4-5 times a day.
in addition, after spontaneous delivery useful to get up early – 4–6 hours Is necessary for several reasons:
- in‑the first, improves the outflow of the contents of the uterine cavity, which in turn also is a necessary component of reducing it;
- in‑second, the contraction of the muscles when walking cause bladder contractions, overflow, in turn, impedes the normal contraction of the uterus.
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Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
