Is lying flat beneficial to postpartum recovery?
Although the adjustment of postpartum sleeping position can be beneficial to the rapid recovery of uterus, it is also necessary to decide when to adjust sleeping position according to the physical condition of the parturient. Female friends who are healthy about two days after delivery can directly adjust their sleeping position. It is best for female friends who have caesarean section to adjust their sleeping position after one week.
In fact, the sleeping positions that can promote the rapid recovery of the uterus are prone position and chest and knee position. Prone position is easier to do, even if the body is almost poor, but lying on the chest and knees will be more tired, so be sure to wait until the body recovers to a certain extent. Prone position and chest and knee position can effectively prevent the occurrence of uterine retroversion, effectively reduce the occurrence of uterine prolapse and promote the rapid recovery of uterus.
Sleeping on your stomach after delivery will not affect the recovery of the uterus, but it will not promote the recovery of the uterus. Sleeping on your stomach is not good for women's health. This sleeping position will compress the heart and lungs, affecting breathing and heartbeat. It is recommended to sleep in lateral position or supine position. In addition, doing more abdominal massage can promote uterine contraction, drinking more brown sugar water can promote the elimination of blood stasis, pay attention to rest to avoid fatigue, and strengthen daily diet nutrition.
The uterus is an organ that changes obviously in women's body during pregnancy and childbirth. During pregnancy, it increased from 50g to 1 1,000g. Generally speaking, it takes about 6-8 weeks for the postpartum uterus to return to the pre-pregnancy state.
Generally speaking, it takes a short time for a natural mother's uterus to recover to its original size, because the uterus has contracted very favorably during childbirth. Because the caesarean section mother has not experienced uterine contraction, the uterus can't recover quickly on her own, and she needs to rely on the doctor to help the uterus reset by pressing, which is why the doctor presses the uterus for her mother every half hour after caesarean section. When the bottom of the uterus is almost as high as the navel, the massage will stop and let it recover on its own.
Within 42 days to 6 months after delivery, it is the golden period of postpartum recovery. At this time, mothers are the most vulnerable, and all physical indicators are in a state of serious imbalance. During this period, part of qi and blood should not be recovered, and the residual toxins in the body can not be completely excreted, which is easy to delay and deteriorate into other postpartum diseases.
How long does it take for the postpartum wound to recover?
Placenta and fetal membrane are separated from the uterine wall, and a new layer of endometrium will grow from the basal layer of endometrium after being discharged from the mother. After delivery 10 day or so, except for the placenta attachment surface, other parts of the uterine cavity will be covered by the newborn endometrium. Just after delivery, the area of placenta attached to the uterine wall is about the size of a palm. By about 2 weeks after delivery, the diameter has been reduced to 3-4 cm, but it will not heal completely until 6-8 weeks after delivery.
The recovery time of caesarean section wound is 3-6 weeks. After about 2-3 weeks, the scar began to proliferate. At this time, it is locally red, purple and hard, protruding from the skin surface. Within 6 weeks after operation, the scar will obviously shrink and become shallow. Under normal circumstances, abdominal epidermal wounds can be removed in 5-7 days, and no obvious pain will be felt in about 10 days. But it takes 3-6 weeks for the uterus to recover.