Is it okay not to wear an abdominal belt after childbirth?
Of course.
For the mother who gave birth naturally, the abdominal belt is actually optional. Why do you say that? In fact, in addition to losing weight, mothers also use abdominal straps to help the uterus reset. For the mother who gave birth naturally, the uterus will return to its original position soon after delivery, so using the abdominal belt at this time can not have any effect on the contraction of the uterus. But because the baby is born, especially the mother who gave birth naturally, the abdominal wall is relatively loose at this time. Using the abdominal belt can make the postpartum mother look more beautiful, and it also plays a certain role in losing weight.
For the mother of caesarean section, it is actually recommended to use the abdominal belt as soon as possible. Because the mother of caesarean section has a wound, it is easy to cause the wound to crack or even infect because of external force. Therefore, using the abdominal band as soon as possible can help postpartum mothers fix the wound and effectively prevent the abdominal pressure from rising, leading to wound cracking and other problems. It can also protect the wound and relieve the pain of the postpartum mother's wound. So in fact, abdominal belt is not as serious as some people say. Some people have the opposite effect with the abdominal belt, which is probably the wrong method. So how to use the abdominal belt correctly?
First of all, don't screw it too tightly. In order to keep beautiful, some mothers may tie their abdominal belts too tightly, which is actually very unfavorable. It is very likely that the postpartum mother's intestines will be under greater pressure because of being too tightly bound, which will lead to slow intestinal peristalsis until constipation occurs. In addition, if the abdomen is too tight, it will also lead to an increase in abdominal pressure, and even lead to problems such as uterine prolapse and uterine retroflexion in severe cases. In severe cases, there will be gynecological diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease and adnexitis.
Where is the postpartum rehabilitation examination?
To know how your body is recovering, you must have a postpartum check-up about 6 weeks after delivery, that is, between 42 days and 56 days after delivery. So, what are the contents of postpartum examination?
1, uterine examination
It takes about 6 weeks for postpartum uterus to return to non-pregnancy state. Therefore, postpartum examination is mainly to understand the situation of uterine contraction. If women have the phenomenon of postpartum lochia dripping all the time, they need to go to the hospital for B-ultrasound examination, take a look at the endometrium and judge the cause of uterine bleeding.
2. Pelvic floor muscle examination
Women's pelvic floor muscles, ligaments and nerves will be damaged to varying degrees during pregnancy and childbirth. These injuries will not only bring inconvenience to life, but also cause vaginal relaxation, and even serious vaginal wall prolapse, bladder prolapse, uterine prolapse and so on. If postpartum urinary incontinence occurs, women must receive treatment as soon as possible.
3. Wound examination.
Whether it's a natural delivery or a caesarean section, she always has a hero knife on her. Especially for new mothers who have had cesarean section, the wound will bring abnormal oppression to the digestive system and genitourinary organs in the abdominal cavity, and it will be more difficult to reset. Therefore, when the new mother is doing postpartum examination, the recovery of postoperative wounds is also the focus.
4. Breast examination
Every organ of the new mommy's body is gradually returning to a non-pregnant state, except the breasts. Indeed, for new mothers, breasts full of milk are very delicate. Once there is a problem with breast health, it will not only affect milk secretion, but also affect the baby's health. Therefore, breast examination is very necessary.
5. Routine inspection
Routine examinations include blood pressure and blood sugar tests. There are many reasons for the high blood sugar and blood pressure of new mothers. Many new mothers are caused by changes in living habits, day and night breastfeeding, poor rest and a large intake of brown sugar. Ischemia and decreased oxygen carrying capacity will endanger all organs and tissues of the whole body.
6. Determination of bone mineral density.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding can cause a large loss of calcium in women's bones. Therefore, postpartum bone mineral density examination will find the calcium deficiency of bones in time, avoid osteoporosis seriously affecting the quality of life in the future, and also avoid the calcium deficiency caused by calcium deficiency in milk.