Carrying your body for nine months and going through hours of labour in the operating room, the hardship of becoming a mother does not end there. The truth is, that is only the beginning. The next chapter you need to face will be the post partum, and besides your belly, there are other things you should take note of for the next six weeks after childbirth.
1. AVOID CARRYING HEAVY THINGS
Even though you have carried your child in your stomach for months, your body is not yet heavy enough to lift heavy things after childbirth. If you push yourself, your recti muscles are most likely to separate, and you will develop divarication of the recti.
2. ATTEND PELVIC PHYSIOTHERAPY
For some women, the divarication of the recti appears while they are carrying their child in their stomach. If that is the case for you, you should never forget to attend pelvic physiotherapy.
The doctor will teach you the right diastasis recti exercises that will not overwork your body.
3. BE KIND TO YOUR BREASTS
Breastfeeding a child might seem lovely to look at, but that leaves the breasts in pain. Be sure after breastfeeding your child, compress your breast with a warm or ice pack and gently massage it.
4. GET URINARY INCONTINENCE TREATMENT
After childbirth, some mothers are in trouble handling their urinary incontinence. In that case, make sure to get urinary incontinence treatment. From time to time, you will be able to manage not your leaks.
5. EAT HEALTHY MEALS
To guarantee you have the energy to take good care of your child, you need to take good care of yourself first. As much as possible, eat healthy meals and drink your vitamins on time.
To speed up your post partum recovery, never skip your doctor's appointment. Go to Orchard Clinic to learn more about how you can recover after childbirth and get rid of your post partum belly. They can also tell you how menopausal treatment works.
Resource: https://sites.google.com/view/orchard-clinic-singapore/infographics
Depending upon who you interact with, you might get multitudes of advice on what you need to do to heal from it.
One of the most common ways people suggest is to use belly binding for diastasis recti recovery.
This article will guide you about what exactly diastasis recti and belly binding are and what all can help you recover from it. Â
