What’s best about postpartum recovery?

In fact, there is no unified "best place" at all. The core must match your physical condition, budget and needs. The one that suits you is the best one.

Last year, I accompanied my sister to a maternity care center for half a city. She was reexamined 42 days after her natural delivery. It was found that her pelvic floor muscle strength was only level 2, her rectus abdominis was separated by 2.5 fingers, and her waist dropped like a weight after standing for a long time. At first, Tubang wanted to choose a private studio downstairs. The price for a course of treatment was just over 2,000 yuan. After trying it once, she was stunned. She didn’t even do an evaluation when she came in. She started to press her pelvis. The massage made her shake when she walked the next day, so she decisively canceled the card.

Later, I honestly went to the postpartum rehabilitation department of the city's maternal and child care department. The doctor first performed a pelvic floor muscle ultrasound and rectus abdominis palpation. He even found out the anterior pelvic tilt caused by her usual unilateral carrying of babies. The plan was to apply electrical stimulation twice a week plus manual release. At the end of each session, she would also be taught 3 small movements that could be practiced at home. The total cost was less than 3,000 yuan. During the reexamination over two months ago, all the indicators were back to normal, and the waist problem was also eliminated. Of course, the shortcomings of the public clinic are also obvious. It takes more than half a day to queue up for each registration. When working on projects, several people share a clinic, so privacy is average. It is even harder to get an appointment on the weekend.

There are also many friends who have given birth to children who feel that public institutions are too difficult, so they choose national chain maternity and health care institutions with complete qualifications. My colleague followed this path after giving birth to his first child. They support door-to-door services, and the one-to-one rehabilitation therapists they connect with are both health managers and postpartum rehabilitation practitioners. In addition to regular It provides regular pelvic floor muscle and rectus abdominis muscle repair, as well as back relaxation and stretch mark care. During her maternity leave, she doesn’t have to carry her baby to the hospital. The time is very flexible, but the total cost is about twice as expensive as that of public hospitals. She feels that the time and energy saved are worth it, so there is no problem.

Nowadays, there are some voices on the Internet saying that birth and health care are all IQ taxes, and you can recover by practicing at home with bloggers. This situation is really different for everyone. I have a friend who has less than one finger to separate the rectus abdominis and no obvious damage to the pelvic floor muscles. After practicing for 3 months following the training video given by the rehabilitation doctor at the hospital, the dimensions and condition are almost the same. ； But there are also those who practice indiscriminately. Another friend didn't know that she had pelvic floor muscle hypertension and blindly followed a famous blogger to practice Kegels. She only leaked urine occasionally. After practicing for half a month, it hurt to urinate. However, she was so tortured that she finally went to the hospital for a week of relaxation therapy before she recovered.

To put it bluntly, the logic of choosing a place to go for maternity and health care is actually similar to whether you choose a major hospital or a community clinic when you have a cold. If you have obvious pathological symptoms and serious injuries, go directly to the public tertiary hospital or the maternal and child rehabilitation department, which will definitely be safe.； If you just have ordinary body shaping needs and don’t have free time at ordinary times, there is no problem in choosing a regular chain agency with complete licenses. ； If you have minor injuries, strong learning ability, and can tell whether online content is from a professional doctor, you can save a lot of money by practicing at home. The only thing to avoid lightning is the kind of small store that opens in a community and has no qualifications. They sell you a universal package of "pelvic closure" and "lose 20 pounds in one course of treatment". It is a trivial matter to waste money, but it is a real loss to injure the already fragile pelvic floor muscles and rectus abdominis muscles.