What to do if postpartum recovery is not good

The first priority for poor postpartum recovery is to go to the postpartum rehabilitation department of a regular public hospital for a comprehensive assessment to identify the root cause of the problem and then make targeted adjustments. Don't blindly follow the trend of Internet celebrity projects or practice blindly. 90% of slow recovery is caused by detours.

I treated a 28-year-old mother of her second child a while ago. After giving birth to her eldest child, she always felt that her waist was not strong enough and it hurt when she held her baby for a while. At that time, I heard from a maternal and child store in the community that repairing the pelvis would heal the problem. I spent more than 20,000 yuan and squeezed it a dozen times. She cried in pain and did not get better. After giving birth to her second child, she continued to leak. She had urinary problems, so she came to the hospital for evaluation. It was found that she had three-finger diastasis of the rectus abdominis and anterior pelvic tilt, and her pelvic floor muscle strength was only level 2. The brute force breaking of the pelvis used in the previous maternity and baby store was completely wrong. Instead, it loosened the surrounding ligaments, which inadvertently aggravated the problem.

When it comes to this, some people must have different opinions. Some people will say that everyone around me can practice Kegel at home, and it is a waste of money to go to the hospital. Some people say that practicing at home is useless and that you have to spend money on projects to be useful. In fact, both of these opinions are a bit extreme. Take the most common cough and urine leakage as an example. If you are assessed to have insufficient pelvic floor muscle strength and no hypertonicity problem, then take 10 minutes a day to practice Kegels with standard movements. If you persist for 3 months, you will basically see significant improvements without spending any extra money. But if Your pelvic floor muscles are hypertonic. Your pelvic floor muscles are usually tight when they are relaxed. If you continue to practice Kegels, they will only become tighter and tighter. In the end, you may experience pain during intercourse and difficulty urinating. In this case, you need to do muscle relaxation training first, and then consider improving muscle strength.

There are also many mothers who are eager to wear tight waistbands to slim down their belly just after giving birth. They are so tight that they can’t breathe and feel that they are very self-disciplined. To put it bluntly, our abdominal cavity is like a balloon filled with water. If you tighten it hard from the upper part, all the pressure will go downwards. The pelvic floor is the bottom of the balloon. The mouth is originally stretched out after giving birth. With so much extra pressure, it would be strange not to have bulging and leaking urine. I have seen several mothers wear a girdle for a month. At first, they only coughed and leaked a little urine. Later, when they walked, they felt a sinking feeling, as if something was about to fall out.

If you can't spare the time to go to the hospital right now, don't mess around. Change your daily habits first. Don't reach forward with your belly bulging when you hold the baby. Don't cross your legs when sitting. Urinate immediately when you feel the need to urinate. Don't deliberately hold back your urine. If you do these small details well, at least you won't make the problem worse. I have been doing postpartum rehabilitation for almost 6 years, and my biggest feeling is that the more expensive the project, the better. There is no universal magic solution. Don’t pay for anxiety, and don’t just endure it and think that “it’s like this after giving birth.” Find the right problems early, make adjustments early, and avoid a lot of unnecessary sins.