Postpartum recovery copy is short and heartwarming

There is no standard that must be achieved. You don't have to force yourself to rush forward. Take care of your mood first and then adjust slowly according to the state of your body. This is the best recovery.

Last year, I accompanied my cousin for a 42-day reexamination. Her pelvic floor muscle score was only 40 points, and her rectus abdominis muscles were separated by 2 and a half fingers. She cried while sitting on a stool in the corridor with the report. She said that the mother in the same ward had been wearing pre-pregnancy jeans since her confinement. Now I leak urine every time I sneeze. I feel so useless.

An aunt sitting next to me happened to be here for a review. She laughed and said, girl, why are you in such a hurry? When I gave birth to my son, I had a hard time going to the ground and my urine leaked for half a year. There was no repair project at that time. Why don’t I just hold the baby for a walk and do levator exercises in my free time? Nothing happened after that? You are only 42 days old and your body has just recovered a bit. How can you expect yourself to be as if you had never given birth?

There are indeed two completely different opinions about postpartum recovery. One is that 42 days is the golden repair period, and it is irreversible if it is too late. The other is that the body has the ability to heal itself and no additional intervention is needed at all. In fact, both statements are a bit extreme. If your reexamination shows that the rectus abdominis is separated by more than 3 fingers, or you have serious urinary leakage or organ prolapse problems, you really need to seek intervention from the rehabilitation department of a regular hospital as soon as possible. Don’t force yourself to do it. ； But if you are recovering well, but your stomach is a little loose, and you occasionally leak urine when you are tired, you really don’t have to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a postpartum care center’s repair package, and you don’t have to force yourself to practice one or two hours of restorative exercises every day.

Not long ago, I went to a maternal and child care center owned by a friend and met a mother who was born in 1998. Just 20 days after giving birth, she followed an online tutorial to practice abdominal curls. After three days of practice, the rectus abdominis separation changed from 2 fingers to 3 fingers. It was so painful that she didn’t even dare to hold her baby hard. Actually, it’s true. It took your body ten months to slowly expand. Your uterus grew from the size of an egg to a baby that can hold six or seven pounds. How could it shrink back in just ten days?

To be honest, among the mothers I have met, the ones who recovered the most comfortably were those who did not curl up: those whose rectus abdominis muscles are separated within 2 fingers, usually do abdominal breathing, and be careful not to slump when holding the baby, and they can basically go back in about half a year.； If you have mild urinary leakage, just do a few sets of Kegels when you have free time while breastfeeding. You don’t need to deliberately find time, it will be better slowly. Stretch marks will grow as they grow. If you really care about them, put on some moisturizing lotion instead of crying in front of the mirror. That is a medal for you and your little one to get through the hell together.

I had dinner with my cousin last week. She couldn't tell she had given birth in a tight skirt, and she still had a little soft flesh on her waist. She specially took a photo to show it to me, and said with a smile, "My girl touches my belly sometimes and still laughs. I don't have to work hard to lose it. It's so soft and comfortable."

Really, don’t listen to those nonsense on the Internet about “losing weight back to pre-pregnancy in 30 days” and “turning into a girl after confinement”. You are yourself first and then the mother of your child. Rest when you feel pain and lie down when you are tired. It doesn’t matter if you recover a little slower. You are already great.