Body After Birth

You’re Body After Birth – Having a baby changes you’re body after birth, you may not like what changes, or you may just be ecstatic that you have become a mother if it’s your first child. If you like the way you are then you haven’t got a problem, but lots of mothers don’t like the change birth does to their body.

After giving birth some parts of the body may never be quite the same again.

You will have stretch marks in places you never knew existed obviously they will fade in time but will never go away, the saggy tummy from the excess stretched skin from carrying baby, you can in time tighten your stomach area up with exercise and eating the right food’s. You can lose the weight combined with the exercise, But don’t expect this to happen quickly It takes nine months to have a baby at least give yourself long enough for yourself and body to recover.

Treat yourself from time to time to cheer yourself up it can’t do any damage, Go for a pamper day or a manicure or the hair dressers they are just a few ideas to cheer yourself up.

There may be some physical problems with you’re body after birth such as:

  • back pain, 
  • a weak bladder 
  • painful intercourse 
  • infection from having stitches  

 

To help these problems after giving birth, you could do pelvic floor exercises these help to tighten the muscles of the vagina the back passage and help you control a weak bladder.

To do pelvic floor exercises to help, try sitting or standing, you can do them anywhere:

  •  Squeeze and draw your back passage in at the same time
  •  Hold this for five seconds then let go
  •  Do this in sets of five as a many times a day as you can ten times a day if possible.

To help firm up your stomach area, lie on the floor:

  • Lie on the floor with knees up high, but so your feet are flat on the floor. 
  • Put your stomach in and slowly lift your head and shoulders, reach for your knees with the hands and then lower back down slowly. 
  • Begin by doing a few and gradually increase if you need too. 

To ease any back problems after giving birth:

  • When feeding baby always try to sit with your back supported and straight. 
  • When you have jobs to do which are in low cupboards or bathing baby make sure you kneel or squat, avoid bending your back, make the knees do the work. 
  • Also try to keep a straight back when pushing baby in the pram or carrying in a baby sling. 
  • To lift a carrycot or another child, always bend your knees, keep your back straight and hold the weight close to you. 

If you feel concerned about you’re body after birth then always see your midwife or health visitor as they will be in contact with you for a number of weeks after you bring baby home.

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