Why is my belly still so big after giving birth?

Women must pay attention to their diet after giving birth. They cannot eat cold food right after giving birth, as such food is very harmful to the female body. At the same time, women should eat more porridge food. These foods are very helpful for nourishing the body and have no effect on the body when eaten. Then why is the belly still big after giving birth? This is a question many women have. Let me introduce it in detail below.

Why is my belly still big after giving birth?

How much weight does the baby and amniotic fluid carry away?

Let us first look at how much weight you gain during pregnancy, and how much weight the baby and amniotic fluid take away after giving birth.

Generally speaking, you will gain 8-14kg during pregnancy. Of course, this has a lot to do with your height, genetics, pregnancy reactions, and your weight before pregnancy. This can be tested separately according to the pregnancy weight management plan.

Where is all this weight distributed?

Fetus: 3.5 kg

Amniotic fluid: 0.9 kg

Placenta: 0.65 kg

The above data shows that if you were 1.60 meters tall and weighed 50 kilograms before pregnancy, and you gained a total of 14 kilograms after pregnancy, then after giving birth, the baby, amniotic fluid and placenta took away a total of 5.05 kilograms, leaving about 9 kilograms (8.95) of weight on your body.

The uterus will actually slowly recover and become smaller

Maybe you will exclaim, my stomach has gained 9 kilograms of fat, what should I do? In fact, this weight is not entirely distributed in your belly.

Pregnancy changes your body. Your body has undergone a series of changes to accommodate the development of the fetus. Among them, the most significant changes are in the uterus. Before pregnancy, the uterus is only the size of a small duck pear and weighs 50 grams.

By full-term pregnancy, the uterus weighs about 1,000 grams, which has increased 20 times and can accommodate 5,000 milliliters of contents including the fetus and amniotic fluid.

Imagine that the uterus expands like a balloon. It takes at least 3-6 months to recover and return to its original size. So for the girl who just gave birth to a baby two months ago, your uterus is still working hard to recover, and it is completely normal for your belly to be bulging.

There is still a long way to go to restore a flat belly

However, don't be too complacent and rely entirely on your body's self-recovery. After all, the entire pregnancy period does make you gain a lot of fat, especially for girls who already have a little fat around their waist before pregnancy.

Pregnancy makes your belly expand, the abdominal skin becomes loose, and fat is deposited to a certain extent. It is a long and arduous journey to restore your belly to the flat shape before pregnancy.

To have a flat belly, you need to maintain a healthy diet and do necessary exercises, especially those that target your abdomen. Of course, I would like to remind all mothers that if you had a caesarean section, then postpartum weight loss exercises should be started at least after the wound has healed, about 2 months after delivery.

After understanding why the belly is still big after giving birth, you can choose some improvement methods when you encounter such a situation. However, it should be noted that if your belly is relatively big, women can also choose some exercises to relieve it after the confinement period so that the belly will not continue to grow.