Is it normal to have black stool after giving birth?

After giving birth, mothers will have a deformed body shape, which is basically inevitable. It is well known that the pelvis will also be deformed. Generally speaking, women who have given birth can correct the deformation of the pelvis to a certain extent through appropriate and reasonable exercise. So, is it effective to use a pelvic belt to correct the pelvic deformation? When should it be tied?

How many days after giving birth should I wear a pelvic belt?

The first 42 days after childbirth is a period of high testosterone metabolism in women. At this time, the pelvis still has good elasticity. Therefore, if appropriate external force is applied to the pelvis in time within 42 days after childbirth (that is, during the confinement period), it can effectively help the pelvis recover to its pre-delivery state.

Therefore, mothers who choose natural delivery can start using the pelvic correction belt 2 or 3 days after giving birth, and mothers who choose caesarean section can start using the pelvic correction belt 5 or 6 days after giving birth, as long as they have recovered well. The pelvic correction belt is applied at a lower position, and its function is to appropriately release the inward pressure on the pelvis and promote its recovery as soon as possible. Because it takes two months for the cruciate ligament to recover to its original firm level, the pelvic correction belt should be used for at least two months after giving birth, and can also be used up to six months after giving birth depending on the recovery condition. Therefore, mothers who choose to give birth naturally can use a pelvic belt 2 to 3 days after giving birth, and mothers who choose to give birth by caesarean section can use a pelvic belt 5 to 6 days after giving birth.

Regardless of whether the mother gives birth naturally or by caesarean section, their pelvis will become larger due to the increase in testosterone, in preparation for natural childbirth. The study found that within 42 days after giving birth, female hormones did not decrease and the pelvis still had good elasticity.

Therefore, applying appropriate external force to the pelvis in time within 42 days after giving birth can effectively help the pelvis restore to its pre-natal state. In other words, unlike the recovery of a woman's abdomen, the pelvis can only be effectively recovered during the confinement period.

The pelvic belt must be used best within the first six months after giving birth, because at this time the pelvis is still in a loose state, and external pressure can be used to restore the pelvis to normal. In addition, you can also cooperate with a reasonable diet to assist recovery.

What is the cause of black stool after giving birth?

Black stools do not necessarily mean that the body is detoxifying. If you have black stools while taking detoxifying drugs, it means that you are detoxifying the body. This is because the mechanism of action of detoxifying drugs is to clean the intestines and stomach, and then excrete the harmful substances accumulated in the intestines and stomach out of the body through excretion, so the stools will turn black.

In daily life, we often encounter the situation of black stool. The causes of black stool can be divided into two categories, namely physiological and biological. For example, if you eat some food at one time, it will cause black stool. At this time, there will be no digestive symptoms, which belongs to physiological factors. In addition, it may also be caused by some digestive diseases. If the stool is black after giving birth, the following problems may occur.

There are many reasons for the common black stool:

1. Digestive system diseases: The most common cause of bloody stools, including esophageal varices, esophageal foreign bodies, ulcer disease, acute gastritis, gastric mucosal prolapse, intussusception, exudative necrotizing enteritis, strangulated intestinal obstruction, Meckel's diverticulum, intestinal polyps, anal fissures, etc.

2. Blood diseases: neonatal polyuria, hemophilia, sepsis, aplastic anemia, low platelets and allergic purpura, etc.

3. Other systemic infectious diseases, such as sepsis, typhoid fever, etc., the newborn swallows the mother's birth canal blood or nipple rupture blood, and swallows bleeding from the nose, throat, and gums.

4. Influence of food or medicine: Some food and medicine can also cause changes in stool color, which is sometimes easily confused with blood in the stool. For example, eating a lot of melons and tomatoes in summer can make the stool turn red, the stool of anemic children can turn black after taking iron supplements, and the stool color can also turn black after eating animal blood. These changes in stool color caused by food and medicine do not belong to bloody stools.