How long after cesarean section can I exercise

For pregnant mothers who have given birth, they need to get enough rest after giving birth. Pregnant women who give birth naturally experience greater pain during childbirth, but recover faster, while mothers who undergo cesarean section recover more slowly. So, how long can mothers who have delivered by cesarean section exercise? In fact, it is best to get up and walk around within 24 hours, but normal exercise should be resumed after a month.

Resume exercise

Resume gymnastics exercises after delivery, twice a day, 8 sets of 8 beats each time.

Section 1, breathing exercises. Lie flat on your back without a pillow, place your hands on your abdomen, contract your abdominal muscles as much as possible when inhaling, and relax them as much as possible when exhaling.

Section 2, Anal lifting exercise. Contract your anal sphincter as you inhale, and try to relax it as you exhale.

Section 3, hip exercises. Contract your buttocks and pelvic floor muscles as you inhale, and relax them as you exhale.

Section 4, head-up exercise. When you inhale, lift your chin as high as possible, and when you exhale, bring your chin closer to your chest.

Section 5, sit-ups. Bend your legs and stretch your arms out. When you inhale, try to lift your head and upper body off the bed and lean towards your legs. When you exhale, slowly lie down flat.

Section 6, leg exercises. When you inhale, bend your legs with one foot flat on the bed, and bring your heel as close to your buttocks as possible. When you exhale, slowly straighten your legs. Then change legs and repeat the same movements as before.

Eat vegetables

Vegetable 1: Lotus root

Lotus root contains a large amount of starch, vitamins and minerals. It is rich in nutrients, light and refreshing. It is a good vegetable and medicine for removing blood stasis and promoting new blood. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, moisturize the spleen and nourish yin, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, clear away heat and produce milk. If a pregnant woman eats more lotus roots, it can clear the blood stasis in the abdomen early, increase appetite, aid digestion, promote milk secretion, and help feed the newborn.

Vegetable 2: Daylily

Daylily contains protein and minerals such as phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C and steroid compounds. It is rich in nutrients and delicious, especially suitable for making soup. It has the effects of reducing swelling, diuresis, antipyretic, analgesic, blood tonic and brain-enhancing. Abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, pale complexion and restless sleep are prone to occur in the postpartum period. Eating more daylily can eliminate the above symptoms.

Vegetable three: bean sprouts

Soybean sprouts contain large amounts of protein, vitamin C, cellulose, etc. Protein is the main raw material for the growth of tissue cells and can repair tissues damaged during childbirth. Vitamin C can increase the elasticity and toughness of blood vessel walls to prevent bleeding. Cellulose can clear the intestines and moisturize the stool to prevent constipation in postpartum women.

Vegetable 4: Kelp

Kelp contains a lot of iodine and iron. Iodine is the main raw material for making thyroid hormone, and iron is the main raw material for making blood cells. Postpartum women can eat more of this vegetable to increase the content in breast milk. When newborns consume this kind of milk, it is beneficial to their physical growth and development and prevents cretinism caused by it. Iron is the main raw material for making red blood cells and helps prevent anemia.