How long does it take for the bladder to recover after a normal birth?

For female friends, natural childbirth is much better than caesarean section, and it can reduce the infection problem of the wound. However, during natural childbirth, the body is relatively weak, and it is still necessary to nourish the body through food. So for natural childbirth, if you want the bladder to recover faster, you should not hold your urine and massage the uterus appropriately. For specific conditioning methods, you can refer to the following content.

1. Don’t hold your urine

After giving birth, new mothers will have problems such as bladder pressure, mucosal congestion, decreased muscle tension, and pain in the perineal wound. In addition, they are not used to urinating in bed, which makes them more likely to have urinary retention, causing the bladder to expand and hindering uterine contraction. Therefore, the first thing to do after giving birth is to urinate in a timely manner.

2. Massage the uterus

After giving birth, when the new mother's physical strength has recovered to a certain extent, she should generally perform uterine massage on the next day. Place your hands around the navel and do clockwise circular massage to help and promote uterine contraction.

3. Massage breasts and stimulate nipples

After giving birth, the mother should let the baby suck breast milk as soon as possible. This is not only conducive to the delivery of breast milk, but also can stimulate uterine contraction. The physiological principle of uterine contraction is that when the nipple is stimulated, the body will also produce uterine contraction hormone, so no matter what physical method is used to stimulate the breasts, the uterus can contract.

4. Avoid abdominal fatigue

Postpartum mothers must pay attention to rest and not overwork, and pay attention to keeping the abdomen warm. They can do some postpartum exercises, such as deep abdominal breathing, and lying on a hard bed one week after delivery to lift their legs and hips, or do knee-chest lying exercises, which can effectively contract and recover the uterus and lower abdomen.

5. Take Shenghua Tang for conditioning

Shenghua Tang is more suitable for taking during the postpartum period. It has a significant effect on helping the uterus recover. It can help the mother to remove blood stasis and replenish blood. When the lochia is eliminated, the uterus will naturally contract.

6. Do pelvic floor exercises early

The main purpose of the anal lifting exercise is to contract the anus. After each anal lifting, you should hold it for 20-30 seconds and then relax. Do this 3-5 times in each set. This powerful "muscle contraction" movement can slowly restore the originally enlarged uterus to its original size.