Postpartum perineum repair

After giving birth, women will experience relaxation of the perineum. For example, the patient will feel soreness, swelling and heaviness. In severe cases, lumps may fall out of the vagina. This will be more obvious when standing for a long time. This is related to postpartum muscle relaxation. Sometimes it can easily lead to urinary incontinence. You must pay attention to good recovery after childbirth. You can strengthen exercise in this regard. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

Postpartum perineum repair

The vagina itself has a certain repair function, and the expansion phenomenon that occurs after delivery can be restored within 3 months after delivery. But after all, the muscles in the vagina are damaged by squeezing and tearing, so it takes a longer time for the vaginal elasticity to recover. Postpartum mothers can use some exercises to enhance elasticity recovery, treat postpartum vaginal relaxation, and promote vaginal firming.

1. Hold your urine

During urination, consciously hold your urine for a few seconds to interrupt urination, and then continue urinating after a short pause. Repeating this process for a period of time can increase the tension of the muscles around the vagina.

2. Anal lifting exercise

When you feel the urge to defecate, hold your stool and do anal lifting exercises. Repeating this exercise frequently can help train your pelvic muscles.

3. Contraction exercise

Lie on your back, relax your body, gently insert a finger into the vagina, then contract and clamp the vagina for 3 seconds, then relax, and repeat several times. The time can be gradually increased.

4. Kegel exercises

Doing Kegel exercises early after delivery can strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. After a period of exercise, the vagina can shrink and its elasticity can recover to more than 80% of its pre-delivery level.

5. Other sports

When walking, consciously tighten the inner side of your big toe and perineum muscles, then relax and repeat the exercise.

Through these daily exercises, the tension of the pelvic muscles and the muscles around the vagina can be greatly improved, which helps restore the elasticity of the vagina and is helpful for sexual life. In addition to restorative exercises, postpartum mothers should also ensure that they take in essential nutrients to ensure muscle recovery.

5. Vaginal repair

Vaginal repair surgery can help improve vaginal relaxation, but it is not conducive to a second natural delivery. The purpose of vaginal repair is actually to improve the quality of sexual life.

Indications: After vaginal delivery, loose birth canal, enlarged vaginal opening due to episiotomy, or eversion of the anterior vaginal wall can all be restored through vaginal tightening surgery.

Contraindications: Patients with gynecological diseases such as vaginitis and uterine erosion are not suitable for surgery.

During pregnancy, the body's progesterone and estrogen levels increase, which promotes breast secretion, relaxes the birth canal, and enlarges the pelvis in preparation for the birth of the baby. Therefore, if a mother plans to undergo vaginal tightening surgery, she should wait 3-5 months after delivery, when the hormone levels in the body return to pre-pregnancy levels. Moreover, since there are scars on both sides of the vagina after surgery, the elasticity is affected, which is not conducive to a second natural delivery. In principle, it is recommended to choose a cesarean section. Therefore, mothers who are considering continuing to have children should make careful choices.