Should I repair the pelvic floor muscles or the rectus abdominis muscles first after childbirth?

Nowadays, more and more mothers pay attention to their own bodies, especially during the confinement period. Many mothers worry that they can’t completely make up for the losses caused by pregnancy by self-care. So they go to some postpartum recovery places to professionally repair their bodies. So, where is the best place to go for postpartum recovery?

Should I repair my pelvis or my abdominal muscles first after giving birth?

The order of postpartum recovery is pelvis-pelvic repair-abdominal muscles. The pelvic repair can be carried out together with the pelvis after the postpartum lochia is completely gone, which is usually 42 days later. Regardless of whether you choose a natural birth or a caesarean section, the woman's pelvic repair will be damaged. Pelvic repair after injury can cause the loss of organs such as the uterus, as well as varying degrees of urinary incontinence.

1. During pregnancy

You can try sitting on a flat cushion and then open your legs to both sides. This can promote blood circulation around the pelvic floor and reduce pelvic floor damage.

2. After giving birth

The basic pelvic floor muscle training methods include stimulating with instruments or tools, but the actual effect is never as good as the effect of hard exercise by oneself. The exercise method is as follows:

a. Pelvic contraction training: lie flat on your back, relax, and perform pelvic contraction and relaxation training, contract for 5 seconds, relax for 10 seconds, contract for 5 seconds, and then relax for 10 seconds, and repeat this exercise. Keep your breathing relaxed and smooth during exercise, so that the exercise will be effective.

b. If you are a lady working in an office, you should develop the habit of standing up while working. Standing up can make the blood circulation of the lower body unobstructed, which is beneficial to the recovery of the pelvic floor muscles. Standing can also exercise the pelvic repair, contraction and relaxation every now and then, and cultivate the habit of exercising every moment.

3. Auxiliary training methods

Try to drink a few drops of water, and then do bladder training. Before each urination, you can deliberately hold it for 30 seconds before urinating, and develop the habit of urinating at regular times every day. Then gradually increase the amount of water you drink every day based on your exercise results, and exercise from shallow to deep.

Dear mothers, there is no need to rush to recover after childbirth. Only by mastering the right methods can we quickly return to the state before childbirth!

Many first-time mothers know that right after giving birth, the vagina will experience varying degrees of relaxation. Many people choose to have a caesarean section because the fetus is squeezed during normal delivery. Some people even think that if they do not give birth through the birth canal, the vagina will not relax, so they choose a caesarean section.