Is it better to lie flat or sideways after a normal birth?

The moment every woman becomes a mother is great. She endures the severe pain during the delivery process. Although the baby is born, a new journey has just begun. After giving birth, normal delivery may also cause episiotomy or vaginal tearing. Mothers who have undergone caesarean section will suffer even more. They will not be able to urinate or defecate on their own in the first few days, and the incision will hurt when they sleep. In addition, they have to take care of the baby, so they will not be able to sleep well.

After giving birth, is it better to lie flat on your back or on your side?

In fact, the sleeping position is still very important after the mother gives birth, because after giving birth, whether it is a caesarean section or a natural birth, the mother will have wounds on her body. If the sleeping posture is incorrect and the wound is accidentally involved, it will cause pain to the baby's wound. Moreover, just after giving birth, the wound is in the recovery stage. If the wound is accidentally involved, it may need to be re-sutured if it is serious. Therefore, many mothers want to know, is it better to lie flat or on the side after giving birth?

In fact, no matter whether the mother gives birth naturally or by caesarean section, the correct sleeping position after giving birth is to lie on your side. Because it not only helps to improve the sleep quality of the mother, but also can effectively avoid the problem of posterior uterus. Especially for mothers who give birth naturally, it is best to lie on the right side after giving birth to avoid the episiotomy incision from being contaminated by lochia.

The correct sleeping position after childbirth is actually different between cesarean section and natural birth:

1. Natural childbirth

Although the best sleeping position for both cesarean section and natural birth is lying on the side, there are some different opinions about the side-lying posture. Generally speaking, for mothers who give birth naturally, they should choose to alternate between lying on the side and lying on their back, because lying on the side can help the uterus to reposition, while lying on your back is conducive to promoting the repositioning of other organs in the body. Moreover, most normal mothers will have the problem of politeness. It is best to choose to lie on the right side when playing in the playground. This will facilitate the discharge of lochia and will not contaminate the incision.

2. Caesarean section

Because mothers who have undergone cesarean section have incisions on their abdomen, the correct sleeping position should be sleeping on their side. Not only that, it is best to keep the body slightly bent. This is mainly because for mothers who have undergone cesarean section, adopting this slightly bent sleeping position can reduce the tension from the abdomen and avoid the problem of incision tearing. Of course, as time goes by, the wound will slowly recover and heal. At this time, the pregnant mother can adopt a side-lying and supine sleeping position, alternating between the two sleeping positions, to avoid maintaining the same sleeping position for a long time, which will cause discomfort to the body.