The best time to resume exercise after childbirth

Women have always been pursuing beauty, so many mothers think about one question right after giving birth: When can they restore their original body shape? Because during pregnancy, pregnant mothers need to supplement a lot of nutrients, so generally speaking, pregnant mothers will be fatter than before pregnancy, which will cause body confusion for postpartum mothers. However, the mother has just given birth, the body energy consumption is too much, it is not suitable for excessive exercise, but exercise is one of the best ways to restore the body shape. So, when is it appropriate for mothers to carry out postpartum recovery fitness exercises?

The best time to do postpartum fitness exercises

Six months to one and a half years after giving birth is the ideal postpartum recovery period for pregnant women. Pregnant women can carry out appropriate fitness exercises during this period of time. After the six-month golden period of postpartum recovery, the toxins in the mother's body have gradually cleared, and the blood and qi have basically recovered. It is suitable to do some exercises to restore the body shape, such as waist muscle exercises, thigh muscle exercises, chest exercises and so on.

In addition, mothers do not need to rush for success in the postpartum recovery stage. There is always a whole process. Take it slowly and take things as they come. While mothers are recovering their bodies, their babies are also growing slowly. Mothers need to feed their babies milk to provide them with more nutrition. Therefore, in the stage of postpartum recovery, don't forget to supplement yourself with certain nutrients. Don't lose weight blindly in order to rebuild your body and ignore the baby.

For female friends who choose natural childbirth, pregnant women can do postpartum recovery exercises in bed one day after giving birth. For pregnant women who have undergone cesarean section, it is best to rest for a while, until three days or even a week after delivery before doing postpartum recovery exercises. When pregnant women do postpartum recovery exercises, they should do it within their ability, without involving the wound. If you feel any discomfort, you should slow down and rest for a while before doing it again.

Postpartum recovery exercises are an exercise that involves multiple parts of the human body, including deep breathing exercises, chest exercises, leg exercises, buttocks exercises, birth gate contraction exercises, waist exercises and abdominal exercises. The following editor will give you an example of one of the methods. When doing waist exercises, pregnant women need to lie flat on the bed, close their legs and bend their knees, first tilt to the left closer to the bed, and then tilt to the right closer to the bed. This exercise method is relatively simple and can be repeated 3-5 times each time.