I didn't intentionally do the abdominal training when I gave birth to my first baby, and I was attracted by the advertisement of the yoga studio after the birth of my second baby, and did the costly rectus abdominis recovery training. So, I'm going to share my feelings and lessons learned from these two postpartum recoveries in the hope that they will inspire and help postpartum moms.
First postpartum recovery
I started to pay attention to postpartum recovery during my pregnancy with my eldest child. At that time, there were not too many private courses on the market about postpartum recovery, so after comparing a few programs (mainly some cases of celebrities, such as the books of S, Li Xiaolu, etc.), I chose to be self-reliant- -taping my belly with gauze tape.
That said, the requirements of this gauze let me dumbfounded, what the width of how many centimeters, the length of how many meters and so on, the material to be pure cotton, single-layer double-layer should have, the best choice of medical gauze and so on. Then winding method is also let a person collapse, especially for a month in the mother is still in deep water - lying flat, will be the buttocks pad up, and then from the root of the thighs began to spiral to the upper part of the body wrapped around the double gauze, every half circle to be folded back, wrapped up to the navel so far; and then from the navel position wrapped around a single gauze, the same method of wrapping to the lower edge of the breast, the same method of wrapping to the lower edge of the breast. Then wrap a single layer of gauze around the navel, and wrap it in the same way until the lower edge of the breasts. I do not know how many people can read this expression, anyway, I still do not understand how I insisted on doing this thing to the end of maternity leave, three to four times a day to wrap ah, loosened before eating, after eating and then wrapped up, and must be loosened before going to bed. I also have to prepare two sets of change, you can imagine how many black lines on my face and my mom's face when we were drying and organizing after washing!
So what about the results? I compared me and the surrounding baby moms who don't need to tie the belly band, within half a year, my body recovery is faster than theirs, at least when I tied the band to go out, it's not so big belly. But after half a year, we entered the end of the postpartum recovery, basically can not see much difference, as long as it is not postpartum excessively overeating, almost no one belly so obviously protruding.
Doctors will check the recovery of the rectus abdominis muscle when checking the status of postpartum recovery. There is not much difference in the degree of recovery of my rectus abdominis muscle separation compared to others who do not use the lap band in all periods.
Postpartum recovery for second child
Before I was pregnant with my second child, I enrolled in a yoga instructor's course, and was exposed to the relevant content about post-partum recovery training coming from India, and my yoga teacher checked the recovery of my rectus abdominis muscle about two years after the birth, and it was still a one-and-a-half-finger separation. But since I had already missed the best time for recovery training, my teacher told me to do diastasis recti recovery training within six months after giving birth to my second baby.
This time I didn't use a very complicated abdominal band after giving birth and switched to one that was simple to operate. I've enrolled in a private coaching program for postpartum recovery three months after giving birth, and it's really expensive! But the effect is also quite immediate, after the second class the rectus abdominis muscle separation has been tightened from the beginning of the four fingers to two and a half fingers. After ten classes, both the upper and lower abdomen were back to within half a finger, and the center was within a finger, which is pretty good for someone who didn't do postpartum recovery for their first child.
Finally, I'd like to summarize my experience:
1. The effect of the belly band is not as magical as advertised. Both times I used long strips of gauze for wrapping, I can say that I followed the hype to the letter. I did some exploring of this behavior, including looking up literature to find its basis and provenance. In fact, after giving birth in a hospital, the doctor will also give the mother an abdominal immobilization bandage for the purpose of immobilizing the uterus after birth. Because the ligaments that hold the uterus in place in the body are overstretched during pregnancy and do not quickly regain their elasticity after birth, fixing the uterus with an external force will promote recovery. At the same time, fixing the internal organs that have been excessively squeezed during pregnancy helps them to return to their place as soon as possible, avoiding sagging and shifting due to the release of space in the abdomen.
But this is only to help the viscera to recover, for the imaginary tied out of the waist is even thinner than before pregnancy, it is not useful, not to mention the excess fat "tied" to other places. Then for the recovery of the rectus abdominis muscle, the effect is also minimal. There are many mothers who feel that tying a little tighter will result in a better recovery and a thinner waist, in fact, not only can't achieve the effect, but will lead to poor blood circulation, affecting the uterus recovery, and even venous thrombosis.
So, the use of tie abdominal belt is a certain role, but not so magical, only to say that tie a little, in the maternal out of bed walking activities, will feel more comfortable. But also emphasize that is tied with the body on the line, do not pull tight, to avoid blood circulation is impeded. (The specific operation of their own search video it)
2, eat more meals, eat easy to digest food. Can effectively avoid food in the gastrointestinal stay too long, resulting in sagging stomach, the formation of a big belly feeling.
3, looking for a more reliable postpartum recovery private tutor. But don't pay too much lesson fee at a time, the most important thing is to learn two action points, one is to tighten the pelvic floor muscles, the second is to learn to tighten the rectus abdominis with 3D breathing method. The feeling of these two movements must find the right, and practice diligently. Afterwards, even if there is no personal trainer to accompany you, you can also practice all kinds of yoga or postpartum recovery movements on your own, but before you start practicing all the movements, please remember to contract the pelvic floor muscles first, then tighten the rectus abdominis muscles, and then do the other movements afterwards. Otherwise, when you do a lot of abdominal exercises or movements that require abdominal strength, you will increase the relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles and the separation of the rectus abdominis.
I hope my summary is helpful to you, and remember to reward me with a small praise if you find it useful!
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