What are the causes of postpartum small abdominal pain and low back pain? It will take some time for the tissues in the pelvic cavity of the postpartum new mother to return to the pre-pregnancy state, and the uterus has not been completely reset. During this period, the ligament connecting the pelvis is slack and weak. Moreover, during this period, if the discharge is not smooth, resulting in uterine congestion, it will cause low back pain. In addition, many pregnant women are less active during confinement, always lying or sitting in bed for rest, and lack of exercise in waist muscles. However, confinement means eating supplements every day, which is easy to consume too many calories, increase weight and increase waist load. In addition, they often bend over to take care of the baby, such as taking a bath, dressing, changing diapers or picking up the baby from the cradle, which is easy to cause lumbar muscle strain and low back pain.
The uterus began to contract and recover after delivery. Abdominal pain caused by this process is a normal postpartum disease. Generally speaking, it will happen to mothers who have many births or have short labor. Medically, it is called "postpartum contraction". Touch the lower abdomen with your hand, and you can obviously feel a lump. If there are no other complications, the pain will disappear naturally in 3-5 days without taking medicine. When you have abdominal pain, fill a hot water bottle or stir-fry salt, put it in a bag and put it on the lower abdomen for hot compress to relieve the pain. If the pain is severe, you can take some painkillers or Yimu pills, but it is best not to take medicine during lactation to avoid affecting your baby's health.
Causes of postpartum abdominal pain and lumbago. Postpartum low back pain is a very common problem for lying-in women. Generally, there are the following reasons: physiological calcium deficiency, overwork, improper posture, cold after delivery, careless life, congenital diseases of waist, kidney and lumbosacral region, or colds can all cause postpartum low back pain.
1. Pregnancy has greatly changed the endocrine system. In order to give birth to the fetus smoothly during childbirth, the ligament connecting the pelvis has also become loose. In addition, the enlarged uterus gradually increases the support of pregnant mommy's waist, which leads to relaxation of sacral ligament, compression of pelvic nerve and blood vessels, abdominal pain and backache.
2. The changes of postpartum endocrine system will not return to the pre-pregnancy state soon. The pelvic ligament is still in a relaxed state for a period of time, and the abdominal muscles become weak. The uterus cannot be completely reset soon, causing abdominal pain and backache.
3, less postpartum activities, always lying or sitting on the bed to recuperate, plus weight gain, increased abdominal fat, increased the load of waist muscles, causing lumbar muscle strain and abdominal pain and backache.
4. The normal position of uterus is to lean forward and bend forward. If uterine prolapse occurs, it will shift downward along the vagina, causing abdominal pain and backache.
5. Inadvertently affected by dampness and cold after delivery, resulting in impassability of meridians, poor operation and abdominal pain and backache.
One of the biggest causes of postpartum abdominal pain and backache is the self-repair of uterus and pelvic cavity. During this recovery period, women should pay attention not to catch a cold, and at the same time pay attention to rest. Take care of Baoan and don't overwork. At this time, you can take care of the baby with dad. So that mom can have time to rest.
What is the cause of postpartum lumbago? 1, sequelae of anesthesia.
The anesthesia during caesarean section is epidural anesthesia, which requires puncture at the waist. This puncture will damage the muscles and ligaments of the back to a certain extent, causing postpartum low back pain, and a few new mothers will also have symptoms of nerve root injury and epidural bleeding after delivery.
2, the body lacks calcium.
Calcium deficiency of new mothers is also the cause of postpartum low back pain. In the process of pregnancy and childbirth, pregnant women are relatively weak and breast-feed after childbirth, so the calcium loss in the body will be very serious, so it is easy to cause postpartum low back pain.
3, postpartum fatigue.
As the saying goes, "Moon disease can be cured in one month". If postpartum low back pain is not cared for in the next month, it is a major health hazard for the parturient. Many new mothers are busy with all kinds of housework and taking care of their babies after childbirth, and their bodies will be overwhelmed by physical exhaustion. After a long time, they will naturally have low back pain.
4. Lack of exercise.
The older generation thinks that confinement should be bed rest, so many women stay in bed for a long time during confinement, but in fact, long-term lack of exercise leads to slow blood circulation, increased abdominal fat and increased waist muscle load, leading to lumbar muscle strain and low back pain.
How to prevent low back pain after caesarean section? First, calcium should be supplemented properly after delivery. The cause of postpartum low back pain is calcium deficiency. Eating more foods with high calcium content after delivery can avoid postpartum low back pain caused by calcium deficiency.
Secondly, if you exercise properly after delivery, you can try walking backwards. Walking backwards can force the body's center of gravity to move backward, exercise waist muscles to relieve pain, and correct the symptoms of stiff spine and lumbar lordosis.
Third, pay attention to the warmth of the waist. Postpartum body is very weak, we should pay attention to the warmth of the head and waist to avoid catching cold and causing diseases.
Fourth, avoid the smooth movement of waist muscles. If the waist muscles are not relaxed all the time, then the waist muscles will be damaged. Therefore, avoid carrying heavy objects after delivery and adopt the correct posture to feed your baby.