Recommended postpartum recovery articles

A combination of official science popularization from the obstetrics and gynecology/rehabilitation department of a tertiary hospital, practical information from certified postpartum rehabilitation practitioners, and real experience posts from mothers at the same stage is 80% less likely to be scammed than blindly applying for tens of thousands of yuan for rehabilitation classes and haphazardly storing dozens of gigabytes of invalid information.

When I was just out of confinement, I was hoarding information like crazy. The photo album on my phone and the Baidu network disk were filled to the brim. After practicing for half a month, my urinary leakage became worse. Only then did I realize that the movements I had learned from internet celebrities were all wrong - I had a mild anterior wall bulge, and many of the movements she taught were too high in abdominal pressure, which would only aggravate the prolapse. Later, I read the official popular science of Peking University Third Hospital and found out that for pelvic floor muscle repair, not everyone should practice Kegels at first. For those with POP-Q grade II and above, it is useless to practice movements alone, and must be accompanied by equipment or even surgical intervention.

Let me also mention here the difference between the schools that are very quarrelsome now. There are actually two schools of mainstream postpartum recovery. The evidence-based school relies more on instruments and quantitative assessments. How many fingers are there to separate the rectus abdominis and how many levels of pelvic floor muscle strength are there? Let the data speak for itself and intervene when necessary.； The traditional Chinese medicine school pays more attention to the regulation of qi and blood. They believe that the essence of many prolapse and urinary leakage problems is that qi and blood are too weak after birth. If you just practice movements without replenishing qi and blood, and do not adjust your work and rest, the recovery speed will be half as slow. Don’t worry about which party to go to. Check out the popular science from both groups to see how your body feels the most accurately.

Oh, by the way, don’t just read the official popular science. After all, they are universal standards for everyone. Everyone’s production situation and basic physical fitness are very different. For example, my friend had a caesarean section and her rectus abdominis separated two fingers. According to general standards, she could practice at home by herself, but her wound recovered slowly and it hurt when she exerted force. Later, she found a private collection of practical information from a certified rehabilitation practitioner from the public maternal and child care department, and followed the adjustment movements of lowering abdominal pressure. She recovered in more than two months without damaging the wound.

Here we must also clarify the current controversy: some rehabilitation practitioners insist that the techniques and instruments must be done in offline institutions before they are effective. You cannot find a sense of strength when practicing at home, which is a waste of time.； There are also many rehabilitation practitioners who believe that people with mild injuries can practice at home with standard techniques, and there is no need to spend so much money. I have mild pelvic floor muscle protrusion and rectus abdominis separation of 1.5 fingers. At that time, I was greedy for cheap and did not go to an institution. I followed the video training of a qualified rehabilitation practitioner. After each exercise, I took a video to compare the strength status. After more than three months of review, everything was in place, which saved me a small savings of 10,000 yuan. So don’t follow blindly. Go to the hospital for a comprehensive postpartum assessment first. If the injury is serious, go to an offline institution. If you have mild injuries, it’s okay to practice at home with reliable practical content. Remember to check the blogger’s qualifications first and ask for a postpartum rehabilitation practitioner professional certificate issued by the Health Commission. Those who dare to come out to teach just by printing a certificate can be dismissed directly.

It’s actually quite easy to get anxious after watching too much professional content, and you always feel like you haven’t achieved this or that, and you haven’t met the standards. At this time, it’s particularly useful to look through the real experience posts of ordinary mothers. Don’t look for those Versailles posts that “lose 90 pounds in just one month of confinement” or “vest line returns in two months”. Nine times out of ten, they are either naturally prone to losing weight, or they are in the late stages of P. There is no reference value, just look for those who write about their own mistakes: For example, some people say that they wear a corset right after giving birth. The internal organs have to move downward. Some people say that they did abdominal curls without evaluation, which made the rectus abdominis separation wider. Others said that they drank milk-blocking soup for a week to block the milk and developed a fever. These fragmentary real experiences, many of which are details that are not mentioned in official science, can help you avoid many unnecessary pitfalls.

Of course, some people say that experience posts are based on individual situations and have little reference value. This is true, so don’t just copy what others say is useful. For example, some people said that stretch marks will disappear after applying a certain oil. I bought three bottles of it at first and spent more than 2,000. Now the silvery white lines on my belly are fine. It doesn’t hurt to be more careful when it comes to products.

Finally, I would like to mention that those with titles such as "Restore girlish figure in 30 days" and "One trick to cure urinary leakage and prolapse" should just be crossed out. They are either marketing accounts to earn traffic, or they are selling goods. Postpartum recovery is inherently a slow process measured in months. It can be as fast as half a year or as slow as one or two years. There is no need to torment your body for the sake of "recovering well" in the eyes of others.