Contents:
- Medical Video: Post-Pregnancy Body Changes Medical Course
- Changes in hair after giving birth
- Changes to the skin after giving birth
- Changes in the breast after giving birth
- Changes in the abdomen after giving birth
Medical Video: Post-Pregnancy Body Changes Medical Course
During pregnancy, there are many changes in your body, as well as after you give birth. Not surprisingly, many mothers complain about body changes after pregnancy and having children, and it is difficult for him to restore his body shape again like before pregnancy.
But, actually by maintaining a healthy diet, doing regular exercise, and getting enough sleep can help the mother restore her body shape again. Then, what are the changes in the body after pregnancy that can occur?
Changes in hair after giving birth
When you are pregnant, your hair may change. Likewise, when you have given birth, your hair may change again. This can occur in some new mothers in the first few months after giving birth.
Your hair that becomes thicker during pregnancy can begin to fall slowly after you give birth. This is influenced by changes in the hormone estrogen which begins to decline after giving birth. High estrogen hormones during pregnancy can keep your hair from falling out.
Hair loss after pregnancy will not last long and will not cause you to experience baldness. So, you don't need to worry. Over time, the growth and loss of your hair will return to normal.
Changes to the skin after giving birth
Hormonal changes also affect changes in your skin. Just like changes in hair, if you have cleaner skin during pregnancy, after pregnancy you may have acne. Conversely, if you have a lot of pimples during pregnancy, your acne may disappear after you give birth and your skin will be cleaner. If your skin changes color during pregnancy, this discoloration may also disappear after you give birth.
The brown line on your stomach that appears during pregnancy will slowly disappear by itself. While stretch marks and saggy skin on the abdomen may be reduced but cannot disappear completely. Your skin can lose its elasticity after giving birth and along with your age.
Changes in the breast after giving birth
Changing the body after pregnancy is a change in the breast. During pregnancy, your breasts will enlarge because they start producing milk for your baby. After giving birth, your breast enlargement may decrease, around three to four days or until you stop breastfeeding. This makes your breasts then relax and look smaller. At present, you may need to replace your bra with a new one according to your breast size.
Usually, the more you have children, the more likely your breasts are to relax. However, do not think this is because breastfeeding. A 2008 study showed that breastfeeding was not associated with sagging breasts. Sagging breasts are more likely to occur because your breasts are enlarged during pregnancy, because your body is bigger during pregnancy, the more pregnancies you have, the bigger your breast size before pregnancy, smoking history, and older age.
Changes in the abdomen after giving birth
Body changes after pregnancy, which most mothers may complain of are changes in the stomach. Your stomach may not return to normal immediately after giving birth. During pregnancy, your abdominal muscles expand and after giving birth your stomach will shrink.
Even though you have given birth to a baby, placenta, and drained fluid in the uterus after giving birth, the size of your stomach will be greater than before you were pregnant. You need extra effort to restore it like before pregnancy. Try to do kegel exercises and abdominal exercises (like sit-ups) to restore abdominal muscle strength and tighten your abdominal muscles again.
