Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Things about Vaginal Birth Recovery You Need to Know
- Is your body ready for exercise after giving birth?
- Things that can delay you exercise after giving birth
- 1. Not feeling well
- 2. Fever
- 3. Problems with the bladder
- 4. The incision of the cesarean section hasn't healed
- 5. Problems with the breast
- 6. Problems with feet
Medical Video: 10 Things about Vaginal Birth Recovery You Need to Know
Exercise after giving birth can provide many benefits for you. For example, to help speed up your body's recovery after childbirth, help strengthen muscles after childbirth, and also help you restore your original body shape. However, before you do it, you should pay attention to your body's readiness first. If the body is not ready, of course this can pose a risk.
Is your body ready for exercise after giving birth?
For those of you who are giving birth normally, you may be able to do sports faster after giving birth than you who gave birth by caesarean section. This is because the body does not need much time for recovery.
Feel your body well because you know the abilities of your body the most. If you are ready and feel capable, you can do sports immediately. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) also recommends that you exercise gradually after giving birth.
Most mothers may have to wait until six weeks after giving birth to be able to exercise. However, it should start with mild exercise, such as walking and stretching movements. Avoid doing high-intensity aerobic exercise or running for the first five months after giving birth.
Things that can delay you exercise after giving birth
Doing exercise immediately after giving birth may bring you many benefits. However, be careful in doing so, you should not overdo it and make sure your body is completely ready.
There are a number of things that might be the reason you cannot exercise immediately after giving birth, namely:
1. Not feeling well
After giving birth, some of you may still experience problems, such as nausea, dizziness, fainting, and difficulty breathing. This certainly prevents you from exercising. What you need right now is to take plenty of rest and consult your doctor.
2. Fever
Fever can also occur after you give birth. This can happen when the body fights infection from outside. If you have a fever after giving birth, you should rest first. Don't force yourself to exercise or do a lot of activities.
3. Problems with the bladder
After giving birth, the mother also often has problems with her bladder, especially in women who give birth normally. This makes the mother unable to control the expenditure of urine or feel pain when urinating. If this continues until the sixth week after giving birth, you may not be able to exercise first. It is best to check with your doctor and wait for your bladder to function normally if you want to exercise.
4. The incision of the cesarean section hasn't healed
For those of you who give birth by caesarean section, you must treat the caesarean section suture well until it is completely cured and dry. If the wound is still wet and has not been completely healed, you should not carry out strenuous activities at this time, including exercise. If forced, this might make your wound worse.
5. Problems with the breast
Enlarged breasts during pregnancy and after childbirth are normal. However, if your breasts continue to grow, feel pain, redness, and swelling, you may experience mastitis (infection of the breast canal). At this time, you should not exercise first.
6. Problems with feet
Sometimes, problems such as deep venous thrombosis can occur after childbirth. This problem is characterized by swelling in the legs, pain in the legs when standing, discoloration of the skin of the feet, or an increase in temperature in the affected leg area. When you experience this, you should not exercise first. See your doctor to check your condition.
To be safe, you should first consult with a doctor whether you can exercise or not. Of course so that you can get the most out of exercise, not even worse.
