Control post-birth baby pains

Contractions of the uterus help push excess tissues and blood or out of the uterus inadvertently into post-birth pain. Post-birth pain is likened to "2nd childbirth pain", however, mothers can control the pain by being gentle and changing their diet.

1. Post-birth baby pain

Post-birth pain is pain caused by uterus spasms. During pregnancy, the mother's uterus will expand with each stage of fetal development. After the birth is complete, the mother's uterus begins to contract to return to its original size. This spasm will inadvertently cause pains in the abdomen.

Contractions of the uterus help push excess tissues and blood, also known as in-uterus and genital duct production after the mother's crossing. Often the post-birth pains will last about 2-3 days or maybe longer depending on the location of each person. The pain will become most intense on the first 2 days after birth and will gradually decrease on the 3rd day. The stronger the pain, the faster the mother's uterus shrinks and quickly disappears.

It can be understood that the first 2 days after birth are the time when the uterus recovers most quickly and strongly. If you are a mother for the first time, your uterus has better elasticity, so it will be less painful than those who have had children before.

In detail about the development of the fetus week by week, every parent should find out:

2. Causes of post-birth pain

This is partly because when the baby is born, the uterus must continue to contract to push the product out and at the same time return to its original state. Partly because the mother is close to exhaustion during childbirth, the body weakens and the endurance is very poor, so the pain will be more when the uterus shrinks. And it hurts even more when the mother breastfeeds because the uterus contracts more, so the pain is more intense.

3. Treatment and control of child pains

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Breastfeeding is one of the ways to overcome post-birth pain
  • Abdominal massage

One of the ways to relieve post-birth pain quickly is for the mother to ask relatives for abdominal massage. In this way, the stomach pain will decline instantly, at the same time it also supports pushing the product out faster.

The massage is quite simple, the mother touches the abdomen to check which location has a slightly stiff mass appearing, it is a sign that the uterus is contracting. And just rub your hands around the hard abdomen clockwise until you feel soft and gradually out of pain.

  • Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is one of the ways to overcome post-birth pain. When breastfeeding, the mother's body releases the hormone oxytocin which causes the uterus to contract faster and reduces the risk of blood loss. For post-birth mothers who have a sore baby, the doctor will advise the mother to breastfeed as much as possible because at this time the baby is contracted more and she will feel the most severe pain.

However, the time of pain will quickly pass away instead of smoldering pain from day to day. Meanwhile, the baby is still full of breast milk and the amount of breast milk is also maintained steadily from the beginning.

  • Gently change the lying position

For normal mothers, the mother can lie on her stomach gently and put a pillow under the abdomen to relieve instant pain. For cesarean mothers, this measure is very difficult to apply.

Not only that, when lying down, the mother should sleep on her side with a pillow on the side of the abdominal wall or back to feel most comfortable and not prevent the activity of the womb.

  • Light workouts while lying down

Mother should practice pelvic floor movement and abdominal wall muscles so that the muscles do not contract and the output ejects faster. This also helps the muscles and pelvic floor ligaments to be more elastic, avoiding post-birth pelvic organ dislapse.

  • Urinate at the right time

After giving birth, mothers should drink plenty of water and urinate regularly so that the pain of the baby improves. This is a way to help get rid of the output from the mother's body more quickly. Mothers avoid fasting when abdominal pain easily leads to post-birth bleeding or cystitis.

  • Meditating

After birth, meditating also helps the uterus shrink faster and reduce abdominal pains. However, mother should note, only sit for a short time and then lie down again, avoiding to experience back pain, shoulder pain later.

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After birth, meditating also helps the uterus shrink faster and reduces abdominal pains

4. What to eat to quickly relieve your stomach pains?

  • Turmeric roasted chicken

A sprig of freshly sliced and roasted turmeric with chicken eaten every day will help mothers significantly improve post-birth pain. According to folklore, the most effective is to use small cockerels stir-fried with turmeric. However, without roosters, using chicken often roasted turmeric is also very good. Mothers should also note, due to the severe skin of some mothers, after birth the incision is difficult to heal, eating chicken can cause stitches both in the biological layer and in the lower abdomen.

  • Beef tendon stewed with green papaya

Dishes made from beef tendons help mothers relieve pain in the baby's stomach extremely well. It is recommended to choose a large, yellow beef tendon that will be better for the mother after birth, do not use the filtered tendon from the meat, then bring the stew with green papaya. This dish not only helps to quickly eliminate the product, teaches the baby to shrink quickly, but green papaya also helps mothers have more milk to breastfeed.

  • Grilled chicken blanket

A folk experience is passed down to help mothers relieve post-birth pain that is eating grilled chicken blankets. Taking the blankets of the two chickens and the silk is washed and left the yellow part in the blanket and then salted and cooked thoroughly after birth will relieve pain very effectively. However, mothers should also be cautious when eating, because the chicken blanket is quite hard, cooked thoroughly will be harder, so it is easy for mothers to get toothache when biting.

  • Drink ginger tea

Ginger tea helps to warm the abdomen and relieve the pain of the baby immediately. Mothers who have difficulty drinking more warm tea also help the milk glands to quickly breastfeed.

  • Drink warm orange juice

Eat plenty of oranges or drink plenty of orange juice. Oranges are rich in potassium and can alleviate painful sensations. However, mothers should pay attention, oranges are acidic, so it is necessary to drink warm orange juice and use straws to avoid orange juice that disgusts the teeth. You should try it a little too and watch your stools so you can drink orange juice that makes you go out.

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Oranges are rich in potassium and can alleviate pain sensations

5. What to note for mothers with post-birth pain

  • Do not take painkillers yourself

When suffering from post-birth pain, mothers should not take painkillers indiscriminately without a doctor's prescription. This can affect the health of the mother as well as the quality of breastfeeding milk. Therefore, the maternity needs to follow the instructions of the doctor.

  • Do not apply heat on your own

Women should not arbitrarily apply hot compresses immediately after birth. The reason is that the uterus will shrink to stop the bleeding, if the mother compresses the heat too early, it will prevent the uterus from shrinking and cause very dangerous post-birth bleeding.

  • Gentle movement

Maternity should not lie in one place for too long. Instead, mothers should spend time exercising and exercising gently so that the outbreak is quickly thrown out and the uterus shrinks more quickly. For cesarean sections, mothers can quickly practice walking gently to avoid getting stuck in the intestines or urinary tract.

Post-birth pain is one of the obsessive connections of mothers especially mothers who give birth to babies, the uterus will shrink more causing persistent pains. After 2-4 days after birth, these pains are still not in remission and the body appears abnormal symptoms such as fever, severe pain, constant bleeding, the maternity needs to immediately go to the medical facility because it is most likely a sign of some dangerous post-birth accidents such as vegetable omission. If not detected early and treated in a timely manner, it is life-threatening.

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