What should I do if my belly swells after giving birth?

For many women, being a mother is a very happy thing, but the process of giving birth is extremely dangerous. Even after giving birth, many uncomfortable symptoms will still occur. For example, postpartum abdominal bloating is a common condition for pregnant women after childbirth. Postpartum abdominal bloating is not conducive to the healing of wounds of pregnant women, especially those who have undergone cesarean section, and will have a great impact on the diet and bowel movements of pregnant women. So what should pregnant women do if they don’t gain weight after giving birth?

1. If you experience abdominal bloating after a caesarean section, you can drink some gas-relieving soups, such as carrot soup, to enhance intestinal motility, promote gas discharge, reduce bloating, and also replenish water in the body. At the same time, you should increase your activities and turn over more often. On the second day after a caesarean section, you should get out of bed and move around with the help of your family, which will promote gas discharge.

2. Diet. Generally speaking, new mothers will be able to pass gas after about 3 days. In other words, the stomach and intestines return to their original position and their functions return to normal. The new mother can start drinking water, and can also try rice porridge and start eating. Colostrum also begins to appear at this time, and it is best for newborns to start eating breast milk. It would be best if the husband could help the new mother breastfeed the baby.

3. Do not hold urine or stool. After a cesarean section, mothers are afraid to exert force on their abdomen due to the pain, and cannot urinate or defecate in time, which can easily cause urinary retention and fecal constipation, causing greater pain to the body. Therefore, after the operation, new mothers should urinate or defecate in time according to their usual habits.

4. Defecation. Your body has just recovered after giving birth. When urinating or defecating, do not use too much force to avoid injuring the wound. After a cesarean section, the pain makes the mother afraid to exert force on the abdomen, and urine and feces cannot be excreted in time, which can easily cause urinary retention and fecal constipation. Therefore, after the operation, the new mother should urinate and defecate in time according to her usual habits.

Precautions after cesarean section

After the operation, the mother who returns to the ward needs to lie flat without a pillow. The nurse will properly fix the urinary catheter drainage bag and infusion tube in the appropriate position, put a sanitary napkin under her buttocks, massage her uterus regularly, observe uterine contractions and vaginal bleeding, and place a sandbag on their abdomen. This is done to reduce bleeding from the abdominal wound. Nurses will measure the mother's blood pressure, check her complexion, measure her pulse and body temperature at regular intervals as required, observe the color and amount of her urine, and whether the catheter is unobstructed at regular intervals, and record these conditions.

At this time, the baby is hungry, and the nurse will hand the baby to the mother. The mother must feed the most precious colostrum to the baby. This is an experience worth remembering, for your baby and for yourself. Little do people know that the baby's sucking can also promote uterine contraction and reduce the occurrence of uterine bleeding.

The mother can use a pillow 6 hours after lying down, and she will feel much more comfortable. The reason for lying flat without a pillow: Most cesarean sections use epidural anesthesia, and lying flat without a pillow after surgery can prevent headaches. At the same time, lying flat with the head tilted to one side can also prevent aspiration of vomitus.

On the night after surgery, most women will feel pain in their abdominal wounds. The doctor will prescribe painkillers to relieve the pain, so that they can spend a painless night.