Cumulative milk and sore nipples
Milk comes in two to three days after birth. Your breasts swell and become heavy.
This can sometimes be painful. From the start, try to ensure that the milk can flow off continuously.
Otherwise, milk congestion will form which in the worst case can lead to a breast infection.
So, give yourself and your baby plenty of time to breastfeed – especially if it doesn’t go smoothly right from the start, says Chaktty.
The first moments of breastfeeding almost always feel uncomfortable.
Perhaps, her nipples are also sensitive to the unusual strain and become sore.
If possible, let a little breast milk dry on the nipples. A special nipple ointment that is compatible with breastfeeding can also bring relief.
Your midwife can also give you tips on how to breastfeed the baby as gently as possible on the nipples.
Water deposits disappear and excess pounds melt away
After the birth, the pounds tumble – you lose around 11 kilograms almost by yourself: the weight of the amniotic fluid, the placenta and the baby disappear immediately.
In the first few days after birth, the body eliminates the water retention that had accumulated all over the body.
The larger amount of blood during pregnancy, which was also important, normalizes, according to sexpally.
When the tissue fluid and the larger amount of blood are gone, weight loss is slower.
The quickest way to melt excess fat is breastfeeding, according to Healthpally magazine.
You burn about 530 more calories a day– an energy requirement that is about twice as high as that during pregnancy.
Keeping a diet while breastfeeding is therefore not only unnecessary, it also makes no sense.
You and your baby can miss out on important nutrients. In addition, toxins stored in the fatty tissue can be released, which can harm the baby through breast milk.
Hair falls out
All mothers are affected by the so-called postpartum effluvium, the increased hair loss after childbirth.
The change in estrogen levels is to blame because this increases significantly from the eighth week of pregnancy.
This lengthens the lifespan of the individual hairs. The result: on average, a woman’s hair density increases by around ten percent during pregnancy.
In the first three months after the birth, the estrogen level drops to a normal level, and your hair therefore falls out more often.
Women perceive this differently depending on the structure and volume of their hair.
The following applies: Even if it looks like a lot at first, there is no reason to worry.
Not all hair is lost. As soon as the estrogen levels have leveled off again, the hair loss stops.
For most women, this takes about six months, i.e. up to the ninth month after the birth.
After that, they will have the same amount of hair as before the pregnancy.
Low mood level
Extremely sensitive, apparently sad for no reason and very exhausted: A hormonal low mood around the third to fifth day after birth, also baby bluesor called howling days, is completely normal.
The cause is, once again, the hormones: estrogen and progesterone suddenly drop after childbirth.
At the same time, the hormone prolactin, which is responsible for milk production is produced after birth.
The hormonal changes in combination with the physical exertion that lies behind the mother and the complaints that are currently plaguing her – all of this can (but does not have to) lead to the mood sinking into the basement and tears flowing.
After a week, however, your psychological state has usually returned to normal.
However, if you find that your mood is consistently low and you are having trouble accepting your baby, don’t be afraid to seek professional help. It could be postpartum depressionact.
Healing Measure after childbirth
Perineal tear, episiotomy or caesarean section are the healing measures of birth injuries
When the baby pushes its way through the birth canal, the mother often suffers minor or major injuries.
Cuts or fine tears are common in the perineum or wider vaginal area.
The necessary stretching in the vagina can also lead to bruising in the surrounding tissue.
Cooling compresses or special cooling gels often bring relief. In addition, homeopathic remedies can speed up the healing process and reduce the swelling caused by bruising after childbirth.
If the pain is severe, painkillers that do not harm your baby can also be taken after consultation with the doctor.
To avoid infection and to aid healing, sutures should be kept clean and rinsed with water after each visit to the toilet.
Bruises usually heal on their own, and a cut or tear in the episiotomy usually heals on its own within six weeks after delivery.
After a caesarean section , the impairments are understandably greater – the scar will probably also hurt when standing up and walking.
But there are medicines for this that will not harm your baby.
The hospital will also show you how to care for the scar. And during the follow-up examinations, your midwife will observe whether the wound healing from episiotomy, tears or a caesarean section is proceeding well.