Will postpartum recovery rebound

The answer is that it is neither inevitable nor will it last forever. Whether it will rebound or not depends entirely on the recovery logic you choose and your subsequent living conditions.

When I went to a postpartum repair center two years ago, I saw two completely opposite examples. I also often saw two groups of mothers arguing over this issue. Some people said that after the repair, the baby was still not loose until he went to kindergarten, while others said that the baby returned to its original shape after two months. It was purely IQ tax. Xiao Min, who checked in with me at the time, had given birth to her first child naturally, had a 3-digit separation of the rectus abdominis, and her pelvic floor muscle strength was only level 1. In addition to doing electrical stimulation activation as required by the doctor, she also followed the rehabilitation teacher to practice core activation and Kegel exercises every time she came to class. She would also do 10 minutes while the baby was sleeping when she got home. After confinement, her abdominal circumference dropped from 94 to 75, and her urinary leakage disappeared. Since then, she has maintained the habit of taking a half-hour walk after meals and deliberately tightening her core when holding the baby. Now that the baby is 2 and a half years old, her waist and abdomen are still tight. Last time we went to the water park together, she couldn't tell that she had given birth to a baby in a bikini. She kept telling people around her that postpartum recovery was so worth it.

It was different from Lin Lin in the same community. She was afraid of being tired at the time, so she chose a completely passive repair project. She lay down and used instruments to tighten her rectus abdominis, and the masseur pushed her crotch. When she was in confinement, the numbers looked good, her rectus abdominis returned to 1 finger, and her hips were 3cm narrower. As a result, she drank her mother-in-law after returning home. The stewed bone soup for lactation was said to supplement the baby's nutrition. She also relied on slumping her waist and belly to hold the baby. She had never done any muscle training. When the baby was half a year old, not only did her abdominal circumference bounce back to 89cm, but her sneezing and leaking urine were worse than just after giving birth. Everyone who said that postpartum recovery was a lie.

You see, the "rebound" that everyone talks about is actually not the fault of the recovery program itself. Many people misunderstand postpartum recovery as if it is a "one-time wrinkle removal surgery" and think that one time can last a lifetime. In fact, the impact of pregnancy and childbirth on the body is like deflating a balloon that has been blown for ten months. Loose skin, stretched muscles, and damaged pelvic floor tissue cannot be completely restored by rubbing with an instrument twice. If you only rely on passive methods during the repair phase, your core and pelvic floor muscles will not form a correct force memory at all. After returning, you will still maintain the habit of slumping your waist and protruding your belly when you were pregnant with the baby. If the abdominal pressure is high for a long time, the stretched muscles will of course slowly return to their previous state. There are also many people who equate postpartum recovery with rapid weight loss. During the confinement period, they were so hungry that they lost 20 pounds. After the confinement period, they started to eat more and the weight went back up. This is not called rebound. It means that you have lost weight by starving, and you will gain weight back.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that you can lie down completely if you take active repairs seriously. When I completed the repair and reexamined everything, the rehabilitation therapist specifically told me that it is like practicing in the gym for three months to develop your vest lines, and then lying down drinking milk tea and eating fried chicken every day, your vest lines will definitely disappear. There is no such thing as a one-and-done thing. If you become pregnant with a second child, or you stand and sit for long periods of time, or often carry weights with your baby, it may still cause new pressure on the pelvic floor and rectus abdominis, and cause new relaxation problems. This does not mean that the previous repairs have rebounded, but that the body has suffered new wear and tear.

Anyway, my baby is now 3 years old. Except for occasionally forgetting to do Kegels, I will hold my core tightly when I hold my baby. I rarely drink soup that is too greasy, and I have not experienced any rebound. I asked around the mothers who said they had rebound. Either they only did passive programs at the time, or they never paid attention to their living habits after completing them. They really followed the doctor's instructions and did active training and paid attention to exerting force. Basically, there were no problems.