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Giving birth is every
woman’s dream. But pregnancy is characterized by a lots of body
changes, including internal and external changes. One of those changes
during pregnancy includes weight gaining. Gaining weight during
pregnancy is not an abnormal event but it’s quite normal and good as
you will have enough food storage for you and for the growing fetus.
But once the gestation period is over with the delivery, many women
crave to return to their pre pregnancy body. But many of them never
reach that previous body state because of the lack of organized
exercise and activities. Laziness and the absence of proper guidance
are few of the obstacles which stand in the way of many young mothers
and weight loss.
It is commonly advised that you need to be slow and steady in losing
weight after pregnancy. Don’t expect any magic here— there are no
shortcuts. The theory is old and simple; you need to move your body.
But doing hard exercises is not a good idea as your body is still
recovering from some of the drastic changes which took place in your
body during the pregnancy stage. So the key here is to be slow and
steady, it may take some time but its good that way.
Exercise
Exercising has several advantages. Primarily it will help you in
reducing the body weight and secondly it will take away the post
travail depression. And if you are planning to diet, think again
because it can badly affect the amount of nutrients that are present
in the breast milk and this is not going to do any good to your baby
as the baby needs lots of nutrients in the growing phase. Absence of
proper nutrients in baby food can cause several nutritional diseases.
So it is always good to choose exercising, but wait, there are few
important things that you should notice here. You should wait minimum
of six weeks after vaginal birth and eight weeks after C –section.
Soft exercises like walking, yoga and swimming are good choices. Start
doing softly and in the beginning a ten minute exercise might render
you very tired, but after trying a number of times you can always
increase this time but you should keep a time limit for it, say thirty
minutes.
There are many home activities that are perfect for post birth
exercises. Like cleaning the floor, taking care of the home garden and
many more. Ultimately it is your choice and you should select whatever
is suitable for you.
Another way is to lose post pregnancy extra weight is breast feeding.
Weight gain during pregnancy is also intended to help the breast
feeding, helping your body to store enough nutrients to supply to the
baby trough breast feeding.
Strengthening the Pelvic floor
Tightening the vaginal passage is another important concern. The
vagina gets adapted during the birth of the baby and it becomes wider
for easy passage through it. Kegel Crunches is a good solution as you
can practice this any time anywhere. Simply tighten the muscles of the
vagina as if trying to interrupt the flow of pee and count to five.
This will increase circulation to the pelvis while tightening the
muscles.
Healthy and controlled diet
Eating much won’t help in losing weight, and also eating less can
cause nutrient deficiency disease, what you should do is to eat
wisely. You eat wise when you eat right amount of food with right
nutrients. Talk to your doctor about what foods are important for the
continuing health of you and your baby. Your diet should generally be
low-fat but not fat-free; vitamin rich; and high-fiber. Under no
circumstances should you go on a fad diet.
The day’s right after birth can get quite challenging for all mothers,
both physically and emotionally. But with the right attitude, care and
proper guidance you can get over it without much problem. Always
remember that your baby’s health is always more important than your
weight loss. Do not hesitate to talk to a doctor and get advices about
everything you are planning to do. With all these taken care you can
get healthier and in better shape than ever before.
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