How to Stimulate Uterine Contraction?
After pregnancy, the uterus gradually enlarges, and it slowly contracts after childbirth. Generally, the uterus will contract around a week after delivery. Some women may also experience obvious uterine contraction pain. Learning to take careful care after childbirth can promote faster uterine contraction and allow the lochia to be expelled more quickly. To promote uterine contraction, massage the uterus, breast massage, and pelvic floor exercises can be performed to restore the uterus to its prenatal state in a short time. How to promote uterine contraction?
1. Avoid holding urine. After childbirth, the bladder may be compressed, the mucosa may bleed, and there may be pain in the perineum, which can cause urinary retention. This can lead to continuous distension of the bladder, affecting normal uterine contraction, and even causing postpartum hemorrhage, cystitis, and other problems. Therefore, women must urinate promptly after childbirth and avoid holding urine.
2. Uterine massage. After childbirth, doctors often perform uterine massage on postpartum mothers to promote better uterine contraction. This can also be improved by taking uterotonic drugs. After returning home, self-massage can also be performed by pressing around the navel in a clockwise direction.
3. Breast massage. When a baby sucks the breast, the nipple is also stimulated, which promotes uterine contraction. Pregnant women can also stimulate uterine contraction by breast massage or breast hot compress, which will produce the same effect.
4. Appropriate exercise. If conditions allow, postpartum mothers can appropriately get out of bed after childbirth. This not only helps with better physical recovery, but also promotes uterine contraction. After childbirth, postpartum mothers can perform pelvic floor exercises, and the duration of each exercise should be determined based on their physical condition.
