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You are a mom now, congratulations! But keep eating healthy!
You and your baby are fine, great news! But you need to rest!
You had a normal delivery, well done! But you still have to heal!
You had a C-Section, it's OK! You need to take better care of yourself now!
Even if everything has gone well, you still need to continue the healthy routine that you have been following for about 40 weeks now. The recovery journey after the delivery is as important and hard as the pregnancy, hence not even for once should you think that you can skip healthy meals or switch to a carefree life that you lived before pregnancy.
At Manipal Hospitals, we have guided and offered services to mothers during their pregnancy and in their postpartum period. We have a team of highly experienced gynaecologists in Patiala, supported by a well-equipped facility featuring the following services for a healthy delivery:
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24*7 Blood Bank.
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Postnatal Care.
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Suction Apparatus to Encourage Vaginal Delivery.
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Infant incubators.
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Advanced Labor Rooms.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Visit a maternity hospital in Patiala if you require treatment and care for pregnancy from consultation to the postpartum period.
Continue reading to find out what you must focus on in your postpartum period.
You Must Rest, You Need Sleep
Sleep as much as possible as it will heal your body and mind. Lack of sleep can cause fatigue, depression, irritation, and mood swings. Yes, it will be difficult to follow a sleep routine now with a baby, but whenever you get the time you must rest.
Continue Eating Healthy
Yes, you have been on a healthy diet for the last 8 to 9 months and you need to continue doing that! Now your body needs way more nutrients to recover from the delivery and to offer nutrition to the child who you are feeding your milk.
Seek Help
Post delivery your body is weak, and there will be times when you may feel that you cannot move to get a glass of water for yourself. Place the things you need the most handy, ask for help to run errands, for cooking or take care of the baby or other children in the home for some time, so that you can rest for a while.
555 Postpartum Rule
This is a recovery plan that focuses on healing you physically, and psychologically. According to it, you must spend 5 days in bed and only rest, take a nap, read, play with the baby and just don't get out unnecessarily. The following 5 days on the bed. This implies that you may sit, bond with the baby, and spend time nursing the baby. The following 5 days around the bed. You can still resume the daily chores such as cleaning dishes, cooking, washing, etc. You should take rest often, be by the bed most of the time and do light physical activities like folding the laundry for which you don't have to move around a lot.
Every new mother is unique, thus every woman will recover at a different rate and have various postpartum symptoms. Most of these go away in a week, but some of them may last for at least a few weeks. If you feel that something is not normal and causing unbearable pain or discomfort, then you must visit an experienced gynaecologist in Patiala for the right guidance and support.
Consult top gynaecologists in Patiala if you require treatment and care for pregnancy and other gynaecological issues.
