What should I do if my belly is dark after cesarean section?

After a cesarean section, mothers must adjust their diet during the confinement period, especially be careful not to eat too much alkaline food, and try to eat more acidic food, such as fish, pork, eggs and some grains, which are all acidic foods and are good for health. In addition, some women's stomachs will become black after cesarean section. This is caused by pigmentation. How to solve this problem?

What should I do if my belly is dark after cesarean section?

Caesarean sections are common among modern women. In order to avoid severe pain during childbirth, many women choose to give birth to their babies through caesarean sections. In fact, caesarean sections also have many disadvantages. For example, some women's skin turns dark after caesarean sections. So what should I do if my belly turns dark after caesarean sections?

1. Eat more foods rich in vitamins. Vitamins are a very good element that can have a cosmetic effect. They can prevent melanin deposition on the skin and make the skin smooth and delicate. In particular, vitamin E can beautify the skin. Vitamins A and B can also improve the smoothness of the skin.

2. Learn to do active massage. Starting from the second week after delivery, mothers can massage certain parts of their body, but it should be noted that the cesarean section incision has not healed yet, so do not massage the abdomen. However, mothers can take deep breaths and tighten the abdominal muscles to exercise the abdominal skin. At the same time, drink more milk and use moisturizer on the abdomen.

3. Actively eat alkaline foods. Eating a lot of acidic foods on a daily basis will cause your skin to age and become rough, but alkaline foods can neutralize acidic foods, so if you eat a lot of acidic foods, you need alkaline foods to neutralize them. Common alkaline foods include apples, oranges, pears and vegetables.

How to take care of the mother after caesarean section

Since natural childbirth is a physiological process, while cesarean section is a medical process, the recovery methods for mothers who give birth naturally and those who give birth by cesarean section are different. Mothers who give birth naturally should adopt a comfortable position and get out of bed 6-8 hours after giving birth. Mothers who have episiotomy should try to sit in an episiotomy chair to avoid compressing the wound, and lie flat or on their side when resting to avoid contamination of the wound by exposure.

Mothers who have undergone cesarean section should lie flat without a pillow 6 hours after the operation, and can adopt a semi-recumbent or side-lying position 6 hours later. They need to get out of bed and move around 24 hours after the catheter is removed. Appropriate activities can promote intestinal motility, facilitate the recovery of the uterus, and restore body shape as soon as possible.

Many mothers will experience a big change in their mood after giving birth. Crying and feeling depressed may be due to postpartum depression. The occurrence of postpartum depression is a normal phenomenon, as it is greatly related to the changes in the secretion of female hormones after childbirth. At the same time, new mothers are faced with sudden family changes, poor physical recovery, breastfeeding, and mothers with low milk secretion have to feed their children milk powder, water, and change diapers.