Is it useful to restore internal organs to their original position after childbirth

For the vast majority of postpartum women, scientific internal organ repositioning intervention is indeed useful, but the premise is that you don’t step into the IQ tax trap. It is only effective if you choose the right method and find the right time. If you mess around, you may harm your body.

Really, there are a lot of mothers who have stepped on this trap. I met a post-95 mother a while ago. Just one week after her vaginal delivery, her confinement nanny forced her to wear a corset. She kept her in a corset for 12 hours a day. She also went to the maternity and health shop downstairs in the community to do "violent abdominal massaging and repositioning." She went for a follow-up examination half a month later. It turned out to be only mild pelvic floor muscle relaxation, which turned into moderate. She also suffered from acid reflux and flatulence. She always said to everyone that "the repositioning of internal organs is all about IQ tax." Are you saying this project is useless? It's obviously the wrong method.

In fact, from the perspective of physiological changes, the postpartum visceral displacement is not something made up by obstetrics and health institutions to scare people. Before pregnancy, the uterus is only the size of an egg. In the third trimester, it stretches to the point where it can hold a five- to six-pound baby plus amniotic fluid and placenta. The stomach, intestines, and bladder are all pushed upwards, and even the diaphragm is squeezed out of shape. As soon as the baby is born, a large piece of the abdominal cavity becomes empty. The ligaments that have been stretched for ten months are as soft as elastic bands, and the internal organs sway without support. Many people who have just finished confinement feel that their stomachs are heavy after standing for a long time, squatting down to change the baby's diaper, and even suffer from acid reflux and cannot eat. This is a typical sign that the organs have not returned to their original positions.

Nowadays, the understanding of this matter is actually divided into two groups. There are those who say it is completely useless and those who say it is miraculous. To be honest, their respective positions are different. The Western Medicine Rehabilitation Department of the hospital rarely mentions the term "visceral repositioning". People prefer to call it "abdominal organ position adjustment". The core logic is to repair the "foundation" first - the pelvic floor muscles and rectus abdominis muscles, which are the core muscles that support the internal organs, are restored to normal functions. Once the foundation is stable, the organs have their own physiological ability to return to their original position. By doing abdominal breathing and light core training, they will slowly return to their original positions without the need to specifically rub or push them. My best friend had two fingers of diastasis rectus abdominis checked 42 days after giving birth, and her pelvic floor muscle strength was only level 3. She followed the hospital's rehabilitation department for electrical stimulation twice a week, and took 15 minutes a day to do Kegels and abdominal breathing at home. After three months, she checked again. The previous feeling of falling pain was completely gone. The B-ultrasound showed that the uterus that had moved slightly downwards had returned to its proper position. It cost less than 2,000 yuan.

As for the method often mentioned in the obstetric health circle, that is, the formal visceral relaxation technique, it cannot be killed with one stroke. If you are looking for a rehabilitation therapist with a medical background and systematic training, the purpose of the technique is to loosen the adhesions of the organs caused by being squeezed during pregnancy and speed up local circulation. It can indeed speed up the return to position. It is suitable for mothers who still have obvious pain after 3 months of giving birth, or who have a rectus abdominis separation of more than 3 fingers and are slow to recover. But for those who just start working after half a month of training, then rub their stomachs vigorously when they come up, and say "it will return to the girl's belly in 7 days", I advise you to run away. Violent massage will only loosen the already fragile ligaments, but aggravate the displacement.

Of course, some people say, "I didn't do anything, and I'll be fine in half a year." This is normal. If you have exercise habits before pregnancy, have good core strength, and have no obvious discomforts such as pain, urinary leakage, or acid reflux after giving birth, the body's own self-healing ability is enough to help you slowly pull your organs back to their original positions, and you really don't need to spend extra money on projects. But if you have been pregnant for more than half a year and still feel heavy after standing for a long time, your belly is always protruding even though there is not much fat, and you even leak urine when you cough, then don’t bear it. Go to the hospital for a postpartum review first to see if it is a problem of organs moving downward. If it is delayed for a long time, it may become chronic pelvic floor dysfunction.

I would also like to mention that don't believe the nonsense that "just tightening the corset can make the internal organs return to their proper places". At most, the abdominal belt should be worn for half an hour to an hour when you get out of bed and move around a week before giving birth. It supports the belly and reduces the pain of falling. Long-term wearing not only affects the blood circulation, but also pushes the abdominal pressure downwards. On the contrary, it makes the already weak pelvic floor muscles bear more pressure, and the more it is tightened, the more prolapse becomes.

After all, there is actually no need to worry about whether the four words "visceral repositioning" are IQ taxes. It is essentially just a part of postpartum core recovery. Don’t believe those who brag about sky-high-priced projects, and don’t hold on to your discomfort and think “everyone just endures it like this and it’s over.” First go to a regular hospital for evaluation. If you need intervention, choose the method that suits you. If you can practice it on your own and stick to it at home, it’s better than anything else.