Some thing happens to a women after giving birth that doctors won’t tell us
Wondering how your body will ever recover from childbirth? Find out exactly what you can expect post-delivery, including whether your vagina will rebound to its pre-birth size (and if you or your partner will NAS you anxiously await the birth of your baby and watch your cute little bump grow, it’s only natural to start wondering how the delivery of this multi-pound baby will affect your vagina after birth. Will your vagina really be able to stretch enough to accommodate your infant’s head if you have a vaginal delivery? Will your perineum (the tissue between the vaginal opening and the rectum) stretch or tear on its own? Or will your practitioner deem it necessary to do an episiotomy (an incision in the perineum to allow the baby to come out that's done fairly rarely these days)? And how long will it take for your vagina to heal after delivery? Just as every labor and delivery is different, so is every woman. But knowing what to expect and how to help things along will hopefully ease your mind. You have enough already on your mind, after all!
How the vagina is made for childbirth?
Though it’s hard to imagine, a baby really can make his way through the birth canal and out the vaginal opening. Your body is made to do this! In fact, it’s been preparing for this moment since the beginning of your pregnancy by releasing these pregnancy hormones:Estrogen, which increases blood flow to the folds of the vagina so that this elastic connective tissue is better able to expand and stretch during childbirth as you push.
Relax in, which helps your body to relax and loosen the ligaments and joints in the pelvic area so it’s able to expand and create space for your baby to make his grand entrance. Even though women have been giving birth for as long as we’ve existed, horror stories abound, leaving many of us terrified of labor. The average size of a baby’s head is 11.4 centimeters’ in diameter. The average diameter of a woman’s vagina (according to a study) is 2.1 to 3.5 centimeters’. So who wouldn’t be a bit scared of squeezing a newborn out given that ratio? But considering women’s bodies are made with the ability to have children, do we really need to be so scared?
The truth is that our vaginas are built to bear children and adapt accordingly. Whilst some women are cut to ease the baby’s head out and others have caesareans, through the vagina is the way our bodies were designed to give birth. “The vagina can feel looser, softer, and more ‘open’,” a leading consultant in urogynaecology Dr. Sohier Elneil told Her. “It may also look and feel bruised or swollen. This is normal, and the swelling and openness should start to reduce a few days after your baby is born” Your vagina will probably not return completely to its pre-birth shape, but this shouldn't be a problem. We always recommend pelvic floor exercises - sometimes called Kegel exercises - to help tone the vaginal muscles and your pelvic floor muscles and prevent incontinence.
You might also find your vagina is somewhat dryer than usual after childbirth: “The vaginal area can feel painful or sore in the immediate period after childbirth,” Dr. Elneil explained. “This usually improves within six to 12 weeks after the birth.
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