Why arise swelling after childbirth and how to deal with them?

Swelling after delivery can slightly dampen the joy of the newly-fledged young mother. Why is the swelling occur after childbirth and how you can quickly and effectively get rid of them?

Toxemia, heartburn, dizziness, frequent urination, mood swings, lethargy and constant feeling of fatigue – the period of carrying a child for us women, it is not easy. It would seem that with the birth of the long-awaited baby is suffering must end ..

But, alas, the majority of mothers of newly familiarly such unpleasant phenomenon, as swelling after childbirth. 

What it is?

Edema – this excessive accumulation of fluid in the soft tissues and interstitial space. A characteristic sign of edema – the appearance of small holes in the skin, if 30 seconds to press a finger on this place. 

Someone only swells the legs, someone – and hands, can also pour all parts of the body, come bumps under the eyes. Sometimes postpartum edema entails loading the breast, which, in turn, makes it impossible so natural and necessary for baby breastfeeding. 

Moreover, as a result of swelling of a happy mom is forced to wear clothes and shoes one or two sizes larger and, accordingly, there is an aesthetic problem, because at the time of the official discharge from the hospital, returning to the beloved husband, so you want to be slim and beautiful. 

Causes of the appearance of edema after delivery

The causes of edema are obvious: during labor burden on a woman’s body increases hundreds of times, and the kidneys are responsible for fluid excretion from the body simply can not cope with all of its obligations. Usually it quickly passes itself and does not require treatment. 

If during the week swelling after childbirth do not fall, there may be other factors for the reasons. We will tell about them. 

Problems of operation of the urinary system. When a large cluster of fluid in the body of a young woman is caused by the incorrect work of the kidneys, the excess number of salts accumulates in the blood and water is delayed.

Cadic problems accompanied by postpartum edema can be determined by the following features:

• Pallor and dry skin;
• The temperature of the leather in the localization places of swelling is not different from the total body temperature;
• Evenum appears rapidly and increases rapidly. 

It is often about the renal diseases indicates the swelling of the upper and lower extremities, however, often the place of localization of edema is also face. 

Vascular diseases. Few people can guess that serious venous diseases can stand for an unpleasant postpartum state of swelling – varicose veins, vessels, or even thrombophlebitis. They appear as a result of the violation of the outflow of venous blood from the lower extremities, therefore, there are precisely edema feet after delivery. 

Determine the diseases of vessels accompanied by postpartum edema, in the following features:

• on the skin of the legs appear small «asterisk», nodules, dark specks and other education;
• Even after the slightest bruise or with severe pressure on the skin, bruises are formed;
• Edems on the legs do not disappear even after a long rest in a horizontal position;
• Sometimes leg edema after delivery associated with varicose veins are accompanied by convulsions and unpleasant tingling. 

Artificial infusion. If the mother maternity hospital was influenced in the vein of rhodesmooling agents, approximately 6-7 days after childbirth, swelling may appear. It’s not worthwing to fear, for for several days there are such swelling on their own. 

Unbalanced nutrition and improper lifestyle. Strong, long non-disappearing swelling can be associated with much simpler causes, namely – with improper power and physical exertion. 

If a young mother loves «rack» on sour, salty, sweet or sharp, adores conservation, then tired after nine months of dual loading of the kidney simply do not cope with such work. Abuse drinks can also lead to excessive cluster of fluid in tissues. 

Escapes after childbirth often become unchanged satellites of newly minted mothers who spend a lot of time on the legs.

It’s no secret that the newborn requires a certain strict care and endless care, so sometimes I have to sleep all night, wearing a routine kid on the hands, and in the morning «Day watch» – Wash, clean, cook, swing, bathe, walk for walks. Nothing surprising that as a result of a permanent stay on the legs and colossal physical exertion The body of a young woman swells. 

When the edema is usually falling after childbirth?

This question is perhaps interested in all women. If the Puerereral (postpartum) period passes well, swelling falls within a few days after the appearance of a kid to the light.

Emirates on the body, as a rule, gradually, imperceptibly decreases: the body is getting rid of the excess fluid accumulated in nine months with the help of succeeds (postpartum vaginal discharge), and the kidney, feeling the long-awaited relief, come back and begin to function as in the former times. 

How faster remove swelling after childbirth?

And what to do, when the cluster of fluid in the body does not want to decrease after the birth of the baby and continues to annoy the happy newly-made mother? 

If you have never had problems with the cardiovascular system, you can not imagine what varicose veins and kidney problems are, it is possible to remove hated swelling after delivery by performing non-hard rules:

• Correct your diet – do not abuse fat, sweet, fried, from the salty for a while it is better to refuse to completely or minimize the consumption of this seasoning;
• Drink no more than one and a half – two liters of fluid per day (however, it is impossible to limit yourself in drink if you are nursing mom);
• Coffee drinks and black tea replace on juices, kisins, compotes, conventional purified water, herbal infusion, kefir or rippy;
• If postpartum edema is localized on the legs, often rest in a horizontal position, putting a pillow under the legs so that they are above head;
• Make foot and hand baths using sea salt or medicinal herbs with a diuretic effect (mint, juniper fruits, chamomile, birch leaves);
• Separate a contrast shower several times a day;
• Not bad effect has lost underwear (compression tights). 

But to drink without consulting a doctor, diuretic products (especially synthetic) and take medicines during breastfeeding period, as something that eats and drinks a nursing mother is always transmitted to the infant. 

If the edema after childbirth does not pass even after the diet and the use of the above funds, the problem should be sought in some disease. In this case, pay for advice to the experienced therapist – it will help determine the causes of the swelling and, if necessary, will send you to the phlebologist (a specialist learning the veins) or a cardiologist. 

Do not forget that it is not worth postponing a visit to a specialist, it is fraught with the aggravation of a possible disease. be healthy!