Will using a belly belt affect the discharge of lochia? Can using a belly belt reduce belly fat?

Getting back in shape after childbirth is something every new mother wants. As for the most difficult part of losing weight, many people would think of using a belly belt to slim down the waist. Can a belly belt really reduce the belly? Will using a belly belt affect the discharge of lochia? Some questions about belly belts are explained below~

Will wearing a belly band affect the discharge of lochia?

Some mothers think that since there is no wound on the abdomen after natural childbirth, they can use a belly belt immediately. This is not true. After childbirth, there is still a lot of blood, gas and other body fluids in the mother's abdomen, which need to be naturally discharged from the body through the body's circulation. If the belt is used too early, it will only restrict the blood circulation in the body, which is not conducive to the discharge of lochia in the body, and it is not conducive to the smooth breathing, and it is not good for the recovery of organs.

Caesarean section is an external force surgery. You should use a gauze belly band immediately after the surgery to fix the wound and promote wound repair. Because caesarean section is different from natural childbirth, the recovery of the body is also different. However, you should not blindly tighten it, but maintain a certain degree of tightness. Comfort is the best standard.

You cannot use a belly belt immediately after a natural birth. You should use it the next day or the day after. Some women think that they can use a gauze belly belt immediately after a natural birth, but there is still some blood stasis and other things in the abdomen that need to be discharged, which need to be discharged naturally by the body. If you use a belly belt too early, it will restrict blood circulation in the body, which is not conducive to the discharge of lochia in the body, and lochia is not conducive to the recovery of internal organs. In fact, after delivery, whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, as long as the body feels better after 2 or 3 days, you can use a gauze belly belt. The force acting on the belly belt can promote recovery.

Can a belly belt reduce belly fat?

Belly bands can indeed play a certain role in postpartum body recovery. Specifically, they have some effect on reducing belly fat. However, the purpose of wearing a belly band after childbirth is not to reduce waist fat or belly fat, because the waist cannot be reduced by wearing a belly band for 2 months. Moreover, wearing a belly band every day can easily affect blood circulation. Also, if you wear a belly band in summer, it is easy to get prickly heat.

We must make it clear that the main function of a belly belt is not to lose weight. It is used to help shrink the waist, prevent back pain, prevent gastroptosis, and help stabilize the uterus and shrink the pelvis. If it is specially designed, it can also eliminate stretch marks and relieve postpartum waist discomfort.

Belly belts are not as effective for weight loss as rumored on the Internet, but many people have certain misunderstandings about them, thinking that belly belts can prevent abdominal muscles from loosening and maintain a slim figure.

In fact, the recovery of abdominal muscle tension after childbirth is related to exercise and number of births. New mothers with firm muscles can completely rely on their own qualities to restore their abdominal muscles to normal.

The effect of using a belly belt to reduce belly fat after childbirth is not great. Having a small belly after childbirth is a problem for many mothers, but wearing a belly belt is definitely not the best choice. One reason is that the belly belt does not have much effect on reducing belly fat, and long-term use of the belly belt is also a major threat to health.

In fact, fat is flowing in the three months after childbirth, which is the key time to reshape the body. At this time, we can recover our body quickly through proper exercise, such as doing sit-ups, and reasonable diet control, and refuse high-fat or high-calorie foods. The six months after childbirth is the golden period for weight loss.

How to use the gauze belly band

Since the Taiwanese variety show queen Xiao S said that she used a gauze belly band after giving birth, the traditional elastic ones have almost withdrawn from the stage of history, and gauze has become popular. An ordinary piece of gauze, made into a strip of several meters, and then locked on the edge, its value has increased greatly. Many pregnant mothers also use gauze belly bands after giving birth. Compared with traditional belly bands, gauze belly bands are softer and more breathable, but they are a bit troublesome to tie. Each time you wrap and remove the gauze, it is equivalent to an exercise. Today, the editor will tell you how to tie a gauze belly band.

1. First prepare a roll of gauze and a safety pin. Usually the seller will give you a pin when you buy gauze.

2. Lie on your back, flat on your back, raise your knees, place the soles of your feet flat on the bed, and make the thighs above the knees form a right angle with the abdomen as much as possible; raise your hips and place a cushion under your hips.

3. Place your hands on your lower abdomen with your palms facing forward, and massage your internal organs toward your heart, lifting them up. This action can help the sagging uterus return to its original position.

4. Tie from the pubic bone to the navel, a total of 12 circles. The first 7 circles should be overlapped and wrapped, and folded diagonally every 1 and a half circles.

5. Fold diagonally, turn the front side of the belly band to the back side, and then continue to tie it. The diagonal folded parts are on both sides of the buttocks. Move up 2 cm for each of the last 5 circles and tie it up in a spiral.

6. Finally, cover the belly button and secure it with a safety pin and tuck the belt head in. Tie it 12 times each time. If your waist circumference is large, you need to connect 3 belly belts into 2.