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5 Tips to Help You Recover From Caesarian (C-Section) Delivery

5 Tips to Help You Recover From Caesarian (C-Section) Delivery

For anyone who has experienced a caesarean (c-section) delivery, you have also experienced an incision into the abdominal wall. These scars are typically located horizontally above the pubic bone or vertically under your belly button. The incision moves through 6 different layers of the abdominal cavity with stitching performed at the uterus, sometimes rectus abdominis muscle (6-pack muscle) and skin. In the immediate weeks after delivery we can be unsure how to heal the scar and how to take care of your newborn with decreased abdominal strength.

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3 Ways to Train for the Sport of Motherhood

3 Ways to Train for the Sport of Motherhood

The tasks I have found myself engaged in during Motherhood have been quite different from any previous physical training I have done. Some of them might even be listed as unsafe.

During the postpartum period, a woman is STILL experiencing joint laxity and her core muscles take time to rebound. So we are taking a vulnerable system and applying force. Sounds like a recipe for injury.

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