The first hour after delivery I

Successful! Soft, warm, but also tidal little baby lay on your stomach, whose body also distributes a faint fragrance. And you may also be immersed in the relief after birth, and do not take note of your body is undergoing great changes, but also did not notice the little guy who actually harbors so many secrets!

Many women in their first hour after delivery still can’t let them out of the feeling of pregnancy, and the sense of being a mom is not that strong. It takes some tome for mommies to enjoy the happiness, because they consume too much energy in delivery, and need to recover. On contrary, when the young father sees their newborn baby, he often has tears in his eye. Therefore, some new mothers can not help but wonder why they themselves are so calm on the just-born baby? Don’t be shamed and blame yourself. Please enjoy this valuable post-natal first hour, carefully take a look of yourself and that little one, and you will have a lot of surprises and harvest!

The new mom's first hours

What changes will happen in you boby within the short span of the first hour after delivery?

1, After a child is born, the mother's weight alleviates about 5 kg. This 5 kg includes the child's weight and the weight of amniotic fluid.

2, 5 minutes to 2 hours after giving birth, the placenta will be shed, resulting in a palm-large wound in the womb. Soft tissue will bleed, but not so terrible as thought, about 300 milliliters. The blood was stored during pregnancy, so the body will not be hurt much and it will easily be recovered.

3, After delivery, the womb will quickly shrink from the size of a fitness ball into size of a melon. It is the contraction of the uterus wall muscles at work.

4, Uterine ligaments remain on stretched state. It will take some time to return to normal size. Therefore, for some time after delivery, the body will feel some weakness.

5, During pregnancy, your heart, liver, stomach and lungs were pressured upward by uterine. After giving birth, there has been more space. These organs gradually back to its normal place. This will make you feel relieved. However, at the beginning, the organs the downward sliding will also cause some uncomforts.

6, A kind of hormone called endorphin keeps in a very high level after delivery. Endorphin is an analgesics which produced by your own body. It can reduce pain of the process of childbirth.

7,Hormones promoted by throes still circulate in the blood, which will cause uterine contraction still exists after birth, leave the new mother feeling a pain like throes. In addition, it will help awaken a new sense of motherhood, prompting the young mothers pick up the child, and the care of him.

8, The most in need is quiet. When the child was born, what the new mother wants most is quiet rest. If people mill around, she would feel very uncomfortable. 90% of the households are willing to enjoy a bit of privacy in the delivery room. Doctors and nurses can quietly leave for a while.

9, Waiting for the placenta off

If there is no post-natal complications after giving birth, then few things are needed to do, only to give the baby a bath, weighing, measuring height and dressing up. After the placenta falling, midwives will carefully examine if the placenta is complete. If there is any remain in the womb, all would lead to uterine bleeding.

Many young parents are curious about how big the placenta is in deed? In fact, despite the placenta has contributed a lot, but it weighs much less than we imagined. Placenta is only about 500 grams, or about 1 / 6 of birth weight. It is soft and smooth. Under normal circumstances, it would fall from the vagina with no pain.

One in the 150 cases of childbirth, the placenta can’t automatically fall off. In such case, doctor will reach into the womb to help the placenta come off.

10,Start breast-feeding, the sooner the better

When the newborn touch the mother's breast, almost without any help, he can quickly learn how to suck and get what he wanted. Within 20 to 30 minutes after birth, the newborn is with the strongest intense of sucking. Most of the babies are ready, and eager for mommy’s nipple. If you miss this prime time, baby's sucking reflex will be weakened in a day and a half, it may affect the breast-feeding. Baby's sucking also can stimulate uterine contractions and reduce bleeding. Therefore, if conditions permit, mothers must start breast feeding as soon as possible.