Post Pregnancy Treatment

Once the process of pregnancy has finished, many women find obvious changes in their bodies. Being mother is one of the most wonderful experiences a woman can have. However, pregnancy leaves marks on woman´s body difficult to change with exercise or alternative therapies.



Evident changes after pregnancy

Skin changes: stretch marks


During pregnancy, the elastic walls of the uterus expand to hold the developing baby. As the uterus grows, the abdominal tissues enlarge and stretch marks may appear. Stretch marks result when the skin expands beyond its limits, which causes the connective tissue to break down. Stretch marks reveal and become evident in the epidermis. A woman may observe that initially stretch marks appear as lines that have a pink color, and then they turn white.




The most common area affected is the abdomen, but they may also appear in hips, buttocks, thighs, arms, back and breasts.

Physical changes: weight and skin laxity

Besides the stretch marks, women frequently present skin laxity after pregnancy, especially in the abdomen area. Many changes occur during pregnancy, however excess skin, laxity and weight gain are major cause of concern for women.

For many women, hormonal changes associated with pregnancy may cause significant weight gain. The ideal amount of weight gain by the end of pregnancy should be about 10-11 kg., but the average is 10, 5-15 kg for most women. Women who had gained less than 9 kg weight during pregnancy, have an increased risk for delivering babies with low birth weight. For this reason, women should not restrict diet during pregnancy. For those women who gained more than 15 kg, weight loss after pregnancy can be slow and may need treatment. Different factors, such as pre-pregnancy weight (which woman has when gets pregnant); water retention, and diet, (besides the baby´s weight) may affect the woman´s weight after pregnancy.

During pregnancy, some women develop fat deposits in different parts of the body such as hips, buttocks, abdomen and waist. Abdominal muscle separation and abdominal skin laxity are very frequent conditions in women who have had more than one baby. These symptoms, -stretch marks, excess weight gain, and fat deposits-, may become a very problematic situation for many women. More

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