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After-baby Massage
The Postpartum Massage Primer
By Kelly Lott
If you have delivered by C-section, massage is fine as soon as you feel like being massaged. Usually 5-6 weeks postpartum, it would be comfortable for you to lie on your stomach again. If your incision has an infection, be sure to wait to get a massage until that has cleared up. Finally, if there were birth complications or if a Cesarean delivery was performed, a massage therapist may require a written release from your physician.
Postpartum massage is a must for any mom! Your muscles have worked so hard and will most likely be very sore and tight. The muscles are working to get back to pre-pregnancy state and massage can help by reducing tension. Massage causes a flow of new blood and oxygen to go through the muscles, thereby releasing lactic acid, and toxins that have a tendency to sit and become sore. The process of kneading and stroking of muscles is very relaxing, tones over-stretched areas, can assist the new mother in restoring the abdominal muscle wall, and it feels so wonderful!
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