First of all, I am not your doctor. The circumstances surrounding your birth experience will be a large factor in determining when you can get back to exercise, but in general the rule of thumb is:
For vaginal birth with no complications: 6 weeks or whenever you stop bleeding and feel up to it.
For C-Sections: 6-8 weeks depending on your surgery, stitches, pain, etc.
HOWEVER- there are 2 very important things that you can begin doing literally the moment the baby is out (or whenever you feel up to it): TRANSVERSUS & PELVIC FLOOR PULSES!!!!
These two exercises (described in detail here) can help get you feeling great long before your body is back to normal. They are also important because:
1) Contracting the Transversus Abdominus will help pull your Rectus Abdominus (6 pack muscle) back together faster, closing the diastasis recti.
2) Your pelvic floor is put under a lot of strain while you are pregnant supporting the weight of your baby while your organs are being shoved up against it. And then, during the actual birth...well, we all know what happens then- it stretches a whole lot to allow the baby to come out. Pulsing your pelvic floor (also known as 'doing kagels') will help prevent you from experiencing the incountenance that plagues so many women after they've had children.
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