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When Can You Resume Driving after Giving Birth
After giving birth to your precious little one, you might want to jump straight back to your old routine and start doing all the things that you couldn’t do during your pregnancy. Driving is one of them, and you must be wondering when you can start driving on your own after delivery. You might be eager to get your foot onto that accelerator but take a moment to truly know whether you are safe and ready post-delivery to take the wheel.
How Soon Can You Start Driving After Having a Baby?
Driving right after giving birth is not so easy. This is because the act of driving uses many of the same muscles that a woman uses during the labour and delivery of her baby. This is why it is highly important for you to heal properly before you start driving again. Two weeks is the minimal healing time during which you must abstain from driving, lifting heavy objects, and cleaning the house. However, this is still a short time and only applies to women who have had an easy delivery. Depending on the type of delivery, whether it is a normal delivery or a C-section, you can determine how many weeks you should give a rest before you drive again. Let’s see the cases below:
1. Driving After a Normal Delivery
Normal delivery is also called a vaginal birth, during which your muscles do a lot of work involving pulling and stretching to push the baby out. You need to give time for those muscles to recover along with giving yourself time to heal from all the pain and jagged nerves. If you have undergone a vaginal birth, you are advised to keep physical activity to a minimum level in the days following your delivery. However, if you had very less bleeding and felt no dizziness, then you can slowly try out short drives after two weeks. But the safe thing for new mothers is to wait for 6 weeks before a long drive.
2. Driving After a C-section Delivery
Most of you may have the question, ‘Can I drive after a C-section delivery?’ Well, the answer is yes, you can, but only after you recover fully. C-section deliveries usually have a much longer recovery time compared to vaginal births. This is because you would have gone through a major surgery where you would have lost some blood. Your uterus and your tummy need to heal from being cut open, and you will be advised not to lift anything more than your baby’s weight to prevent your stitches from opening (which will be very painful indeed!). This means you shouldn't lift your baby’s car seat to put into the car. You also won’t be able to twist for some weeks, so trying to settle your baby in the car will be impossible. More importantly, driving restrictions after C-section delivery are mainly because you will not be able to use your abdominal muscles to press down on the brake pedal during emergencies. Therefore, if you have had a C-section delivery, make sure you wait at least 4 weeks before your resume driving again and that too, after consultation with your doctor.
Precautions to Take while Driving Afte Delivery
There are a few precautions you must keep in mind while driving after a few weeks of giving birth to your baby. Here are a few mentioned below:
If you have had a vaginal birth, you can resume driving once your pain, discomfort, and dizziness goes away. Don’t try to drive before that.
If you are taking narcotic pain medication to help with your post-delivery pain, then you should not drive at all.
Once your baby comes in your life, you can just hop into your car and drive away. You need to plan your drives coinciding with times when your baby is not hungry.
When you are taking your baby along, you will have to spend extra time to change his diaper. So, pack his diaper bag and make him sit in the baby car seat which you will then need to lock in position inside the car.
All these activities might tire you out as a new mother, especially if you have not recovered fully. If you are breastfeeding, you will have to manage sore and enlarged breasts also. Hence, it is better not to drive for the first few weeks post-delivery.
Even if you are athletic and healthy, postpartum healing does not happen in a few days. Thus, it is a good idea to take proper rest and wait for a few weeks before you start driving. In the meantime, enjoy the precious time you have with your newborn. Let your body heal and get completely healthy for your baby’s sake.
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Contribution – Am I a bad momma who can not take care of her kids ??
So my topic itself tells the whole story. I am mother of 2 daughters (3.7 years old and 2 months old) and I am also a working mother though at present on maternity leave.
What went wrong with me is my elder daughter, I love her the most and now at this age people say that I spoiled her as she has some bad habits like drinking milk from bottle, nt eating frouts and veggies. Since starting she is with domestic help and they haven’t taken proper care of her also in between my in-laws and my parents have also taken care of her but all in vague. As when some good things will happen they will take the credit that it’s cz of them and all these habits which is bad is cz of me, for her every single thing which is bad I am the one who is to be blamed. As a guilt stricken mother who doesn’t give her more time so I use to pamper her a lot, I agree that I hv spoilt her but in the whole process I am alone even my husband also do not support me.
This all resulted in my baby not taking medicine, not stopping bottle feed as she is 3.7 years old, not eating proper meals, not trying anything new food. I am literally pissed of all the allegations made by them. Tumhi bigadi ho ! Sometimes out of anger I also hit her to uspe bhi I have to listen that ab kyun maar rahi ho bla bla bla.
I want to ask all the mommies out there is the child everything is only responsibility of a mom and does that tag her to be a bad momma. Is working a crime ? I agree that there are some bad habits in my child but she is a well behaved child, she is not underweight also, her overall development is completely fine.
Sometimes her acts also worries me but then I think she will not alws be a child and I keep trying each and every possible way to make her do things which is important.
So does this makes me a bad momma ?
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When people say no one can prepare you for a baby. It's actually 100% true. Babies... even though they can't do more than smile, poop, eat, and cry (and oh lord, the cry!!) they make sure they turn your world around in their initial months 😂
As a first time mother I had a lot of time to prepare for my baby's arrival. I planned, I researched, I shopped, took classes to learn how to handle newborns and waited impatiently for the arrival of my little bundle of joy.
A term that actually caught my attention during all these was "exclusive breastfeeding " It means that the infant receives nothing but breast milk for the first 6 months of life. It has many long term benefits for both the baby and mom. So when I read about its benefits I was certain that I'm gonna exclusively breastfeed my child no matter what.
But is it actually that simple?
My labour pain started when I was 39 4 weeks along my pregnancy. While going into the labour room I told my doctor that I would very much like to have lots of skin to skin and breastfeed the baby immediately and luckily she was very supportive of it. The hospital staff made sure that my wish was granted. And here I was, holding baby Sophia for the first time. She looked beautiful and I was only wondering "Has she really come out of me?" "Is she the one who was kicking and punching me all these while?". After a good amount of skin to skin we moved on to the breasts and all hell broke loose for me at that moment. All the studies and the research didn't tell me that some babies takes time to learn how to latch. Baby Sophia hated my boobs and would cry incessantly when made to latch so much that we had to resort to formula. Seeing my baby being fed formula really shattered my heart but motivated me to maintain the supply and help with the latch.
It took us a month to establish both the latch and the supply but my baby and me, both of us didn't give up. We tried tried and tried some more and when it didn't work we cried and cried and cried a lot. After a lot of hard work and Lots of sleepless nights later here we are onto the 5th month of our journey and now it seems like a cake walk. My baby is of the happiest baby you'll ever spot but when things gets a little cranky there's always a boob to latch on 😝
So this is what I want to say this to all the expectant mom or moms who are struggling to breastfeed that breastfeeding is a game of demand and supply. So make sure you're latching your baby to the breasts as much as you can in the initial days. You might be tired, underslept and in pain but that's the only thing that's gonna work.Hang in there and keep trying it will happen for you too ❤
Happy Breastfeeding mommas!
Might do a detailed post about what worked for me and how I got my baby to latch soon!
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Spinach and banana smoothie
Spinach and banana smoothie uses a combination of a liked fruit with a unliked veggie. This smoothie is, therefore, a great way to sneak in some greens in your child's diet. Thus thick and tasty smoothie requires just a few minutes to gratify you.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
3 People
3 Minutes
5 Minutes
Ingredients
4 cups Baby Spinach, raw
150 gm vanilla yogurt
1 banana, sliced
Water
Method
Step 1
Place all ingredients into a blender.
Step 2
Blend for about 1-2 minutes. Add water or milk, if the mixture seems too thick to blend.
Step 3
Serve at room temperature.
Nutritional Information
Serving: 1 cup
Calories
151
Sodium
0 mg
Total Fat
0 g
Potassium
0 mg
Saturated
0 g
Total Carbs
65 g
Polyunsaturated
0 g
Dietary Fiber
0 g
Monounsaturated
0 g
Sugars
0 g
Trans
0 g
Protein
5 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Vitamin A
0%
Calcium
0%
Vitamin C
0%
Iron
0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Tip:
If your bub does not like milk, here's a way to add milk to your child's diet.
You can replace water or soy milk with milk for lactose-intolerant babies.
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Fisher Price Press N Go Monster Truck Green And Blue Review
As new parents & that too it being our first born, my husband & I are always on the lookout for Toys/ Games/ Equipment which can help in our little one’s development. So when we came across the Fisher-Price Press N Go Monster Truck we liked it & wanted it for our daughter. It is applicable for ages 9 months plus. My daughter crawls or tries to run behind it when it moves. She also likes to play with the purple hair on top or the teeth in the front of the truck. We encourage her to push it so that she learns the push movement & uses her strength. It’s a good way to keep the little ones engrossed. The best part is that parents can play together with the baby. The fact that it’s from Fisher-Price which is a reputed brand in the kids segment also made the decision easier. Their Quality is unparalleled.
The Delivery from FirstCry was in perfect condition. On opening that, there was a Transparent Packaging through which we could see the Fisher-Price Press N Go Monster Truck in its attractive Green and Blue Colour. My daughter was already peeping into it & trying to get it in her hands. There’s no sharp edges which can hurt or cause any scratches to the baby while playing. There’s no loose parts which can fall off or can be put into the mouth. I found it to be a safe option. The truck glides silently & smoothly on being pressed. There are times when you want a toy which does not overload the senses through too much sound & light. We really liked this Truck for all these reasons.
No Sharp Edges/ No Loose Parts. Safe Toy to play with.
Improves the Holding Grasp & Pushing Capability. Good for Hand Eye Co-ordination.
Everyone in Family can play alongwith the baby & Toy.
Attractive Design & Does not make Noise.
Its easily available in the search options on FirstCry.
A huge thumbs up to Fisher Price Press N Go Monster Truck. I Definitely Will recommend this even as a good gifting option. Read more
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Guardian of 0 children
14 hours ago
Q. mere twins baby girl and boyhai one month 8 days old kya mai ghutti de sakte hun ya gripe water de sakte hun aur kab se start kar sakte hun
Dr. Minal Acharya
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14 hours ago
A. dear Mum, you should not give any sort of gripe water or ghutti to your baby. these are unhealthy and dangerous and can cause infection to your baby. so, these should be completely avoided.
Dr Vandan H Kumar has added a new answer
Guardian of 0 children
14 hours ago
Q. I am currently 32 week pregnant.I recently had growth scan.mu baby is in cephalic presentation. Does this change as I approach my due date. Also my EDD is July 25 and EDC is July 2. what is my expected due date. Also what is EDC?
Dr Vandan H Kumar
Paediatrician
13 hours ago
A. edc is expected date of delivery only.
that is 40 weeks
You will get more information for your query with your family doctor. You may meet your dr in person for proper guidance .
It is important to remain in contact with your doctor.
Swati Kar Samanta has added a new answer
Expecting Mom due in 7 months
13 hours ago
Q. why I am getting dizziness in my pregnancy
I am going with 3rd month of my pregnancy it's a very strong dizziness I feel at times means every day .....no other symptoms of pregnancy .Please help with elaboration .All okay means isn't part of this journey.
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A. Do consult your doctor as soon as you can. It's important to find the real reason because without that, proper medication is not possible.
Dr Priyanka Kalra has added a new answer
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13 hours ago
Q. I am currently 32 week pregnant and had growth scan recently.My baby is in cephalic presentation.does this change after 36 week or does this remain the same?
Dr Priyanka Kalra
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A. usually fixed. better to show to specialist always as they get the correct diagnosis. try to avoid self and extra medication that will only complicate this and create more damage to the child
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4 hours ago
Q. it's my 5 month n I still didn't went for check up yet not even once is it okay if I go now or?
Rashmi
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A. You should have started going from the very beginning itself once you get to know you’re pregnant but since you haven’t reached that now if you’re pregnancy has been healthy last five months please get it checked with your doctor also if you need to start with any supplements or diet the doctor would advise you after a ultrasound so please visit your gynaecologist
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Q. size chart is not correct for age of the baby
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A. generally it is available from Indian academy growth chart download from Google. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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