How French Women Lose Weight after Childbirth
Here’s how French women lose weight after childbirth – they get special post-natal care from therapists who help them get their stomach muscles and pelvic-floor muscles back into shape.
While most countries let new moms be, in France, women get to see a gynecologist in the first month of birth so they can talk about any health issues they might be experiencing. In addition, they get 12 half-hour sessions with physiotherapists, who check their abdominal muscles for damage and help them tone them up with special exercises.
Many new moms get saggy around the belly – which is a sign that abdominal muscles have not closed up after delivery (known as abdominal diastasis). If left untreated, this can cause lower-back pain and bladder incontinence. More….
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