The most frequent female doubts after childbirth

Physical changes

Is it possible that during the postpartum period the hair falls out more?

There are women who report that during all periods where there is more energy expenditure, such as breastfeeding, they have greater hair loss. However, this process changes after a few months.

How long after childbirth is there a period again?

This depends directly on the breastfeeding period, since while you are breastfeeding there will be no menstruation. She only returns about one or two months after she stops breastfeeding.

Is it advisable to take vitamins?

Once the baby has been born, it continues with the same vitamins that were taken during pregnancy, to recover the iron lost in the bleeding of childbirth.

Some women have spots on their faces during pregnancy, are they erased after childbirth?

These stains are quite attenuated, but they are not always completely erased.

It can be said that, in general, the physiological changes that occur in pregnancy disappear or attenuate after three months after having the baby.

How long after childbirth can you go on a diet?

There is no problem with dieting after childbirth, as long as it is balanced and supervised by the doctor. However, it must be considered that after giving birth, there is already a considerable decrease in weight, because the child is usually born with about 3 and a half kilos, the placenta weighs between 400 and 500 grams, the amniotic fluid represents about 800 cc and about 500 cc of blood is lost. Likewise, breasts after breastfeeding drop by about a kilo. Therefore, pregnant women decrease approximately five or six kilos in the months following childbirth.