一双手在产后妈妈的腹部做按摩，产妇身上盖着白色床单与灰色毛巾，头边是灰色枕头，室内自然光

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What our therapists see in the first weeks at home. No scare-mongering — only what we observe.

The notes themselves are written in Chinese, for Chinese-speaking families in Australia. This page is an English guide to what each one covers; every link opens the Chinese article.

NO. 20 · RECOVERY · 2026.09.18中文

How long does postpartum bleeding (lochia) last? The Australian normal range, and three reasons to get help

Bright red again on a certain day at home, or a clot coming out — normal contraction, or a reason to call someone that day? Drawing on Queensland Health's parent material, the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Queensland Ambulance Service clinical guidelines and NSW Health's Chinese leaflet: how Australia views postnatal bleeding, when it stops for most people, what size of clot is common, and which signs cannot wait until tomorrow.

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All Recovery Confinement Baby Australia guide7 notes

20How long does postpartum bleeding (lochia) last? The Australian normal range, and three reasons to get help中文Bright red again on a certain day at home, or a clot coming out — normal contraction, or a reason to call someone that day? Drawing on Queensland Health's parent material, the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Queensland Ambulance Service clinical guidelines and NSW Health's Chinese leaflet: how Australia views postnatal bleeding, when it stops for most people, what size of clot is common, and which signs cannot wait until tomorrow.NO. 20 · Recovery · 2026.09.18Recovery2026.09.18

09How long do postpartum bladder leaks last? Three timelines, and a free helpline中文Leaking when you sneeze affects one in three women who have given birth. Most improve, but that comes with conditions: when training can start, how far to take it, and how many weeks of leaking means having someone look. Written to Australian postnatal guidance, with the national free incontinence helpline.NO. 09 · Recovery · 2026.09.02Recovery2026.09.02

08When does postpartum hair loss stop? A timeline, and three signals to watch中文Hair coming out in handfuls three or four months after birth reads to most mothers as something being wrong. It has a name (telogen effluvium) and a predictable timeline, and in the great majority of cases it grows back on its own — but a few situations should not simply be waited out.NO. 08 · Recovery · 2026.08.30Recovery2026.08.30

06Stop deep-massaging engorgement and blocked ducts: the international guidance changed in 2022中文Having someone knead the lump out, and heat before a feed: two habits of decades' standing that the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's 2022 guidance explicitly no longer recommends. The change is one of direction — engorgement is swelling and inflammation, and the more it is kneaded the more it swells.NO. 06 · Recovery · 2026.08.28Recovery2026.08.28

03How soon can recovery work start after a caesarean? Go by the incision, not the day count中文A vaginal-birth timeline does not transfer. A caesarean adds an abdominal incision that has to heal, so when belly binding, massage and core work can begin is judged by the state of that incision rather than by how many days it has been.NO. 03 · Recovery · 2026.08.24Recovery2026.08.24

02How many fingers of diastasis recti needs work? Three things to look at before you measure中文The line that anything under two fingers can be ignored has circulated for years, and it leaves out the part that matters. What decides whether to act is depth, tension and whether you have symptoms — not the finger count. How to check yourself, and when to have someone look.NO. 02 · Recovery · 2026.08.22Recovery2026.08.22

01What belly binding is actually doing: four things to know before you start中文Belly binding is not about cinching inches off. The four questions we are asked most — when you can start, whether it is possible after a caesarean, how long to wear it in a day, and whether it restricts breathing — answered in one place.NO. 01 · Recovery · 2026.08.20Recovery2026.08.20

English titles and summaries here describe the Chinese articles; they are not translations of them, and nothing is claimed here that the article does not say. The notes are general experience shared by our therapists and do not replace the diagnosis or advice of your doctor or midwife.

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