After delivery, prolactin plays a role in promoting lactation and promoting the formation of milk, resulting in a significant drop in the concentration of estrogen and progesterone in the blood. Hen's ovaries contain a certain amount of estrogen. Therefore, if pregnant women often eat hens, they can strengthen the role of estrogen in the blood and weaken the efficacy of prolactin, resulting in insufficient postpartum milk and even returning milk. Mothers who have just given birth must not drink old hen soup, otherwise your milk may not satisfy the baby.
Breast-feeding mothers should drink chicken soup instead of hen soup if they want to give milk. The cock contains androgen, which has anti-estrogen effect and can increase the secretion of breast milk. Pregnant women eat stewed cocks after delivery. If the testicles are eaten together, it will undoubtedly increase milk. At the same time, it plays a potential role in promoting the baby's health. Moreover, the cock contains less fat than the hen, and the stewed soup is light and nutritious, so it is not easy for the mother to gain weight because of excessive tonic, and the baby will not cause indigestion, diarrhea and other diseases because of the high fat content in milk. But don't forget to eat meat when you drink soup. Although soup is nutritious, the nutrition of chicken is mainly meat, especially rooster, so eat meat when drinking soup.
When can I drink hen soup after delivery?
Drinking chicken soup after delivery, especially hen soup, is very good for aftercare. Hens nourish yin, which is suitable for lying-in women and the elderly, infirm and chronically ill. However, if you want to give milk in the first month, you'd better avoid it first. You can eat stewed hens after the parturient gives milk, about 10 days after delivery, and when the milk secretion is sufficient. The content of protein in female chicken is high, there are many kinds, and the digestibility is high. It is easy to be absorbed and utilized by human body, and it has the functions of strengthening physical strength and keeping fit.
Moreover, female chickens contain phospholipids which play an important role in human growth and development, and are one of the important sources of fat and phospholipids in the dietary structure of China people. Hens have a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, chills, fatigue, irregular menstruation, anemia and physical weakness. Therefore, mothers who want to supplement their nutrition by eating hens had better choose about half a month after delivery.