Childbirth is a very special period in a woman's life. The confinement is related to the postpartum recovery and future health of the new mother. Due to the different physical qualities and cultural backgrounds of people in the East and the West, the customs of confinement vary greatly from country to country.
Japanese confinement
(horse)
China attaches great importance to confinement and has many rules. But Japan is different.
Cold things: pregnant women use tap water (cold water) to brush their teeth, wash their faces and hands. I have two days of swelling and pain, and the nurse asked me to apply it with an ice pack. In China, cold things should never be touched, let alone an ice pack. In China, traditionally, you can't eat fruits and cold things in the second month, but in Japan, there are fruits at every meal, as well as iced apples, iced milk and iced tea.
Diet: Both at home and in Japan, everyone attaches great importance to the nutrition in the second month. Japanese hospitals are responsible for three meals, and there are special nutritionists to match meals. The main food is rice and miso soup. Sometimes meat is meat, sometimes fish, fruits and vegetables, milk and so on. Afternoon tea, breast-feeding mother and snacks in the evening.
Dressing: People in China pay attention to seeing the wind and wearing long-sleeved trousers. In Japan, all the women around me wear skirts, and I seldom see anyone wearing trousers and socks. New mothers in Japan wear short summer clothes and sandals barefoot when they leave the hospital. I have been barefoot all the time, but I still wore pants when I left the hospital.
Hair dryer: Because it was summer when I was born, I went to the bathroom to take a shower and put an electric fan in the changing place. Those lying-in women blow directly into the electric fan after washing, which is probably unimaginable in China.
Go out: China people pay attention to confinement, so they can't go out. In Japan, leave the hospital 1 week, and take the children to the hospital for follow-up. Later, the baby was born soon. Because the baby had eczema, I went to the hospital again. In short, I have basically experienced things that I can't do in China.
Expert comment: Scientifically speaking, apart from paying attention to rest, reasonable nutrition, proper exercise and avoiding infection, there is really no need to have so many rules during the puerperium.
All countries attach great importance to the nutrition of new mothers in their second month. According to the recommendation of China Nutrition Society, lactating mothers consume 800 kilocalories more than non-pregnant women every day, that is, the total calorie intake every day is not less than 3,000 kilocalories. Among them, carbohydrate accounts for 60% ~ 70%, fat accounts for 20% ~ 25%, and protein accounts for 12% ~ 14%. If calculated by weight, cereals account for 6- 1 1, eggs, milk and meat account for 2-3, vegetables and fruits account for 3-5, and a little oil and sugar is enough. What is particularly emphasized here is that eating more fruits and vegetables can not only supplement a variety of vitamins, but also prevent constipation that is easy to occur after childbirth.
Imprisonment in Germany
(Han Hanma)
After giving birth, there is no hot drink in German hospitals. Not only that, the doctor gave me a bottle of wine.
Bathing: I gave birth naturally. Just after giving birth, the doctor told me that my blood pressure was low and I should not get up by myself. And because of excessive blood loss, the doctor advised me not to take a bath on the first day. The first bath was three days later.
Diet: There is no hot water to drink in the hospital after delivery. I took the initiative to ask the doctor for it, and they only gave me a pot of tea, which is a kind of milk tea. After that, I drank all the mineral water with gas. In the evening, my dinner is no different from everyone's, such as bread and fruit. To my surprise, after the baby is born, the hospital will give each new mother a small bottle of wine, which is said to have the function of lactation. I only took a sip. Although many traditional sayings about confinement in China are not very scientific, there are still many practices that are desirable, such as drinking soup. I asked my mother-in-law to buy beef bones, chicken legs, oxtail and other soups to drink, which is very beneficial to physical recovery and lactation.
Go out: On the fifth day after delivery, leave the hospital and go home. After dinner, we went out for a walk. It's very cold. I put a small towel on my head, but I still broke out in a cold sweat at night. On the tenth day after the baby was born, we drove to another city to attend a friend's party. I was afraid of the wind and wore a hat.
Expert comment: Take Han Han Ma as an example, she lost too much blood during childbirth, so we should pay attention to strengthening nutrition after childbirth. You can eat more animal liver and blood, which is rich in iron. Replenish enough water every day, which can not only alleviate the hypovolemia caused by excessive blood loss, but also ensure adequate milk.
Eating soup is related to the food culture in China. For lactating mothers, a certain amount of liquid food every day is definitely beneficial to the production of milk. Generally speaking, due to poor appetite, the digestive function of gastrointestinal tract has not fully recovered on the first day after delivery, so it is recommended to eat some light semi-liquid food in advance. After that, under the condition of ensuring high-quality protein and sufficient water intake in diet, you can have enough milk without boiling soup every day, and your body can recover.
American confinement
(Maya)
In America, people don't regard confinement as a special state, so my confinement experience is very simple.
Bathing: confinement in the United States is very simple for me, and there are not many taboos. Doctors and nurses will help me take a comfortable bath without asking after delivery, which is one of their job responsibilities.
Drinking: On the second day after delivery, the hospital also sent me a bottle of wine to celebrate the birth of the baby.
Safety: Before I leave the hospital, the doctor will also check whether we have prepared necessary supplies, such as baby car seats. If not, we will not be allowed to leave the hospital. These are very convenient and thoughtful.
Going out: basically, I don't have much confinement. Drive out shopping a week after leaving the hospital, just be careful not to overwork.
Nutrition: Eat well and pay special attention to calcium and vitamins, but American families generally pay attention to these.
Expert comment: As Yaya Ma said, be careful not to overwork after delivery, and eat better, especially supplement calcium and vitamins, which is very important during confinement.
No matter whether it is a natural delivery or a cesarean section, most women will feel tired during delivery and after undergoing physical changes after delivery. Adequate rest and sleep are necessary conditions for maternal physical and mental adjustment and recovery. On the second day after normal delivery and about a week after cesarean section, the parturient gradually adapted to the change and recovered her physical strength. At this time, in addition to daily indoor activities, she can gradually increase the amount of outdoor activities and do some active physical exercises such as postpartum gymnastics. On the one hand, it can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function and avoid constipation, on the other hand, it can also avoid obesity, one of the sequelae of confinement. However, it should be noted that it is not advisable to engage in heavy physical labor too early after delivery, so as not to cause * * * bulging and uterine prolapse in the future.
Postpartum gymnastics can well restore the tension and function of pelvic floor muscles, abdominal muscles and lumbar muscles, which is of great significance to prevent postpartum urinary incontinence, cystocele and uterine prolapse.
Another key point to avoid "moon disease" is calcium supplementation! Calcium deficiency during pregnancy and lactation will not only affect the baby, but also be the culprit of many "moon diseases" (back pain, joint pain, heel pain, etc.). ) and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Therefore, the daily calcium intake of lactating mothers should be no less than 1500mg. After delivery, a high-protein diet will also increase the amount of calcium excreted by the kidneys, so more attention should be paid to calcium supplementation.
"Zi Yue" in Canada
The biggest difference between women in China and foreigners is that we have to have a confinement after giving birth, while foreigners don't sit.
I once saw a young foreign mother holding a baby in a shopping mall. She is as small as a monkey and can't open her eyes. At first glance, she was just born a few days ago. After asking, he was only born for three days, and his mother has already taken him out shopping. I have never seen such a small baby in the streets of China. They are all confined at home.
Although the customs of confinement vary from place to place in China, the basic policy is the same: pregnant women can't bathe, comb their hair, brush their teeth, eat cold and hard things, or even get out of bed for the first few days, let alone go out. In a word, we should avoid wind and cold. In our place, even fruits are not allowed to eat, because fruits are cold.
To tell the truth, a woman who is locked in a confinement is almost like being in prison and has no freedom.
When I was pregnant with my second child, I opened a shop in Canada, and female guests often asked when the due date was. When I said it was August, I couldn't understand their answer at first.
For example, someone said, "Haha, your refrigerator must be full of all kinds of ice cream." I looked at her with a dull smile and couldn't catch up, because I really didn't understand the relationship between having a baby and ice cream.
After people left, they gradually realized that the maternal body was weak after giving birth, sweating all the time, and catching up with summer, so they wanted to eat ice cream to cool down and sweat.
Thinking about the scene of pregnant women eating ice cream will really make a group of old people in China faint.
My mother came to Canada not far from Wan Li to help me to have a confinement and take care of my children. She has always been very careful about confinement, so I tried my best to do her ideological work before the arrival of the "sentence", not daring to ask for execution outside prison, but asking for more time and freedom.
So I often brag in my mother's ear that foreign women doesn't have a confinement and eats ice cream after delivery, and nothing happens.
My mother said, "Look, they are all well now. When they are old and sick, they will find their bodies. "
But the old foreigner's women are alive and well, tall and straight, and have never seen any "disease of the moon setting".
To refute my mother, I know what my purpose is, and my eyes are wide open; "Foreigners and we are not a species. You have black eyes and they have blue eyes. Can you compare with them? Can kidney beans and potatoes be planted the same? "
Cried speechless.
On the night after giving birth to my second child, I had a terrible stomachache, so I rang the bell and asked the nurse to prescribe painkillers for me. She brought a paper cup with a lid. The glass is cold, and it shakes, and there is a "crash" inside. It was midsummer, and foreigners drank ice water, so the nurse naturally added half a cup of ice to the water.
I think ice water is ice water, and foreigners can drink it. Why can't you drink?
I just took a sip, and a chill swished into my insides, and I got a cold war all over. My teeth are sore, and my stomach immediately sucks into a ball, which hurts even more.
This ice water really won't swallow.
I rang the bell again and asked the nurse if I could get a cup of hot water.
She looked at me strangely and asked, "Hot water? (Summer) Do you want hot water? "
I said yes, I want to drink hot water.
She is worried because there is juice and milk in the kitchen refrigerator, and coffee is made in a coffee pot, but there is no hot water to drink.
I say you either boil it in a coffee pot and hot water will come out without coffee, or you can pump this glass of water in the microwave oven for two minutes.
She picked up the cup and left. After a while, she brought in a cup of hot water, and then I took the medicine.
I don't know whether it's really a matter of different races or living habits, or whether it's actually a deep-rooted concept in our hearts that pregnant women can't eat cold food, so when it comes to live-fire shooting, without the supervision of the elderly, they will stick to the rules.