There are some things in our traditional habit of confinement that are aimed at the constitution of postpartum pregnant women and come up with countermeasures. So, the old custom, right? Increase your knowledge with the time of pregnancy.
1. Can't brush your teeth? Wrong in folklore, the new mother can't brush her teeth during confinement. This old tradition holds that brushing your teeth will lead to toothache in the future, which is just the opposite of medicine. New mothers eat a lot of sugar and high-protein food in the second month, which is most likely to damage their teeth and cause bad breath and oral ulcers.
Brushing your teeth can remove off-flavor and sour substances and protect your teeth and mouth. When a new mother brushes her teeth, she must pay attention to brushing her teeth with warm water instead of cold water, because at this time, cold air can easily invade her body and bring harm to her body.
2. Can't you open the window for ventilation? Some wrong new mothers sealed the house tightly when they were in confinement, not only the windows were tightly closed, but also the gaps in the windows were pasted, and curtains were hung on the doors, commonly known as "covering the confinement".
In fact, this is extremely unfavorable to the new mother. The place where the new mother lives should be sunny, and the window should be properly ventilated, because the lochia is not exhausted during the confinement of the new mother, and living in a humid place is easy to cause mold infection.
The weak new mother also needs a lot of nutrition and fresh air to change her weak condition and recover as soon as possible. If you are afraid of the wind, you can hang curtains and don't let the convection wind blow.
3. Can't I take a shower? Influenced by the traditional concept of "confinement", many new mothers are afraid to take a bath or even wash their hands and hair rashly. In fact, this is not correct. The sweat glands of the new mother are active, and it is easy to sweat in hot summer, plus breast, galactorrhea, breastfeeding and lochia excretion. Therefore, we should pay more attention to personal hygiene. Bathing is completely possible and necessary.
Generally, the time for confinement is 6 weeks. If the delivery is natural and there is no perineal laceration, as long as the wound heals well, you can take a bath after cesarean section and lateral perineal incision. Bathing should be based on shower, and the water temperature is slightly higher than the body temperature. If the conditions are limited, you can choose warm water to scrub your body, but it is forbidden for new mothers to take a bath 1 month after delivery. There is no need to take a bath every day, usually 3 ~ 4 times a week, each time 10 ~ 20 minutes. At the same time, be careful not to take a bath when you are hungry, so as not to collapse.
4. Can't you be greedy? In the traditional concept of new mothers' diet, both cold food and cold drink are forbidden. The reason is that the new mother's gastrointestinal function is fragile, and eating cold food will hurt the spleen and stomach and upset the stomach. In fact, the above drinks are not taboo for all new mothers, and should be grasped according to the principle of being different from person to person and adapting to the time.
In hot summer, eating cold drinks, eating iced watermelons and drinking water with ice cubes is beneficial to cooling down and relieving summer heat. If you are used to eating cold food and drinking cold drinks before delivery, and your stomach can adapt well, you can also eat less when you are in confinement. But be sure to pay attention to hygiene and don't overeat, so as not to affect the digestive function.
For new mothers who don't have the habit of cold food before delivery, or who have poor gastrointestinal function or diseases before delivery, it is best to avoid cold drinks completely.
5. Can't you turn on the air conditioner? In the summer of staggered heat, the new mother lies down for a long time, and her body is in a high temperature and high humidity indoor environment for a long time, which is easy to cause heatstroke due to the dysfunction of the thermoregulation center. So how can new mothers prevent postpartum heatstroke? Most people think of air conditioners and electric fans to cool down. But for the new mother, the body is weak, the body resistance is poor, and external diseases are easy to invade the body, causing colds and fever.
Therefore, when blowing the air conditioner, the temperature is higher, generally above 26℃, and the blowing time should not be too long. However, because the new mother sweats a lot, the sweat holes are always open and it is not allowed to blow against the fan. The electric fan can blow against the wall, increasing the indoor air flow and lowering the room temperature.
6. Can't you comb your hair? In our traditional custom, it is wrong to think that you can't comb your hair during confinement, which will lead to headache and alopecia, and even leave a "headache root", and you can't comb your hair within 1 month. There is no direct relationship between combing hair and confinement. The doctor thinks that you can comb your hair as usual during confinement. Combing hair is not only the need of beauty, it can remove dust and dirt from hair, make hair clean and play a sanitary role.
On the other hand, the comb can stimulate the scalp, improve people's spirit, make people feel comfortable, promote local skin blood circulation, meet the nutrition needed for hair growth, and prevent hair loss, premature graying, broken hair and split ends. So postpartum combing can only be beneficial and harmless.
Small class: It is not enough to understand the scientific method of confinement. You have to "brainwash" your family in advance, let them study in advance, and support you in scientific confinement. Otherwise, the nagging of seven aunts and eight aunts will also make your confinement very tangled.