How long does postpartum confinement last?
In China, expectant mothers will start confinement after giving birth, but due to the different customs and habits in the north and south, the confinement time is different. Generally, it takes 100 days for the maternity and baby to go out, while it only takes 30 days for the south to go out freely. So, how long is scientific confinement? The best time for confinement should be 42 days, because it takes 6 weeks for a new mother's uterus to retract. So how to stay healthy by confinement?
From the perspective of modern medicine, the puerperium lasts 6-8 weeks, that is, 42-56 days. During the 6-8 weeks of confinement, lying-in women should rest mainly, especially stay in bed for 0/5 days after delivery, take good care of their health and promote the recovery of various organs, especially reproductive organs.
Normal parturient can eat moderate amount of digestible semi-liquid food, such as brown sugar water, lotus root powder, steamed egg soup, egg drop soup and so on. If the perineum is torn and sutured during delivery, a residue-free diet should be given for about 1 week to ensure that the anal sphincter will not be torn again due to defecation.
Caesarean women were given postoperative liquid food 1 day 24 hours after operation (but flatulence foods such as milk, soybean milk and a lot of sucrose were forbidden), and then changed to ordinary meals.
Maternal women need a good environment to rest and breastfeed. The bedroom should be quiet, tidy, well lit, keep the air fresh and the temperature appropriate. In summer, you can open the windows in the room that are not directly exposed to the parturient and the baby to prevent the electric fan from blowing directly to the parturient and beware of catching a cold. Air conditioning can be used to keep the indoor temperature around 26 degrees. Pay attention to keep warm in winter, open the window for air every day, send the mother and baby to another room first, and then ventilate for 20 minutes each time, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Bedding should be clean and soft.
Drink moon water after delivery, ok?
Many postpartum mothers still have a vague concept of moon water. Is it necessary to drink moon water for confinement? What are the benefits of drinking moon water? How to drink moon water?
First, lunar water has a wide range of uses.
Moon water can not only be drunk directly, but also be used to make moon meal. You can cook, make soup and cook with moon water. Cooking vegetables in hot months can dispel the coldness of vegetables.
Second, moon water can't completely replace drinking water.
Although the effect of moon water is outstanding, it is easy to cause maternal fire due to its internal heat. For pregnant women who are already hot, it is better to drink less moon water. Because of the hot water in the second month, drinking it may increase the risk of lochia and postpartum hemorrhage. Therefore, drinking moon water should be enough, and it is best to consult a doctor before drinking. Wang, director of the Nutrition Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, mentioned that the parturient consumes a lot of blood during childbirth, especially in love sweating, while during confinement, according to traditional habits, the bedroom is generally warmer, so that the parturient is even more love sweating. If you don't pay attention to hydration at this time, the mother will be short of water. Moon water is also rice wine water. Drinking some after delivery can enrich blood and promote qi circulation, and avoid deficiency of both qi and blood after delivery. However, because this kind of water is hot, it is obviously unscientific to completely replace drinking water, and drinking too much will lead to getting angry. It is recommended to keep normal drinking water during the second month, and do not use "moon water" instead of normal drinking water.
Third, postpartum slimming still needs to cooperate with exercise.
Many people think that the recovery of Xiao S is due to Yuezishui, but I'm afraid this is not the case. Postpartum slimming also requires exercise and a balanced diet. From the analysis of modern nutritional value, rice is more easily absorbed by human body after fermentation, and the newly generated substances after fermentation are beneficial to human body. But it doesn't mean you can lose weight by drinking rice wine. Slimming still depends on moderate postpartum exercise. Yi Zhu, an associate professor at the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, explained the embryonic form of lunar water.
Fourth, moonlight water and various decoctions should cooperate with each other.
Moon water contains sugar and protein, which can drive away the cold and warm the body. However, the nutrients in it are insufficient, so the pregnant women still need to mix the moon water with other drinks to get enough nutrition. Mothers should pay attention to replenish water when breastfeeding, but pregnant women should not drink too much ordinary water when they are confinement (which is not conducive to body drainage and is easy to cause problems such as sagging waist and internal organs). Drink more soybean milk, original vegetable soup, non-alcoholic rice wine water, biochemical soup, etc. In this way, the supply of milk will be sufficient and nutritious.