Incorrect!
After pregnancy, the expectant mother\’s blood volume begins to increase and reaches a peak around 34 weeks of pregnancy. Throughout pregnancy, an expectant mother\’s fluids increase. These excess fluids must be excreted from the body after delivery, and the way they are excreted is urine and sweat. Therefore, within two weeks after delivery, the mother will sweat profusely. If the postpartum ovaries are airtight and the room temperature is too high, which is not conducive to the discharge and evaporation of sweat, the mother\’s body temperature will rise. If it is accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, thirst, nausea, limb weakness, etc., it is the puerperium. Early signs of heat stroke. In severe cases, the body temperature will rise above 40, leading to circulatory failure and even life-threatening conditions.
The correct approach should be to maintain indoor ventilation. However, due to the profuse sweating after childbirth, the physical exertion during childbirth is relatively large, and the mother\’s body resistance is low, so she should avoid being directly blown by the wind. If the weather is too hot, you can turn on the air conditioner to cool down first. After turning off the air conditioner, my mother went back to the room. Keep the room temperature at around 26°C to ensure that the body can perspire normally and not catch a cold.
2. You cannot wash your hair or take a bath during confinement period.
Incorrect!
Due to excessive sweating after childbirth, if the hair is not washed, the scalp will be dirty, leading to scalp folliculitis, which will lead to more hair loss.
In addition, due to the profuse sweating after childbirth, coupled with the continuous discharge of lochia and milk secretion, the body needs to be cleaned more than ordinary people. Therefore, pregnant women should wash their hair and bathe frequently, but they should pay attention to the appropriate temperature of the water, not too cold (which will cause a cold), and not too hot (which will cause blood vessels to dilate, lower blood pressure and cause dizziness). In addition, within 7 days after delivery, because the cervix has not been completely closed, it is not advisable to take a bath in the bath, but should use a shower.
3. You cannot brush your teeth during confinement.
Incorrect!
Due to the pain and suffocation during childbirth, and the fact that most mothers cannot eat normally, bacteria in the mouth multiply. If you do not brush your teeth during confinement, it will cause tooth decay, gingivitis, and oral inflammation, which will affect normal eating and postpartum recovery.
The correct approach is to gently brush your teeth with a soft-bristled toothbrush once or twice a day. After eating, rinse your mouth with warm water to prevent food particles from remaining in your mouth. In addition, appropriate calcium supplementation is required to make up for the calcium consumed by breastfeeding.
4. Taboos during confinement period
Not quite right!
Maternal physical exertion is great during childbirth, and gastrointestinal function cannot return to normal immediately after delivery. At this time, if the diet structure is unreasonable, it can easily cause diarrhea or acute gastroenteritis. In the past, people often said that \”taboos\” meant that pregnant women could not eat fruits and vegetables and could only drink millet porridge and brown sugar water. This is wrong. After childbirth, the mother\’s body is gradually recovering, and breastfeeding requires a lot of nutrients. If you avoid eating it, it will affect the quality of your milk and your mother\’s health. If there is a lack of calcium in the diet, it can also cause the mother\’s teeth to become loose.
Gastrointestinal digestive function immediately after deliveryIf it is weak, you should eat light semi-liquid food, such as noodles, porridge, etc. You can eat wolfberry, red dates, etc. in moderation, and then gradually transition to a normal diet to ensure that there is enough protein in the diet. Eat fruits at room temperature and an appropriate amount of green vegetables every day to ensure smooth bowel movements every day. But at the same time, you should also avoid overly greasy meals and overly salty or spicy foods to avoid irritating the gastrointestinal tract.
5. Eat more eggs during confinement
Incorrect!
The mother exerts a lot of physical energy during childbirth, and it is very necessary to supplement nutrition after delivery. Eggs are high in protein and low in fat, so they are suitable for postpartum period, but more is not always better. Because gastrointestinal motility is poor after childbirth, bile excretion is also affected. If you eat too many eggs, on the one hand, the body cannot absorb them, and on the other hand, the protein stays in the gastrointestinal tract for a long time, which can easily cause abdominal pain. Bloating and constipation. Cholecystitis or gallstones can also recur.
Generally speaking, eating two eggs a day during confinement is enough. There are also some easily digestible proteins such as fish and shrimp in the diet.
6. Don’t eat salty food during confinement period
Not quite right!
In the past, people said this because they were afraid that eating salt would affect breast milk secretion. The secretion of milk mainly depends on the stimulation of uterine contraction during delivery and the effect of prolactin after delivery.
In fact, you should not eat salty food after giving birth because there is a lot of water in the body that needs to be excreted after giving birth. The blood that was in a hypercoagulable state during pregnancy is gradually returning to normal. Excessive salt can cause water retention, edema, and blood concentration in the body. But if you don’t eat salt at all, your body’s normal demand for sodium will not be guaranteed and you will feel tired. The correct approach is to go a little lighter than usual.
7. Breastfeed your baby for 24 hours after delivery
Incorrect!
After pregnancy, a variety of hormones in the expectant mother\’s body begin to increase significantly. One of them is prolactin, including pituitary prolactin and placental prolactin, which promote milk secretion. The pain of labor and the suckling of the nipple by the newborn stimulate the breasts to secrete milk. Therefore, the World Health Organization recommends that mothers have skin-to-skin contact within 30 minutes after delivery and allow the baby to suck on the nipple within 1 hour to promote breastfeeding. Breast milk production and neonatal lactation capacity. The milk at this time is called colostrum. Colostrum has low fat content and high protein content, is easily absorbed by newborns, and contains a large number of immune factors, which can enhance the newborn\’s immunity.
8. Drink more milk soup during confinement period
Not quite right!
Since you sweat a lot after giving birth, you should add more fluids to avoid blood concentration. However, just after giving birth, most mothers\’ breast ducts are not completely unblocked. Do not drink large amounts of lactation soup, otherwise your breasts will be severely swollen and painful when you start breastfeeding two or three days after delivery. Just after giving birth, you should drink a small amount of light fish soup and chicken soup to help lactation. After the breastfeeding period begins,Fully massage the breasts to make the milk ducts unobstructed before starting to drink more soup, such as chicken soup, ribs soup, pig\’s trotters soup, crucian carp soup, longan and red date soup, meat and bone soup, boiled soybeans, etc. These soups not only promote milk secretion, but are also rich in nutrients such as protein, minerals and vitamins. It should also be noted that there should not be too much oil in the soup, otherwise it will cause diarrhea in the baby.
9. The later you wake up, the better
Incorrect!
During pregnancy, the expectant mother\’s blood is in a hypercoagulable state, and after delivery she sweats a lot and the blood is concentrated. At this time, you should exercise appropriately to promote blood circulation. If you stay in bed for a long time, the blood flow in the blood vessels will slow down, and venous thrombosis may occur. However, you should pay attention to the appropriate amount of postpartum exercise, because the body will secrete relaxin during pregnancy. Under the action of relaxin, the mother\’s joints and ligaments are looser than before pregnancy. If the amount of exercise is too large, it will cause uterine prolapse and joint sprains. So, in
In the early postpartum period, when physical strength has not yet fully recovered, you can do some simple exercises in bed, and then start full-body muscle exercises 3 months after delivery.
10. Sexual intercourse is prohibited for 100 days
Not entirely true!
After delivery, the uterus gradually shrinks and drops into the pelvic cavity 10 days after delivery. It takes about 42 days after delivery for the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy size and the endometrium at the placental attachment site to be fully repaired. In addition, the pelvic floor muscles and fascia that have become loose during pregnancy and expanded during childbirth also need a similarly long period of time to recover. Premature intercourse can cause the thrombus on the attachment surface of the placenta to fall off, causing late postpartum hemorrhage. There is also the possibility of injury to the pelvic floor muscles and vaginal wall that have not fully recovered, as well as puerperal infection. Therefore, you can have sex only 42 days after delivery. I would also like to remind you that at this time, due to suppressed ovarian function, low hormone levels, mild vulvar atrophy, thin vaginal mucosa and other reasons, you must pay special attention to avoid damage and pay attention to contraception to avoid unwanted pregnancy.