Postpartum lochia refers to the residue of blood, amniotic fluid and endometrial tissue that a woman excretes after giving birth. The discharge of lochia is an important process for the recovery of the uterus and the recovery of body health. Understanding the duration of postpartum lochia is very important for maternal recovery. Generally speaking, the discharge time of postpartum lochia will vary depending on individual differences, but it usually gradually decreases within a few weeks after delivery…
Category: Neonatal period
Neonatal period
What should you pay special attention to when caring for newborns in summer?
Backstage, I received a message from a pregnant mother saying that she was about to give birth, but her due date fell in the summer. She was a mother for the first time, and she was marrying far away. Her family was not around because she and her husband had just paid for the house. In the first period, the finances are quite tight, and I cannot afford to hire a confinement nanny for the time being. She has little experience in caring for babies, so she wants to know what summer newborn care needs…
How many hours can breast milk be stored at room temperature?
Breast milk is one of the best baby foods and is rich in nutrients and antibodies that can improve the baby\’s immunity. However, when mom needs to be away from home for a while, she needs to know how to preserve breast milk. This article will introduce how and how long breast milk should be stored at room temperature. First of all, we need to understand that the storage time of breast milk is closely related to the storage conditions. At temperature…
How long does it take for a pregnant woman to eat salt normally?
Women need proper rest and recovery after giving birth. In this process, the issue of diet is very important. Some pregnant women may worry that salt intake will affect their body\’s recovery, so they need to know when they can eat salt normally. First, we need to understand what salt does to the human body. Salt is one of the essential nutrients for the human body. It contains elements such as sodium and chlorine, which can…
Are babies born naturally smarter?
Many people may have heard this sentence: \”Children born naturally are smarter after being squeezed by the birth canal.\” Especially some elderly people believe this sentence deeply. It is precisely because of this that many mothers forcefully demand \”natural delivery\” regardless of their own physical conditions during the delivery process, which is a bit too blind. The case is just in the previous paragraph…
What to do if the baby is too fat and weighs 15 pounds in more than 2 months
How to prevent your baby from becoming obese? Usually we call children who are more than 20% of the normal weight of the same age, same height and normal weight as obese. Most childhood obesity is simple or physiological. Obesity in children is mainly caused by overnutrition. Especially artificially fed babies drink too much milk, and excess nutrition keeps too many fat cells in the body. Preventing obesity in early infants requires…
Is it true that confinement disease will never be cured in your lifetime?
Postpartum syndrome refers to a series of physiological and psychological reactions that occur to mothers after childbirth, including poor milk secretion, breast swelling and pain, puerperal infection, and depression. These symptoms affect maternal physical and mental health to varying degrees. Some people think that confinement syndrome will last a lifetime, but in fact this is not the case. For most mothers, confinement syndrome is just a period of labor…
How do you congratulate the birth of two sons in a row? How do you feel?
Nowadays, fewer and fewer people still maintain the old feudal idea of \”preferring boys over girls\”. On the contrary, more and more people hope to have a daughter. After all, \”boys are China Construction Bank, girls are China Merchants Bank\” and \”girls are parents.\” The caring little cotton-padded jacket for my son, and the leather jacket for my son, are too hot in summer and too cold in winter…\” However, if fate is really such a trick, one after another…
What items do mothers need to check 42 days after delivery?
After the rest and recuperation in the puerperium, which is close to the end of confinement period, the mother will generally feel that her body has basically recovered. However, how well your body is recovering and whether the baby is normal can only be determined through postpartum examination. Therefore, postpartum check-ups are not optional, nor can they be replaced by feeling good about yourself. Postpartum check-ups can promptly detect various diseases of new mothers…
How long should you hold a six-month-old baby in a day?
How long can a newborn be held every day? For a newborn baby, the bones have not grown very well yet and the body is still very soft. It is more important to hold or lie down more and interact more. Newborn babies sleep for a long time, about 18 to 20 hours. Therefore, when the baby is asleep, adults do not need to hold it. Holding it all the time is not conducive to the growth of the baby\’s bones. The most powerful in history…