What should you pay attention to during confinement in winter? Keep warm

As we all know, women are most vulnerable in the month right after giving birth. They need to be carefully cared for and nurtured, otherwise they will develop illnesses. So when it is so cold in winter, you need to be even more careful. What aspects of confinement after childbirth in winter should you pay attention to? Pregnant mothers and fathers should learn from this.

1. Keep the indoor air fresh

In winter, you should pay attention to ventilation. Even if the weather is cold, you should open the window for at least 20 minutes every day. Especially when using electricity or coal and other heating products in the room, you need to open the window for ventilation more often. When opening the window, the mother and the child can move to another room first, and then come back after the temperature in the room rises. When ventilating the room, the mother and the baby should be moved to another room or covered with a quilt. Do not let the wind blow directly on the mother and the baby. Ventilation is generally 20 to 30 minutes, once or twice a day.

2. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest

New mothers who have just given birth need to do proper exercise after delivery to ensure the circulation of qi and blood. It is important to combine bed rest with appropriate activities. If it is not suitable to go out in winter, you can choose to walk slowly around the bed and in the room, and practice some postpartum gymnastics, which can not only restore your body shape as soon as possible, but also reduce the occurrence of constipation.

3. Maintain appropriate temperature and humidity

The relative humidity in the room should be controlled at 55% to 65%. The temperature of the confinement room should generally be kept at 22 to 24 degrees Celsius. Too cold can easily cause the mother and baby to catch a cold or even pneumonia, and too hot is not conducive to the mother's recovery. In winter, the mother and baby need to be taken care of in all aspects.

4. Prevent cold shoulder joints during breastfeeding

Winter is cold, and the mother's shoulder joints are easily cold when feeding the baby, which may lead to confinement diseases in the future. When feeding the baby, the first thing to do is to maintain the indoor temperature and humidity, as mentioned above. You can also buy some breastfeeding clothes specially for mothers to wear when breastfeeding, which are not only convenient for breastfeeding, but also prevent the shoulder joints from getting cold. Or you can put on a coat when breastfeeding and change the breastfeeding posture. After breastfeeding, you can move your shoulders appropriately, because each breastfeeding time is about half an hour, and always keeping the same posture can indeed cause neck and shoulder pain.

5. Brush your teeth with warm water during confinement

Some elderly people often warn mothers not to rinse their mouths or brush their teeth during confinement, otherwise their teeth will be "shocked" in the future. In fact, this is completely unscientific. In fact, mothers should pay more attention to brushing their teeth, rinsing their mouths, and maintaining oral hygiene. Mothers may feel tired just after giving birth. At this time, they can rinse their mouths with salt water, warm tea, etc. Once their physical strength has been initially restored and they can get out of bed and move around, they should resume brushing their teeth as soon as possible to remove oral dirt. But be careful to use warm water when brushing your teeth, not cold water, and use a soft-bristled toothbrush to avoid damaging the gums.

6. Take a bath carefully

Postpartum mothers sweat easily, and their immunity is weaker after childbirth, so bacteria can easily multiply and grow, invading the skin and causing skin inflammation. Therefore, even in winter, new mothers should pay attention to skin hygiene.

But it should be noted that mothers who have delivered naturally can take a sponge bath 24 hours after delivery, and can start showering one week after delivery. Mothers who have delivered by cesarean section can only take a shower after the wound has healed. It is important to avoid that mothers who have delivered naturally or by cesarean section cannot take a sitz bath or a tub bath, as this will increase the chance of uterine infection. In addition, each bath should be controlled to about 10 minutes, and the water temperature should be around 36 degrees. After bathing, dry your hair and body immediately, put on clothes, and prevent cold.

7. Relax and prevent postpartum depression

After giving birth to a baby, the mother will feel inexplicably irritable and lost, especially in winter when the weather is cold and there is insufficient sunlight. New mothers are prone to postpartum depression.

At this time, the mother should pay attention to relaxing her mood, and can talk to trusted relatives and friends to vent her depressed and helpless emotions. The husband should also pay more attention to his wife and spend more time with her to relieve her physical pain. Family members can also help the new mother with housework and take care of the baby, so that the new mother can have a happy mood to recuperate and stabilize her emotions.

It is okay to take a bath during the confinement period in winter. Nowadays, unlike the past when conditions were simple and rudimentary, bathing in the cold winter was troublesome and easy to catch a cold. Nowadays, most families have complete facilities, such as heating equipment such as heaters and water heaters, so the chance of catching a cold during bathing in winter is lower. Therefore, in winter, mothers who have delivered by natural delivery can take a bath after one week of confinement period, while mothers who have delivered by caesarean section have to wait for the wound to heal, so it is better to take a bath after two weeks of confinement period.

In winter, it is advisable to take a bath one week after giving birth. When taking a bath in winter, you should pay attention to keeping warm. The temperature of the bathroom should be 20-22℃, and the water temperature should be around 37℃ or slightly hotter. The bathroom should not be too closed, and the bathing time should not be too long, 5-10 minutes is appropriate. Avoid sweating when washing, because excessive sweating can easily cause dizziness, nausea and vomiting. Avoid contact with cold water to avoid abdominal pain and irregular menstruation and body pain in the future. "After bathing, you should blow dry your hair with a heater, wipe off the water on your body as soon as possible, put on warm clothes in time before leaving the bathroom to avoid catching a cold or being blown by the wind." Zeng Xiaoqin said, "After taking a bath at night, don't go to bed immediately. You should drink a cup of hot water and wait until your body is dry before going to bed." When postpartum women take a bath in winter, they can also use the windproof ginger recipe according to traditional practices, which is 50 grams of windproof and 50 grams of ginger. Beat them, wash them with water, boil a large pot of water, filter the residue, wash your body and hair with water, or directly use ginger slices to boil water and then bathe. This folk recipe is more effective in dispelling cold.

You can turn on the air conditioner during confinement in winter, but you must pay attention to the control of indoor temperature and humidity, and keep the indoor air fresh and with light.

1. Control of indoor temperature and humidity

In winter, the indoor temperature should be controlled at 20℃-25℃. However, when turning on the air conditioner, it is best to turn on the humidifier at the same time to control the indoor humidity at 55%-65% (you can buy a hygrometer to measure it).

2. Keep the indoor air fresh

Make sure to open the window twice a day (once in the morning and once in the afternoon) for about 15-20 minutes each time. When ventilating, let the new mother and baby go to another room first. After ventilation, wait until the room returns to a suitable temperature before letting the new mother and baby come back. (Can I use air conditioning during confinement?)

3. Keep the room bright

The confinement room must be well ventilated and well lit, so that the new mother will feel comfortable and it is also helpful to observe some changes in the baby.