What should I pay attention to during the confinement period in October?

Postpartum women are weak, and confinement is to help them recover. Therefore, whether the confinement is good or not is directly related to future health. There are many things to pay attention to during confinement, so what should you pay attention to during confinement in October?

What is confinement?

The confinement period is to help the mother to smoothly go through the transition of life, because the birth of the baby changes the body and life. From wife to mother, from outsider to family, the confinement ceremony promotes the mother to enter a sacred status. People around her are willing to pay for her. The mother takes this opportunity to vent the accumulated grievances and eliminate long-term fatigue. Whether it is the puerperium or confinement period, it means that the mother has to stay in bed to rest, take care of her body, and promote the recovery of reproductive organs and body as soon as possible. However, during this period of time, many behaviors or lifestyles of the mother have many taboos, some of which may even affect the health of the baby and the mother. Pay attention to it during the confinement period.

Dietary considerations for confinement in October

1. Do not take large amounts of supplements

In October, you should take care of your body during the confinement period. There is a limit to the amount of nourishment you can take. You must not take too much nourishment, especially for pregnant women who are prone to obesity. You should pay attention to choosing nourishing ingredients. If you have just had a caesarean section, it is best to eat light liquid food for a few days after the operation. For women who give birth naturally, the choice of nourishing ingredients should also be light, and you should not eat too greasy food. Women also need to breastfeed their babies after giving birth. If they eat foods with too much fat, it is easy to cause too much fat in the milk, which will cause diarrhea problems for the baby.

2. Eat less cold food

In October, you still need to pay attention to your diet. Don't eat too cold food, which is easy to hurt the stomach and is not good for mothers. Especially in autumn, when the temperature drops, mothers need to gradually take warming measures. Cold food will affect the excretion of lochia, thus affecting the body's recovery.

If you eat too spicy food, it will stimulate the mother's body and easily cause abdominal pain. If the mother eats cold food, it will also easily affect the baby's digestive system.

3. Fruits and vegetables are indispensable

Some places have some differences in the confinement of mothers, such as not allowing mothers to eat vegetables and fruits. In fact, this will affect the health of mothers. In terms of diet, vegetables and fruits are indispensable for mothers. Vegetables and fruits supplement fiber and vitamin C, and also help gastrointestinal motility, promote digestion, and benefit the mother's physical recovery.

Things to pay attention to when dressing for confinement in October

In terms of length: postpartum women are weak and are prone to postpartum illness if they do not keep warm in time. In addition, October is the transition period between summer and autumn, the summer heat has not completely subsided, and the autumn cold has quietly invaded. Therefore, new mothers are also better off wearing long clothes and long pants indoors. If possible, you can also add a thin coat, that is, outerwear, long clothes and long pants.

Style: The weather in early October is not too cold, but you can still feel the chill. At this time, it is recommended to choose a nursing dress that can be opened sideways, lifted up or lifted down in front of the chest to avoid excessive movement during breastfeeding and get cold. It is convenient for new mothers to breastfeed and keep warm. In addition, new mothers should choose a wide style as much as possible according to their own clothing size. First, it can facilitate activities, second, it can avoid being too tight to affect sweating, and third, it can avoid compression on the breasts.

Thickness: New mothers should choose the thickness of confinement clothes according to the changes of seasons, but they must pay attention to warmth and hygiene. For example, in summer, they should try to choose long pants and long clothes, but they can choose light and thin materials; in October, they can choose thicker materials to keep out the cold and keep warm.

Quality: Confinement clothes should be made of cotton, linen, wool, silk, down and other products, because these pure natural materials are soft and comfortable, breathable, moisture-absorbing and warm. Fabrics should be made of cotton and breathable, which can keep warm and absorb sweat. If the temperature is too high, you can turn on the air conditioner appropriately, but the temperature should not be too low, try to keep it above 26 degrees; avoid facing the air outlet directly, and do not use the air conditioner for too long.