What should I pay attention to during the confinement period? What should I eat more during the confinement period?

Everyone must have heard of a lot of food in life, but do you know the food requirements for confinement? Do you know what to pay attention to during confinement? Today, let's learn about it together, what should you pay attention to during confinement, and what should you eat more during confinement?

1. Avoid taking a bath or washing your hair: If the mother washes her hair during the confinement period, it may cause a temporary lack of oxygen to her scalp epidermis, which will leave sequelae of migraine. Moreover, if the mother with a weak body is exposed to cold air after taking a bath, she will catch a cold, and the cold will also affect the elimination of lochia.

2. Avoid being blown by wind: As the mother’s body will be very weak, if she is blown by wind, she will catch a cold. Moreover, if the cold wind blows on the bones, it will leave sequelae of muscle and bone pain in the future.

3. Avoid drinking boiled water: Mothers will experience edema in the late stages of pregnancy, and the postpartum confinement period is the best time for the body to recover. If mothers drink too much boiled water, their belly may bulge and their body may become deformed.

4. Avoid spicy, sour and salty foods: If you eat spicy, sour and salty foods, it is easy to cause water accumulation in the body and affect the body's water excretion, which may cause your lower abdomen to bulge. If you eat too much salt, it will put a burden on your kidneys. You should also avoid spicy foods, otherwise it will not only cause you to suffer from hemorrhoids, constipation and other diseases, but it may also affect the gastrointestinal function of your newborn baby who is breastfed.

5. Avoid eating raw and cold food: Raw and cold food is not only unhygienic, but also hurts the stomach. It can easily cause blood clots and prevent lochia from being discharged, which can cause body pain, abdominal pain and other diseases.

1. Brown sugar water: New mothers consume a lot of energy and physical strength during childbirth, and they also lose too much blood, so they need to supplement a lot of iron. Brown sugar water is very suitable for the first meal after childbirth. It not only replenishes blood, but also promotes the discharge of lochia after childbirth. However, you can't drink too much brown sugar water. Generally speaking, it is best to drink it 7 to 10 days after childbirth, and then you should eat more nutritious and diverse foods.

2. Eggs: If new mothers feel that their digestion is good, they can start eating eggs from the second meal. Eggs are rich in nutrients, which can help new mothers restore their physical strength, maintain the health of the nervous system, and reduce postpartum depression. Eat 2 to 3 eggs a day, but be sure to eat them in two meals. Boiled eggs and steamed egg custard are both good choices.

3. Millet: Millet is rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin B2, and is also high in dietary fiber. It can help new mothers restore their physical strength, stimulate intestinal peristalsis, and increase appetite.

What food is good to eat during confinement?

4. Rice wine + old ginger + sesame oil: Since ancient times, the traditional way of cooking food for confinement has been to use rice wine, old ginger and sesame oil. The function of old ginger is to remove cold, warm the uterus and help the discharge of lochia. As for sesame oil, it is conducive to uterine contraction and recovery to the pre-pregnancy state. However, it is necessary to pay extra attention to the fact that once the lochia stops, the amount of sesame oil and wine must be reduced. For new mothers who have a cesarean section, do not use wine in the first week after delivery to avoid affecting wound healing. Only ginger and sesame oil are enough.

What are the taboos of confinement?

1. Crying

If a woman is often in a bad mood and easily cries during the confinement period, it will be bad for her eyes in the future and she may often suffer from eye pain. Therefore, she should maintain an optimistic attitude during the confinement period and mind her own business.

2. Watching TV on your phone

It is best for women to stay away from mobile phones and televisions during the confinement period, and not to play with mobile phones for a long time, otherwise it will cause eyesight fatigue and may cause eye diseases in the future. It is best to get more sleep and rest.

3. Sexual life

Women should not have sexual intercourse during the confinement period, otherwise they will develop a series of gynecological diseases, which is bad for their health and makes them prone to aging and illness.

4. Fruits and vegetables

Women can eat vegetables and fruits during the confinement period, but they must be fried or cooked. After all, many fruits are cold in nature.

What can't you eat during confinement?

1. Do not eat whole eggs a few hours after delivery. If you eat eggs immediately after delivery, it will be difficult to digest, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, you should eat semi-liquid or liquid food within a few hours after delivery.

2. Do not eat cold food. Cold food can easily affect the blood circulation in the body and cause body aches.

3. Do not drink stimulating beverages. Strong tea, coffee, alcohol, etc. will affect sleep and gastrointestinal function.

4. Do not eat spicy, irritating, fried, greasy food: spicy, hot, fried, greasy, sticky and difficult to digest.

5. Do not eat sour and astringent foods. Postpartum mothers have blood stasis and internal obstruction, so they should not eat sour and astringent foods, such as black plums, lotus seeds, persimmons, pumpkins, etc., so as not to block blood circulation and hinder the discharge of lochia.

6. Do not eat hard or difficult-to-digest food, as this will increase the burden on the new mother after childbirth.