Can I cut my nails during the confinement period?

The confinement period for a woman is the most important moment in her life. During that month, we don’t have to do anything but take care of the baby. If conditions permit, we don’t even have to take care of the baby ourselves. There are many taboos during the confinement period. Is it okay to cut your nails during the confinement period? The old people often say that you can’t wash your face, brush your teeth, take a bath, or wash your hair during the confinement period. In short, you can’t get wet. But now if we don’t do these for a month, it would be more uncomfortable than killing us, so we won’t pay attention to those. In fact, as long as you don’t catch a cold and keep warm during the confinement period, there will generally be no problem.

You can cut your nails during the confinement period. On the contrary, not cutting your nails during the confinement period may cause some troubles. For example, if the mother does not cut her nails, some bacteria will be produced in the nails. This condition is not good for the mother's physical recovery. If the nails are too long, you may accidentally scratch the baby when taking care of the baby, and it may also cause inflammation of the baby's skin. In fact, during the confinement period, you can not only cut your nails, but you can also take a bath, brush your teeth, and wash your hair. Just make sure to keep warm and avoid catching cold when doing these things. It is best for mothers to use special scissors when cutting their nails to ensure that their fingers will not be cut by the nail clippers. Therefore, mothers can cut their nails during the confinement period. Nails are made of keratinized epithelium and the fingers will not get cold.

It is unscientific to cut nails during the confinement period as it will catch wind. The old custom is to not disinfect the baby after delivery, which leads to many cases of puerperal fever. The main causes of puerperal fever are unhygienic and sterile conditions before or during delivery, and poor cleanliness after delivery, which allow bacteria to enter the uterus and cause infection. According to traditional concepts, various high fevers or acute illnesses are believed to be caused by the mother catching a cold. Therefore, women are not allowed to take a bath or wash their hair during the postpartum period for fear of catching a cold and developing a chronic illness.

After reading the above scientific analysis, we know that we must abandon those traditional old concepts. For example, when I was in confinement, my mother didn't let me turn on the air conditioner. Even the doctor said that I could use the air conditioner as long as the wind was not blowing towards me. Just like taking a shower, washing your face and hair, just turn up the water temperature and keep warm after washing. So the so-called cutting nails will attract wind is unscientific. It is okay to cut nails during confinement as long as you don't catch a cold. After reading this, do you feel that your confinement period is much easier? I wish you good health!