Correct way to bathe during confinement

Postpartum women sweat a lot, often sweating profusely when sleeping and when waking up. Due to excessive secretion of sweat glands, the skin is easily contaminated, and the body's resistance is weak after childbirth. The bacteria on the skin can easily multiply and grow, invade the skin, and cause skin inflammation. It can be seen from this that mothers should take a bath or sponge bath frequently to keep their skin clean and hygienic. Let’s learn with the editor the correct way for postpartum women to bathe during confinement.

1. Usually, the internal opening of the cervix returns to its non-pregnant state one week after delivery, and it takes 4 weeks for the entire cervix to return to normal. During childbirth, there is a wound on the perineum of the mother. If she wants to take a sitz bath, she must start one week after childbirth, otherwise it will cause ascending infection. You should avoid being on an empty stomach before taking a bath to prevent hypoglycemia, dizziness, etc. The bathing time should not be too long, 5-10 minutes each time is enough. The room temperature is most suitable at 20 degrees Celsius. The shower water temperature is between 34-36 degrees Celsius, which is mildly irritating and has good effects.

2. Although bathing carelessly may bring a lot of trouble, it is not strictly forbidden to bathe during the confinement period. A large amount of water is retained in the body of the mother during pregnancy, and the skin secretion function is vigorous after delivery. The mother sweats a lot and urinates a lot in the first few days after delivery, and the body is relatively weak. At this time, the mother's ability to resist disease decreases, so the decision whether to take a bath should be based on the mother's physical condition and the temperature at the time. In winter, mothers should pay attention to keeping warm. When lighting a stove indoors, they should take care to prevent gas poisoning. There should be good ventilation equipment; or air conditioning or heating can be installed. Pregnant women with abdominal wounds should not open the gauze pad by themselves when taking a bath, and should not allow water to seep into the gauze pad.

3. The custom that a woman can only take a bath after she has given birth for one month is wrong. During childbirth, mothers bleed a lot, expend a lot of physical energy, and are very tired. Therefore, during the postpartum period, their body's self-regulation and immune functions are greatly reduced, and their resistance is very poor. At this time, bacteria on the skin can often enter the mother's body, which can easily cause dermatitis, mastitis, perineum inflammation, etc. The skin's excretion function is also very strong after childbirth, and the amount of sweating is high. If the mother takes a bath in time, it can increase blood circulation throughout the body, speed up metabolism, promote unobstructed sweat gland pores, regulate the autonomic nervous system, and restore physical strength.

4. When taking a bath in the summer, the mother should not use cold water, otherwise it may cause irregular menstruation and body pain due to stagnation of qi and blood; in the winter, the bathroom should be warm and the bath water should be hot, but do not sweat profusely, because excessive sweating will make the mother who has already damaged her body fluids and consumed her qi more tired. In addition, the mother should not bathe too many times, slightly less than a normal person, and should eat a little after bathing to replenish the depleted qi and blood.

Compared with mothers who do not take a bath, taking a bath causes the blood vessels in their skin to dilate, which speeds up blood flow throughout the body, has the effect of activating blood circulation and relieving blood stasis, and can relieve fatigue during the delivery process. These mothers generally feel refreshed. After taking a shower, 84% of the mothers had improved complexion, deeper sleep, and faster physical recovery. After reading the editor's introduction, do you know the correct way to take a bath?