Can I have a sauna after I finish my confinement?

People nowadays still know how to enjoy life. After being tired from hard work, they will think of various ways to relieve stress during their daily routine. Taking a sauna is one of the more popular ways nowadays. Some mothers who have had a caesarean section are eager to take a sauna. Due to pregnancy and childbirth, they are exhausted and want to reward themselves with a sauna bath. So, how long after a caesarean section can you take a sauna? Today I will give you a detailed introduction.

How long after caesarean section can I take a sauna

Women should never go to the sauna too early after giving birth. They should wait until three months later. Because women's bodies are relatively weak after giving birth, spending a lot of energy in the sauna will cause the body to be overwhelmed, making the body weaker and causing fainting symptoms. Moreover, excessive sweating will cause an imbalance of electrolyte solutions in the body for pregnant women. In particular, women should never go to the sauna during the confinement period, because they should avoid catching cold during the confinement period. If they do not take good measures to keep warm after taking a sauna, they will catch a fever, catch a cold, and cause complications of gout.

We know that in the past, when we sweated, we covered ourselves with multiple thick quilts at home and drank some sweat-removing and tonic medicines. This method and consciousness are incorrect. Our quilts that we cover ourselves with every day will produce a lot of germs. At this time, the bodies of pregnant women are also relatively weak, and germs will take advantage of the opportunity to invade. Nowadays, many elderly people have caught colds during the confinement period. The European classical sauna, Thai sauna, and Japanese-style three-temperature sauna that have been popular in recent decades all belong to the category of "traditional sauna sweating therapy". As everyone knows, most of these saunas use "shallow sweating" methods such as "high-temperature steam heating". The oxygen in the air is scarce, and there are very few negative oxygen ions, which makes people feel uncomfortable when breathing. The general dry steam room only has the effect of sweating, and does not have health care functions such as comprehensive cellular and physical cleansing.

How long is a caesarean section safe?

It is necessary to rest well for a period of time after cesarean section to ensure that the body recovers faster and stronger. Therefore, patients should refrain from sexual intercourse in a short period of time. It is generally believed that a woman's uterus can recover as soon as possible in about two months after giving birth. In order to ensure the recovery effect, sexual intercourse must not be resumed too early, otherwise it is easy to cause abnormal phenomena such as intrauterine infection. It is best to resume sexual intercourse two or three months after giving birth. Before resuming sexual intercourse, you should go to the hospital for a follow-up visit to understand the recovery status of the uterus. If there are no abnormalities, there is no need to worry about adverse effects caused by sexual intercourse.

Sexual intercourse is strictly prohibited within 42 days after cesarean section, because the uterus has not yet recovered during this period, and it is easy to get infected due to premature intercourse, leading to gynecological diseases such as vaginitis, pelvic inflammatory disease or endometritis. Therefore, for the sake of women's health, do not have sex too early, and you should carefully adjust your lifestyle and diet after cesarean section, and correct bad habits in time, so as to ensure a faster recovery of the body.

Patients should not overwork after surgery, especially within one or two months after surgery, no heavy physical work should be done, and excessive exercise should be avoided. Usually, some light exercise can be done appropriately, such as strolling, walking, jogging, etc. Push-ups, plank support and other exercises that are not good for abdominal wound healing should be avoided as much as possible.

Patients who have undergone cesarean section do not need to think about sex all the time. They must take the lead in regulating their own body. Only by adjusting the body to a normal and healthy state and then gradually resuming sexual life will not cause problems. When resuming sexual life for the first time, there must be sufficient foreplay and some lubricant can be applied when necessary, because women are prone to dryness and pain in the vagina when they have sex for the first time after giving birth.