How long is the appropriate amount of time to lie down during confinement?

Many European and American women do not need to stay in confinement after giving birth, but most Chinese people have the habit of confinement. Although the nursing methods of confinement are different in different regions, most people need to try to reduce going out during the confinement period. So how long is the appropriate amount of sleep a day during confinement?

The confinement period is a critical period for pregnant women to recover. If they do not sleep well or have poor medical care, it is easy to catch a cold during the confinement period. Therefore, you should rest as much as possible during the confinement period. Pregnant women in confinement should sleep two hours more per day than normal adults, and it is best to maintain about 10 hours.

Although you should rest during the confinement period, you should not stay in bed for a long time, especially one week after giving birth. If you do too little exercise, it will not only be detrimental to the discharge of blood in the uterus, but also affect your digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, pregnant women should exercise indoors appropriately.

Pregnant women should also pay attention to several aspects during the confinement period: first, the diet should be light in taste, but must be rich in nutrition, eat more nutritious and easily digestible foods such as fish head soup and old hen soup; second, avoid excessive fatigue, do not hold the baby for a long time, and it is best to lie down when breastfeeding the baby; third, pregnant women in confinement should keep warm, not wear clothes that expose the belly button or waist, and do not use air conditioning in the bedroom.

What can’t you eat during confinement?

1. Pregnant women should not eat all the eggs within a few hours after giving birth. If pregnant women eat too much eggs right after giving birth, they will not be able to digest them, which will increase the burden on the stomach. Therefore, pregnant women should eat semi-liquid or liquid food within a few hours after giving birth.

2. Do not eat cold foods. Cold foods can easily affect the blood circulation of the human body and cause body aches.

3. Do not consume stimulating drinks. Strong tea, freshly ground coffee and ethanol will affect sleep quality and gastrointestinal function.

4. Do not eat spicy food or fried high-calorie food: spicy food, hot food, fried food, greasy food, sticky food that is difficult to digest.

5. Do not eat sour astringent foods. Postpartum women with blood accumulation and internal resistance are not suitable for eating sour astringent foods, such as dried black plums, lotus seeds, persimmon cakes, winter melon, etc., to avoid obstruction of blood circulation and detrimental discharge of lochia after delivery.

6. Do not eat solid, indigestible food, as this will increase the burden on the mother after giving birth.

7. Do not eat foods that affect milk secretion, such as malted milk.

8. You should not eat too much chicken essence. In order to prevent the baby from suffering from calcium deficiency, new mothers should avoid eating too much chicken essence.

9. You do not need to take nourishing and blood-activating Chinese medicine, such as ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Scutellaria baicalensis, rose, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Achyranthes bidentata, frankincense, myrrh, etc., within one to half a month after giving birth.