Tips for first bowel movement after caesarean section

Whether it is after a caesarean section or a natural birth, the first bowel movement is not as smooth as before, especially for women who have had a caesarean section. They can only eat normally after the gas is discharged. Some women have constipation after a caesarean section and dare not use force to defecate for fear of pain in the wound. So is there any trick for the first bowel movement after a caesarean section?

Tips for the first bowel movement after cesarean section:

1. Place a suppository or glycerin suppository into the anus. 2. Hot compress: Use a hot towel or hot water bottle to apply heat to the lower abdomen, and massage at the same time, 3 times a day, each time for 15 to 30 minutes. It can promote intestinal peristalsis and help mothers defecate as soon as possible.

Many mothers experience difficulty defecating after a caesarean section, but because they are breastfeeding, they cannot use medication immediately. Therefore, you can only take appropriate and safe methods to promote defecation, otherwise it will endanger your health and affect the secretion of milk.

Measures to prevent constipation:

2. Get out of bed and move around 24 hours after a cesarean section to help the uterus contract, promote gastrointestinal motility, and facilitate early defecation.

3. Don’t eat too refined food, eat more fiber-rich food.

What to eat to help with bowel movements after cesarean section:

1. The diet should be rich in protein - you should eat more protein than usual, especially animal protein. For example, chicken, fish, lean meat, animal liver, and blood. Beans are also an indispensable delicacy, but there is no need to consume them in excess, as that will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys and be harmful to the body. 95 grams a day is sufficient.

2. Diversify the types of staple foods - eat both coarse grains and fine grains. For example, millet, corn flour, brown rice, and standard flour all contain several times more vitamin C than refined rice and flour.

3. Eat more vegetables and fruits - they can provide rich vitamins and minerals, as well as sufficient dietary fiber to prevent postpartum constipation.

4. Drink more soups - soups are delicious, easy to digest and absorb, and can promote milk secretion. Such as brown sugar water, crucian carp soup, pig's trotter soup, pork ribs soup, etc., but the soup and meat must be eaten together. The drinking time of brown sugar water should not exceed 10 days, because drinking it for too long will increase the amount of blood in the lochia, causing the mother to be in a chronic blood loss process and develop anemia. However, the amount of soup consumed should be moderate to avoid causing breast engorgement in the mother.