The last day of confinement is equivalent to a whole month

Pregnant women need to stay in confinement after giving birth. The confinement period is one month. The last day of the confinement period is very important. Sitting well on the last day is equivalent to replacing a whole month. Therefore, on the last day, you should avoid the influence of wind and cold. It is best not to come into contact with the earth's air. You can eat, go to the toilet, and take care of the child as usual. You can also take a bath with mugwort leaves on the last day to remove moisture and improve your body's resistance.

How to spend the last day of confinement

In Shandong, Henan and other regions, the last day of confinement is taken very seriously. The older generation would say that you should not touch the earth on that day and should not do anything except eating and going to the toilet.

But for mothers who don’t have such particularities, the last day of confinement means they are about to leave. Many people go out to play, go shopping, buy groceries, or cook on the day of the full moon.

In addition, many mothers said that they should sweat or take a bath with moxa leaves on the last day to remove moisture, so that their joints will not hurt and they will not suffer from postpartum diseases. This statement actually has some scientific basis.

What should you pay attention to during confinement?

During the confinement period, you must control your sexual life. If you do not control your sexual life before the mother's reproductive system has fully recovered, it will cause infection or bleeding, causing serious harm to the mother's body.

During the confinement period, mothers should pay attention to supplementing nutrition and eat more eggs and drink brown sugar millet porridge, which can replenish physical strength and enhance physical fitness.

During the confinement period, you must pay attention to keeping warm and avoid catching cold. Do not stay in places with cold winds. Try to rest in bed for the first few days.

During the confinement period, mothers should pay special attention to personal hygiene. They should wash their vagina with warm water every day but not take a bath. They should change their underwear and sanitary pads frequently to avoid bacterial infection.

After giving birth, the body will be very weak and there will be a period of rest, especially the first month when people are very concerned. During this month, you cannot catch a cold, wash your hair, and even the older generation cannot brush your teeth. In fact, there is no need to do it so thoroughly. We need to ensure health and pay attention to hygiene. How to spend the last day of confinement? It depends on your recovery situation. There is no hard and fast rule about what you must do on this day.

What are the symptoms of postpartum disease

1. During the confinement period, women's muscles, bones and pores are wide open, their qi and blood are weak, and they are empty inside and out. They are easily invaded by wind, cold and dampness. Clinically, it is common to feel cold and wind all over the body, sweat, and have joint pain. The pain is aggravated by cold and wind. They need to wear more clothes. Severe patients even have to wear cotton clothes in hot weather. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, "cold evil enters the bones."

2. Depression can easily cause liver qi stagnation, leading to poor blood circulation. Stagnant qi and blood can easily lead to loss of nutrition, and wind evil can invade accidentally. The clinical symptoms are: fear of cold, fear of wind, joint pain, and also accompanied by numbness, convulsions, swelling and pain, etc.

3. If women have too much sexual intercourse during the confinement period, it may damage their yin and essence. The deficiency of both yin and essence will lead to weakness of tendons and bones, allowing wind evil to invade. Its clinical symptoms are: in addition to fear of cold and wind, joint pain, the main symptoms are heaviness, weakness, back pain, sleepiness, pain, and fatigue intolerance. Some patients also have rheumatic and rheumatoid symptoms.