What can I eat on the fourth day after cesarean section?

Whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, it is a very painful thing, especially for women who have a caesarean section. It is very harmful to people's health. Moreover, women are very physically and mentally exhausted after giving birth. Therefore, you must pay more attention to rest after giving birth, otherwise it will affect the healing of the wound. You must pay more attention to diet and life, especially in diet, you must pay attention to balanced nutrition.

After a caesarean section, many women need a long period of rest so that their bodies can recover well. If they are not careful enough in terms of diet and care, the mother's body is likely to be left with some diseases. Most people have no appetite after giving birth because they are in so much pain that they can't eat.

Foods suitable for eating on the fourth day after cesarean section

1. Millet porridge. Millet porridge is a kind of food that is especially good for pregnant women. Porridge foods are easy to digest and absorb. If the mother eats some, the food will be absorbed quickly and the body can recover as soon as possible. You can use chicken soup to cook rice porridge, so the nutritional value will be higher. Don't add too much salt when preparing food.

2. Crucian carp soup. Crucian carp soup tastes delicious and it is also a soup that can promote lactation. It is also painful for mothers to breastfeed at the beginning. Some women may even let their babies suck blood, so drink more lactation-promoting soups to promote milk secretion.

3. Black rice porridge. Black rice porridge has the effect of replenishing qi and blood. After giving birth, the mother loses a lot of qi and blood, and needs to be replenished in time. You can add red dates, brown sugar, wolfberry and other ingredients with blood-replenishing function.

What causes a caesarean section?

(1) Cephalopelvic disproportion: refers to the narrowness of the pelvic inlet plane. In layman's terms, it means that the fetus's pelvic entrance is too large relative to the mother's. Among them, "absolute cephalopelvic disproportion" occurs when the pregnant woman's pelvis is obviously narrow or deformed, or the fetus is obviously too large. The full-term live fetus of this type of pregnant women cannot "enter the pelvis" and cannot be delivered vaginally. A cesarean section is required at full-term pregnancy. The indications are clear and the decision is easy to make. However, "absolute cephalopelvic disproportion" is rare in clinical practice, and "relative cephalopelvic disproportion" is more common. Pregnant women with "absolute cephalopelvic disproportion" can try vaginal delivery if the fetus is estimated to be not heavy, the fetus is estimated to have good tolerance, and the pregnant woman has sufficient physical strength and labor force. However, since current pregnancy testing methods for measuring the inner diameter of the fetus and pelvis are mostly "estimated", and the delivery process involves the fetus passing through the birth canal in multiple planes and diameters (such as shoulder dystocia: after the fetal head is delivered, the fetal shoulder is stuck at the pelvic outlet and cannot be delivered), it is impossible to ensure before delivery whether these pregnant women with "relative cephalopelvic disproportion" can eventually give birth vaginally, and it is even more impossible to accurately predict the delivery process.

(2) Abnormalities of the bony or soft birth canal: Abnormalities of the bony birth canal, such as a pregnant woman with a coccyx fracture, may have an upturned coccyx tip, narrowing the effective birth canal. Abnormalities of the soft birth canal, such as severe vaginal malformation, scar stenosis, etc., or pregnancy complicated by rectal or pelvic benign or malignant tumors obstructing the birth canal. In these cases, even if an episiotomy is performed, it is estimated that the full-term fetus cannot pass through the birth canal, and a cesarean section is preferred.

(3) Abnormal fetus or fetal position: For example, some breech presentations, transverse presentations, and abnormal head presentations (high upright presentation, frontal presentation, posterior chin presentation, etc.) are not suitable for vaginal delivery. There are also certain situations in twins or multiple pregnancies (the first twin is in breech position or transverse position, or the twins are conjoined, etc.) that are not suitable for vaginal delivery. In addition, cesarean section is recommended for some correctable fetal abnormalities, the fetus cannot tolerate the delivery process, or some part of the fetus is abnormal and cannot pass through the birth canal.

(4) Umbilical cord prolapse: In some pregnant women whose amniotic membranes have ruptured, the umbilical cord of the fetus passes over the fetal presenting part and first protrudes out of the cervix into the vagina, or even outside the vagina. This is called umbilical cord prolapse. At this time, the cervix, fetal presenting part, etc. squeeze the umbilical cord, and the fetus may quickly suffer from intrauterine distress or even stillbirth. Therefore, once the umbilical cord prolapse is discovered and the fetal heartbeat is still present, the fetus should be delivered within a few minutes.

(5) Fetal distress: refers to fetal intrauterine hypoxia, which causes fetal acidosis and damage to the nervous system. In severe cases, it may leave sequelae or even fetal intrauterine death. It is a common obstetric complication. In this case, if vaginal delivery is not possible in the short term, a cesarean section should be performed immediately.

(6) History of cesarean section: prone to uterine rupture or threatened uterine rupture.