What can I eat during confinement?

Everyone knows that pregnant women need to stay in confinement after giving birth. During this period, the mother's body is relatively weak and needs good care, and she also needs dietary supplements to achieve the effect of restoring vitality. Drinking chicken soup is a common thing in daily life, but is it okay to just drink chicken soup and eat meat? What kind of food is better for mothers to eat at this time? The following article will answer your questions one by one.

Why should we take supplements during confinement?

The week after giving birth is the most important period for new mothers to discharge lochia. At the same time, some prenatal symptoms will also improve. You should not eat too much during this week to avoid complete discharge of lochia. Doctors will recommend eating more pork liver because its main ingredients are protein and vitamin A, which can replenish qi and nourish blood.

Women are relatively weak after childbirth, so their nutritional needs are relatively high. Timely nutritional supplementation is not only helpful for their own body to recover as soon as possible, but also has great benefits for breastfeeding of postpartum babies.

Since a lot of blood and qi are lost during the delivery process, you should eat more blood and qi replenishing foods after delivery. For example, lean meat, eggs, millet porridge, etc., should be eaten as much as possible. Especially for women who have undergone cesarean section, they should pay more attention to postpartum ventilation and eat more foods that promote ventilation.

What can I eat during confinement?

1. Millet and Egg Porridge

Cook the millet porridge until thick, then add the egg liquid and continue cooking. Finally, you can add brown sugar according to your taste.

Function: It can invigorate qi and promote blood circulation, and can be eaten by women who have just given birth.

2. Ginseng and black chicken soup

Boil the chicken until it is well cooked, then add the ginseng and angelica, cook for about half an hour, and finally add salt.

Function: Tonifies the body, can be eaten by mothers one week after giving birth.

3. Hen stewed with yam

You can first buy an old hen, gut it and clean it for later use, then put 30 grams of astragalus, 15 grams of codonopsis, yam and red dates into the chicken's stomach, then pour 50 grams of rice wine on the Chinese medicinal materials and steam them over water. It is very beneficial for those with weak spleen and stomach and less milk.

4. Black-bone chicken soup

You can first choose one kilogram of black-bone chicken, wash and chop it for later use, and then mix it with salt, onion, ginger, and wine. Finally, add 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula and wolfberry, and 25 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, and steam for about 20 minutes. It is very beneficial for women who are very weak after childbirth.

5. Spinach and fish soup

1. Prepare the fish, spinach, ham, lard, salt, MSG, onion, ginger and cooking wine;

2. Cut the fish into thin slices, add cooking wine and salt and marinate for half an hour;

3. Wash the spinach and cut it into small pieces. Boil water in a pot and blanch it.

4. Cut the green onion into sections, ginger into slices, and ham into cubes;

5. Heat the lard in a pan, add the scallion and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, fry the fish fillets slightly, add water and bring to a boil.