What should you pay attention to in your diet after childbirth?

For women who have just given birth, giving birth is really a physically demanding task, so they need to rest for a while after giving birth, which is commonly known as confinement. There is a line in a song that goes, "After the storm, you'll see a rainbow." This is very suitable for the situation of a woman who has just given birth. As long as you persist for a while, the future will be quite bright. So, what should you pay attention to in your diet after childbirth?

A mother should stay in the hospital for a few days for observation right after giving birth. She should feed the baby for the first time within 30 minutes after getting off the delivery bed to train the baby's sucking ability. Even if you don't have milk yet, you should let her suck, because the baby's strong sucking is the best stimulation for the breasts. The earlier and more frequently the mother feeds, the more milk she secretes. She needs to urinate as soon as possible after delivery. If she doesn't urinate within the corresponding time, the doctor will use artificial catheterization to urinate. Pregnant mothers need to rest for 8 hours after delivery. After resting, they should eat more liquid and easy-to-digest foods such as nutritious porridge, noodles, and fish are the best choices. Eating more liquid foods can also help mothers to start breastfeeding early.

Uterine contractions in the first three days after delivery will cause postpartum pain. The perineum and episiotomy wound will be very painful. If the pain is unbearable, you can take medication under the guidance of a doctor. During the first three days, the nurse will help clean and disinfect the vulva. Be sure to pay attention to hygiene and use sponge baths but not too frequently. Using a maternity belt after delivery can suppress abdominal fat and allow your uterus and abdominal wall to recover quickly.

Starting from the third day after delivery, the mother's appetite will generally increase. At this time, you can eat nourishing food but not too greasy food, drink hot milk in the morning and evening, eat 2 eggs a day, fish, poultry, shrimp, and fresh vegetables evenly, and eat more foods rich in calcium and iron. A nourishing diet is not only beneficial for postpartum physical recovery, but also helps to secrete nutritious milk.

The care for mothers who have undergone cesarean section is to turn over more often after delivery. Turning over after delivery can expel gas in the intestines as soon as possible, restore long-term mobility, keep the wound clean, get out of bed and move around as soon as possible to avoid intestinal adhesions and promote uterine repositioning. After the catheter is removed, mothers must try to urinate on their own. Mothers who have undergone cesarean section should not eat within 8 hours of the operation. After the intestines are discharged, they can eat liquid food, such as egg soup, porridge, radish soup, wontons, etc. They should not eat milk, soy milk, and other gas-inducing foods.