What should I do if my arms hurt during confinement?

The literal meaning of confinement is to let the mother sit in bed and do nothing. In fact, there are not so many restrictions on confinement, and the mother can still move freely at home. However, some mothers find that they always feel arm pain from time to time, whether they are lying or sitting in bed, during the confinement period. What should they do? In this case, pay attention to proper activities and reduce the long time of holding the baby.

If women experience arm pain during the confinement period after childbirth, it may be caused by holding the baby for a long time or by joint pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. If it is the former, just pay attention to rest and recuperation.

During pregnancy, women's metabolism is active and their muscles, bones and pores are open. During childbirth or miscarriage, their vitality is greatly damaged. During the confinement period, wind and cold take advantage of the opportunity to invade their muscles and bones, and their pores close, trapping the wind and cold in the body, causing illness in the future. Therefore, to eradicate postpartum wrist pain and hand joint pain, it is necessary to eliminate the wind and cold from the body, strengthen the physical fitness, regulate immunity, and adjust the endocrine system. Since you need to breastfeed during the confinement period, you should not take any medicine randomly and remember to strengthen physical exercise.

Are there any taboos during confinement?

The purpose of confinement is to assist the mother to smoothly get through the transition in her life, because the birth of the baby changes the body and life, from wife to mother, from outsider to family member. The ceremony of confinement prompts the mother to enter a sacred status, and people around her are willing to pay for her. The mother takes this opportunity to vent accumulated grievances and eliminate long-term fatigue. Whether it is the postpartum period or the confinement period, it means that the mother has to stay in bed to rest, take care of her body, and promote the recovery of her reproductive organs and body as soon as possible. However, during this period, there are many taboos in the mother's behaviors or lifestyles, some of which may even affect the health of the baby and the mother. Therefore, special attention should be paid during the confinement period.