What are the dietary taboos for confinement?

Confinement diet precautions. Childbirth is a major event in a woman's life. Pregnancy for ten months is a new experience in a woman's life. According to experts, women should not only pay attention to their diet during pregnancy, but also pay attention to their diet during confinement. Many new mothers know that there are certain dietary requirements during the confinement period, but they are not sure exactly what they should be. The diet during the confinement period should not only replenish the physical energy consumed during childbirth, but also fully produce breast milk. How to eat healthily is the most important dietary concern for new mothers. Here is what the experts have to say:

Confinement diet precautions.

In order to recover as quickly as possible after childbirth, new mothers should pay attention to the following matters in their diet:

1. Don’t drink a lot of soup too early

After giving birth, family members will inevitably stew some nutritious soups for the mother, such as crucian carp soup, pig's trotter soup, pork ribs soup, etc. They believe that this can supplement nutrition, promote early recovery of the body, and increase milk secretion so that the baby can get enough breast milk.

2. Don’t give pregnant women thick soup

The thick soup mentioned here refers to the soup with high fat content made for postpartum women, such as pig's trotter soup, fat chicken soup, etc. Some people believe that such soup is rich in nutrients and has the most nourishing effect. Little do people know that if mothers eat too much high-fat food, the fat content in breast milk will increase. This high-fat milk cannot allow babies to absorb nutrients well and can also easily cause diarrhea. At the same time, if a mother consumes too much high-fat food, it can easily cause her to gain weight, making it difficult to recover her figure as soon as possible.

3. Don’t drink brown sugar water for too long

Some people think that after giving birth, mothers suffer a great loss of vitality, and eating more brown sugar can nourish the body. Brown sugar certainly has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, dispelling wind and cold, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can help postpartum women replenish carbohydrates and blood, promote the discharge of lochia, and help the uterus to reposition. However, just because brown sugar has so many benefits, you should not think that the more you eat, the better. Drinking too much brown sugar water will increase the amount of blood in the lochia, causing the mother to continue to lose blood and cause anemia.

4. Do not drink tea during confinement

Although tea is a good drink, it is not suitable for postpartum women to drink tea. After giving birth, the mother has expended a lot of physical energy and her body is deficient in both qi and blood. She should pay attention to replenishing blood and maintaining good sleep to recover her strength as soon as possible. Moreover, tea contains tannic acid, which can combine with iron in food, affect the intestinal absorption of iron and cause anemia in postpartum women. Moreover, the stronger the tea, the higher the tannic acid content, and the greater the impact on intestinal absorption of iron.

5. Breastfeeding mothers should not eat chocolate

Some women who like to eat chocolate often eat this food after giving birth. Studies have shown that if breastfeeding mothers consume too much chocolate, it will have an adverse effect on the growth and development of their newborns. Because the cocoa alkali contained in chocolate can enter breast milk, be absorbed by the baby through breastfeeding and accumulated in the body. Over time, theobromine can damage the baby's nervous system and heart, relax muscles, increase urination, and cause indigestion, unstable sleep, and frequent crying.

6. Going on a diet right after giving birth

Some women gain a lot of weight after giving birth, which is very different from before pregnancy. In order to regain my previous slim figure, I started dieting right after giving birth. This practice not only harms the health of the mother herself and is not conducive to physical recovery, but also cannot guarantee adequate nutrition for the baby. Because most of the weight gained by a mother is fat and water, if she breastfeeds, the added fat may not be enough and she will have to use the fat originally stored in the body. Moreover, dieting makes it impossible for the mother to eat a variety of nutritious foods every day to keep the body at a certain level of heat, thus failing to meet the nutritional needs of the baby and ensure her own recovery.

7. Pregnant women should not eat hard, salty, raw or cold food

Postpartum mothers are weak and less active, and eating hard food can easily cause indigestion. Salty food contains a lot of salt, which can easily cause water and sodium retention in the mother's body, resulting in edema. In the summer, most mothers like to eat cold foods, such as ice cream, iced drinks, and overly cold mixed vegetables. However, eating these foods too early after delivery will not only affect the teeth and digestive function, but also easily damage the spleen and stomach, which is not conducive to the discharge of lochia.

Completing the ten months of pregnancy is only the first step as a mother. Confinement is also an important part of life. A good confinement can be said to benefit you for a lifetime. During the confinement period, you must pay attention to your diet and get enough rest. However, everything should be done in moderation according to your own physical condition. Don't force it. Also, keep your mood happy, so that you can have a happy and healthy confinement.