Why do pregnant women need to spend 100 days

Pregnant women are relatively weak after giving birth, and the confinement period is generally around 30-40 days, which can be decided based on each person's physical recovery status. During the confinement period, you should pay attention to rest in bed for 3-5 days, do not do strenuous activities, do not stay up late, and do not stand or squat in one posture for a long time. Keep warm, don't catch cold, and avoid falling. Pay attention to your own hygiene, maintain a good mood, and don't get angry, so as not to affect the metabolism of milk. In addition, pay attention to effective diet and nutritional balance.

To put it simply, the confinement period should be 30 days. During the 30 days here, you should pay attention to rest, avoid excessive exercise, and pay attention to hygiene and cleaning. However, 30 days after giving birth, the uterus cannot recover to its pre-pregnancy state. If you choose a natural birth, it will take about 42 days for the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy state; if you choose a caesarean section, it will take about 2 months for the uterus to return to its pre-pregnancy state.

After the baby is one month old, you can do moderate exercise and housework, but you should not overwork or have sex. If you choose a natural birth, you can have sex after 42 days; if you choose a caesarean section, you should have sex after 60 days. During this period, you should also pay attention to observe how much bleeding there is, whether there is any lochia discharged, and whether the discharged lochia has an odor.

During the delivery process, the body loses blood and qi, the immune function is weakened, and the body and birth canal are susceptible to infection. Hence the saying "raw is better than salad oil, raw is less than four pieces of wood". Traditional Chinese medicine pays special attention to women's postpartum recovery. This is because pregnant women suffer from birth injuries and bleeding during childbirth, and they have to exert force to deliver the baby and sweat a lot, which leads to sudden deficiency of yin and blood, loss of original energy, and pain in all meridians. Therefore, according to traditional Chinese medicine theory, there is a saying that "it is easy to suffer from deficiency and blood stasis after giving birth" and "pain in all joints after giving birth".