Precautions and taboos for confinement in summer

People who have not experienced the confinement period may have a vague understanding of it. They may only know that you cannot wash your hair during the confinement period. Based on this simple cognition, confinement in summer should be a painful thing. Just imagine, on a hot day, you will sweat profusely if you are not careful, but you cannot wash your hair. How unbearable that would be. Is it true that you can’t wash your hair during confinement? What are the common problems that pregnant women encounter during confinement in summer?

1. The temperature in the room should not be too high and ventilation should be provided frequently. Be sure to avoid keeping windows and doors closed, and ventilate the room frequently to maintain clean indoor air. In order to prevent the new mother from catching a cold when the room is ventilated, you can avoid using the heat convection method. When the room is ventilated, let the new mother stay in another room, or open the windows of each room when she goes out in the sun.

2. When the humidity in the air is too high, the dehumidification function of the central air conditioner can be used. It is best to keep the indoor humidity around 55%.

3. In hot weather, you can use central air conditioning, cooling fans or hand-cranked fans. The room temperature should be maintained at around 25 degrees Celsius, which is comfortable for new mothers. If necessary, you can turn on the air conditioner or use a cooling fan, but be sure to avoid blowing it directly into the new mother. The central air conditioner filter must be cleaned frequently to prevent the growth of bacteria.

4. Brushing your teeth, washing your hair and taking a bath are also essential. It is best to take a shower. Some harmful old customs and habits must be eliminated, such as not brushing teeth or washing hair, which have absolutely no scientific basis. You should insist on taking a shower every day to keep the skin pores normal and sweat normally. Pay attention to the cleaning of private parts when taking a shower, but never douche or take a sitz bath, otherwise it is easy to cause infection. After showering, be sure to wipe your body to prevent catching a cold. During the confinement period, you should pay attention to protecting your teeth, because during the pregnancy and delivery process, the mother's body loses a lot of high-quality protein. Therefore, you should rinse your mouth after meals and brush your teeth before going to bed.

5. After washing your hair, do not use a hair dryer. Not even warm wind. The best way is to blow dry naturally.

6. If you feel weak, you can also take a sponge bath. If you feel you can't take a shower, don't make do with it. You can ask your family to help you take a warm water bath in the morning, noon and evening, and then wash your hair and feet.

7. Politely refuse to visit. It takes a certain amount of time for new mothers to adapt to the new life after giving birth. Therefore, it is best to politely refuse visits from relatives and friends during the confinement period. This can also prevent too many people from polluting the air or producing germs, which will threaten the health of the baby and the mother. You can receive blessings from your friends through phone or Internet. Don’t forget to send photos of your baby to your friends or post them online so that everyone can share your happiness!

8. Ensure sleep quality. During the confinement period, you should ensure 8-10 hours of sleep every day. Even if you can't sleep well at night because the baby is feeding or crying and making a fuss, you should go to bed as soon as possible during the day when the baby is sleeping.

9. If you feel too hot and have difficulty falling asleep, you can use a bamboo mat. Bamboo mats are fresh but also soft, and should never be used as mahjong mats.

10. Avoid intimate behavior during the confinement period. Sexual intercourse between husband and wife should be postponed until the wife's body recovers. Resuming sexual life too early can easily lead to postpartum infection and even adverse consequences such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, as the wounds in the uterus have not yet healed.