How long should I drink brown sugar water during confinement?

Everyone knows that women will experience heavy bleeding during the childbirth process. After childbirth, women need to eat more blood-enriching foods. The most common blood-enriching food is brown sugar water, which is the key to warming the uterus and replenishing blood. It takes about a week for a mother to drink brown sugar water during the confinement period. The main reason is that brown sugar can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis as well as promote the discharge of lochia. You can learn about the precautions for drinking brown sugar water after childbirth.

If you have postpartum lochia and menstrual blood stasis, eating brown sugar can help promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. However, most of them are first-time mothers, and their uterine contractions are generally good. The color and amount of lochia are generally normal. If you consume brown sugar for too long, it will increase the amount of lochia, leading to chronic hemorrhagic anemia, and it will affect the recovery of the uterus and the health of the mother. Generally speaking, it is best to drink brown sugar water for 7-10 days after delivery, and then you should eat more nutritious and diverse foods.

Pay attention to the following issues when drinking brown sugar water after childbirth:

1. Because brown sugar is a crude processed product with many impurities and bacteria, brown sugar water given to new mothers should be boiled, sedimented and impurities removed before drinking. If conditions permit, you can cook more at a time, filter and refrigerate, pour 1 small cup each time you drink, and drink it with boiled water.

2. Since brown sugar has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, it is best to eat it within 10 days after delivery, which is conducive to the discharge of bloody lochia and serous lochia. If the condition turns into white lochia, you should stop eating brown sugar, or use less brown sugar, so as not to prolong the time of bloody lochia discharge.

3. Brown sugar is warm in nature, so use less in summer and use more in cold weather. Those who often vomit acid before childbirth should use less or not use it to avoid increasing stomach acid and damaging the stomach.

The total daily calorie intake during breastfeeding is about 1/3 more than before pregnancy. This 1/3 can be 100 grams of meat, 1 cup of milk and half a steamed bun, or it can be 1 bowl of thick chicken soup, 1 egg and 1 serving of vegetable fried rice.

In addition, if the gastrointestinal digestion function is better after delivery, you can start eating eggs from the second meal after delivery, such as boiled eggs, steamed egg custard, and poached eggs. You can eat them in different ways. Because the nutrients rich in eggs help restore physical strength, maintain the health of the nervous system and reduce depression. Eating 1-2 eggs a day is enough, preferably divided into two meals.

Millet is rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin B2, and is also high in dietary fiber. You should eat more millet after giving birth. It can help new mothers recover their strength, stimulate intestinal peristalsis, and increase appetite. However, millet porridge should not be cooked too thin, and millet should not be the staple food during the confinement period.