The dangers of prolonged sitting after childbirth

For women, they must carefully adjust their bodies after giving birth, which will be beneficial in the future. Because of childbirth, women's bodies will lose a lot of qi and blood. If they are not adjusted in time, they may become weak in qi and blood in the future. Now you should not sit for a long time after giving birth. Sitting for a long time will cause some gastrointestinal diseases. So what are the hazards of sitting for a long time after giving birth?

Pregnant women are very weak after giving birth and need to recuperate at home, which is called confinement. In Western countries, women do not need to stay in confinement after giving birth, but China has a tradition of confinement, and many people suffer from many diseases because of not taking good care of themselves. Therefore, pregnant women are more concerned about confinement after giving birth.

Confinement usually takes several months. Pregnant women are severely exhausted after giving birth. During this period, they need to rest well and recover from the trauma left on their bodies. In fact, there are no fewer things to pay attention to during confinement than during pregnancy. Mothers must be cautious. During the confinement period, these 4 behaviors are very harmful to the mother and should be avoided as much as possible.

1. Avoid cold and cold wind

When a pregnant woman has just given birth, her body is at its weakest. She has insufficient qi and blood and has to breastfeed her baby, so she sweats frequently. If you are exposed to cold wind and catch a cold during the confinement period, you are likely to develop rheumatism. If you develop rheumatism during the confinement period, it will be difficult to cure after the confinement period! You must pay attention to keeping warm during the confinement period, but don't cover yourself too warmly.

2. Don’t play with your phone or watch TV for a long time

Nowadays, people carry their mobile phones with them all the time and feel uneasy if they forget to bring their phones. However, mobile phones emit radiation, and playing with mobile phones for a long time will be bad for the cervical spine. It must be boring without a mobile phone during the half-month confinement period, so many pregnant mothers failed to restrain themselves and ended up with tenosynovitis! Even if you are not in the confinement period, it is best not to play with your mobile phone for a long time. Frequent playing with mobile phones will cause dry eyes and a significant decrease in vision. During the confinement period, you can close your eyes, rest, listen to music, or read a book.

3. Avoid sitting or lying down for long periods of time

Many people think that confinement means lying down and sitting, eating in bed, breastfeeding in bed, and the rest of the time is spent lying in bed sleeping or playing with mobile phones. It is true that you need to rest well after giving birth, but you cannot lie down or sit for too long. You can stand up and walk around for a while when appropriate. For example, you can eat at the dining table, sit down to breastfeed, and then walk around for a while after the meal. If you lie in bed for a long time after giving birth, your waist and back will be under great pressure, and it will be difficult for your pelvis and waist to recover. It will be easy to leave a root of low back pain after the confinement period.

4. Don’t cry, your mood swings will get bigger

Many people are familiar with the term "postpartum depression". Women are not only emotionally sensitive during pregnancy, but are also prone to mood swings after giving birth. After giving birth, some mothers feel that their children’s status exceeds their own, and even feel that they have lost the love of their husbands, which makes them depressed and keeps crying. Frequent crying during pregnancy can easily lead to depression and damage your eyes. During the confinement period, family members must pay more attention to the mother and make her feel happy so that her body can recover better.