Can I use enema during confinement?

During the confinement period, mothers may suffer from constipation more often, which may cause harm to their body and mind. Many mothers will choose to use enema when they have constipation, believing that enema can help improve constipation. During the confinement period, you should pay attention to your diet and eat some foods that improve constipation, such as cabbage, apples, black fungus, carrots and other foods can improve constipation. Can enema be used during the confinement period? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Can I use enema during confinement?

If constipation occurs during the confinement period, you can use enema. This medicine is for local use, so it has no effect on breast milk or the body. While taking medication, you must drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, eat some fresh vegetables and fruits appropriately, develop a good habit of regular bowel movements every day, walk around appropriately, and pay attention to gastrointestinal motility to help digestion of food.

2. What are the misunderstandings about confinement?

1. No air conditioning

The mother is weak and prone to sweating. If the room temperature is too high, the body's heat cannot be discharged, which can easily cause postpartum heatstroke and breed bacteria. It will affect rest and mood, and is not conducive to postpartum recovery. In fact, you can use air conditioning or electric fans after delivery, but you cannot blow them directly or for a long time. You should stop in time after the temperature drops to avoid catching cold. It is recommended to wear long pants when using.

2. You can’t wash your hair or take a bath

In the past, due to poor conditions, it was difficult to dry your hair after washing it in cold weather. But now, as long as you keep warm, you can take a shower. There will be lochia discharge in the postpartum period. Special attention should be paid to hygiene after delivery. It is not recommended to take a bath within 4 days after a normal delivery due to the wound. You can choose to take a sponge bath and wash your hair. For a cesarean section, you should take a bath after the wound has healed. During this period, you can choose to take a sponge bath and wash your hair. Do not let water contaminate the wound. A tub bath is not recommended to avoid wound infection.

3. You can’t brush your teeth after giving birth

In the old days, people did not pay much attention to oral hygiene and many people suffered from chronic gingivitis. During pregnancy, estrogen dilates capillaries, which can aggravate gingivitis and cause bleeding when brushing teeth. But it’s not because of brushing your teeth.

4. Don’t eat salt during the confinement period

In the first few days after delivery, the mother sweats a lot and the mammary glands secrete vigorously, which makes her prone to dehydration and salt deficiency, which affects milk secretion. Salt should be added to the mother's food in moderation. Not eating salt at all will lead to water and electrolyte imbalance in the body. The overall diet during the confinement period should be light.

5. Make sure to lie still

The mother's blood is in a hypercoagulable state during pregnancy and for a period of time after delivery. If you stay in bed for a long time, it may cause fatal pulmonary embolism. While getting enough rest, you should also exercise in time to help with postpartum recovery. You should avoid holding your breath and exerting force to increase abdominal pressure.

6. Eat more brown sugar after childbirth

Many people believe that brown sugar is warm in nature and has the effects of replenishing qi and digesting food. But this is not enough as a nutritional supplement for postpartum women. Because brown sugar has the effect of activating blood circulation, eating too much will increase the symptoms of vaginal bleeding in postpartum women.

3. Notes

Pay attention to rest after delivery, avoid fatigue, and don't stay up late often.