Can I scrub my body while taking a bath during the confinement period?

According to traditional Chinese customs, women are not allowed to take a bath during the confinement period. However, modern medical research has shown that women can actually take a bath during the confinement period. Because taking a bath can not only clean the dirt on the body, but also help the mother to relieve fatigue and promote blood circulation. So, can you scrub your body while taking a bath during the confinement period? In fact, it is okay to scrub your body appropriately, but don't scrub too hard.

Taking a bath during the confinement period is beneficial to the health of the mother. The survey shows that taking a bath after childbirth has no adverse effects on uterine contraction or the color, amount, odor, or amount of lochia bleeding. However, there are a few points to note:

1. If there are no wounds or incisions on the perineum of the mother, she can take a shower after 2-3 days in summer and after 5-7 days in winter.

2. When taking a bath after childbirth, you should pay attention to "preventing cold in winter, heatstroke in summer, and wind in spring and autumn." In summer, the bathroom temperature can be kept at room temperature. When it is cold, the bathroom should be warm and sheltered from wind. The water temperature for bathing should be kept at around 35℃-37℃. Do not take a shower with cold water in summer to avoid poor discharge of lochia, which may cause abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, body pain, etc. in the future.

3. It is best to take a shower (with the help of family members), and it is not suitable to take a bath in a tub to prevent dirty water from entering the vagina and causing infection. If the mother is weak and cannot stand to take a shower, she can take a sponge bath.

4. Each bath should not be too long, generally 5-10 minutes is enough.

5. The temperature of the bathroom should not be too high in winter, as this will easily cause a large amount of water vapor to fill the bathroom, leading to hypoxia and making the already weak mother unstable in her standing.

6. After washing, wipe off the water on your body as soon as possible, put on warm clothes in time and then leave the bathroom to avoid catching cold or being blown by the wind.

7. If the perineal wound is large or the laceration is severe, or there is a knife wound on the abdomen, you must wait for the wound to heal before taking a shower. You can do a sponge bath first.