Detailed taboos for confinement

Confinement is an important stage in a woman's life. This stage is critical for a woman's physical recovery. Women need to pay attention to their diet and keeping warm. There are also many things that women need to pay attention to after childbirth, and they need to pay attention to the prevention of these matters. During the confinement period, the mother cannot come into contact with cold water for a week, and cannot be blown by the wind or take a bath, nor can she eat spicy food. You can learn about this.

There are several taboos for postpartum mothers during the confinement period:

1. Avoid taking a bath or washing your hair: If the mother washes her hair during the confinement period, it may cause a temporary lack of oxygen to her scalp epidermis, which will leave sequelae of migraine. Moreover, if the mother with a weak body is exposed to cold air after taking a bath, she will catch a cold, and the cold will also affect the elimination of lochia.

2. Avoid being blown by wind: As the mother’s body will be very weak, if she is blown by wind, she will catch a cold. Moreover, if the cold wind blows on the bones, it will leave sequelae of muscle and bone pain in the future.

3. Avoid drinking boiled water: Mothers will experience edema in the late stages of pregnancy, and the postpartum confinement period is the best time for the body to recover. If mothers drink too much boiled water, their lower abdomen may bulge and their body may become deformed.

4. Avoid spicy, sour and salty foods: If mothers eat spicy, sour and salty foods, it is easy to cause water accumulation in the body and affect the body's water elimination, which may cause their lower abdomen to bulge. If mothers eat too much salt, it will put a burden on their kidneys. Mothers should also avoid eating spicy food, otherwise it will not only cause mothers to suffer from hemorrhoids, constipation and other diseases, but may also affect the gastrointestinal function of newborn babies who are breastfed.

5. Avoid eating raw and cold food: Raw and cold food is not only unhygienic, but also hurts the stomach. It can easily cause blood clots and prevent lochia from being discharged, which can cause body pain, abdominal pain and other diseases.

6. Avoid overwork: This means mothers should rest more and avoid overwork. However, this does not mean that mothers should lie completely in bed without moving. Instead, they should do appropriate exercises to help recover health as soon as possible after delivery.

7. Avoid sexual life: The confinement period is a good time for mothers to recover physically, so mothers should not have sexual life. It is best to resume sexual life in the seventh week after delivery.

Here we recommend that postpartum mothers pay attention to personal hygiene during the confinement period, change the wound dressings frequently, and keep the wound and the surrounding area clean and dry. It is best to lie on your side when resting to reduce abdominal pressure. Mothers who have undergone caesarean section will lose too much blood, so they should eat more foods that replenish qi and blood to restore their health as soon as possible.