What to eat 1-3 days after giving birth

Although natural childbirth causes less harm to the mother's body than caesarean section, the mother also needs to focus on physical recovery after natural childbirth so that her body can return to normal. At the same time, after a normal delivery, the mother will feel very weak, and her gastrointestinal system has not fully recovered during this period. Therefore, what is better to eat about 1 to 3 days after a normal delivery?

In the first three days after delivery, it is best to choose easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid diets, such as milk, soy milk, lotus root powder, boiled eggs in sugar water, steamed egg custard, wontons, millet porridge, etc. Avoid eating overly greasy or irritating foods, such as chicken soup, fatty pork, or sour and spicy foods. Unlike mothers who give birth naturally, the gastrointestinal recovery of mothers who give birth by caesarean section is much slower than that of mothers who give birth naturally, so the burden on the gastrointestinal tract should be reduced. Therefore, you need to wait for the gas to pass and can only eat after about one or two days, and you can only eat small amounts at a time.

It is worth noting that within 3-4 days after delivery, the mother should not rush to eat various milk-inducing soups, because these stews will promote milk secretion, and at this time the mother's colostrum is not very smooth. Drinking soup too early will only cause breast pain. Generally, you can drink some light fish soup, but you should not put too much salt in this kind of soup. As the mother's body and digestive ability gradually recover, she can slowly return to a normal diet.

Cesarean section diet recommendations for 1-3 days: light, easy to digest, soft food

1. Absolutely fast for 6 hours after surgery, and start eating liquid food after 6 hours

Recommended soups: white radish soup (to relieve gas); thick rice soup, red date soup, tender egg custard, avoid milk and soy milk;

2. 24-48 hours after surgery, start eating semi-liquid food after anal gas discharge

Such as: porridge, noodles, wontons, rice noodles, Chinese cabbage, millet porridge, duck blood tofu, etc.

Dietary recommendations for normal delivery mothers in the first 1-3 days: light, non-greasy, not overly nourishing

1. 1-2 days after delivery, the digestive ability of the mother is weak, so eat easily digestible food

And you can't eat greasy food. Recommendations: egg drop soup, duck blood tofu, rice porridge, batter;

2. Do not rush to drink too much nourishing soup 2-3 days after delivery to avoid excessive breast milk congestion.

You can eat soft rice, egg custard, fresh vegetables, and vegetable and shrimp porridge;

Soups are mainly vegetarian: such as yam and pork ribs soup, spinach and fish ball soup, vegetable and meatball soup, and pork liver soup.

The three days after giving birth are a critical period for the mother's body to recover. Regardless of whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, care and diet during these three days are very important. The mother should actively cooperate with the doctor to conduct a comprehensive physical examination to see if there are any postpartum sequelae. The mother should also pay attention to diet and supplement nutrition properly.