Near childbirth, expectant mothers have become the focus of protection at home, because childbirth requires a lot of physical exertion. At this time, the family also paid special attention to the diet of the mother, and even superstitiously believed in some folk remedies. For example, when it comes to the due date, the stomach has not yet moved, some people say that eating crabs, hawthorn helps to spawn, and some people say that drinking honey helps to speed up the process of childbirth. It is also said that eating more chocolate before giving birth can help replenish physical strength. So is there any scientific basis for these claims? How should expectant mothers eat during childbirth? Let's talk about this topic.
Each baby has its own expected date, but the expected date is not absolutely accurate for early birth or delayed birth. It's all very common. Many expectant mothers have heard that eating foods like hawthorn, crab, and white lotus whiskers with eggs and raspberry tea can spawn. In fact, none of this will speed up the process of your encounter with your baby. These remedies have no scientific basis, and of course they do not achieve the so-called miracle effect. Expectant mothers who are close to the due date should not think wildly, as long as they ensure a regular daily routine, balanced nutrition and adequate sleep, and are full of energy to prepare for the arrival of the baby. Giving birth to a child is a physical task, and the entire delivery process is very physically demanding. Some people even describe the energy consumed by giving birth to a child as no less than running a marathon, and indeed the time of natural childbirth is very long, generally from the beginning of regular contractions until the fetal placenta is delivered, calculating that the birth course of the first mother may reach 10 to 20 hours.
So what can you eat during childbirth to replenish your strength? Let's talk about the first thing to tell you is that not eating does not affect the birth of children, but pay attention to water replenishment, such as drinking some water and sports drinks. Yes, you didn't hear me wrong about giving birth, which can be done without eating. Countries such as the United States and Singapore are not allowed to eat even during childbirth, and can only drink some transparent drinks that do not contain particles. More and more hospitals in China have begun to adopt this policy, why do they do this?
This is the result of two considerations, one is that eating does not necessarily achieve the purpose of rapid function. It is also possible to cause stomach upset and vomiting because of eating too much. Expectant mothers digest food half a beat slower than ordinary people during pregnancy, and many family members feel that they have to eat more before giving birth to have strength, resulting in too much food accumulating in the stomach. When there is pain and exertion, it increases the discomfort of the expectant mother, and vomiting may not be conducive to childbirth. The second is that for safety reasons, drinking only water or sports drinks can reduce the probability of vomiting and aspiration. In the previous article, we said that vaginal delivery requires trial delivery, that is to say, if the trial birth is not smooth, there is a possibility of cisection and caesarean section. If you do not eat in advance before surgery, it is easy to cause food reflux in the stomach to be sucked into the lungs, resulting in the risk of infection and suffocation. Therefore, if you are not sure whether the expectant mother will have a caesarean section, it is not recommended that you eat during the trial delivery, and pay attention to supplementing the intake of fluids. Even if having a child is equivalent to running a marathon, I have not heard that people who run a marathon should stop halfway to eat a bowl of beef noodles and continue to run. Therefore, it is not necessary to eat normally, or eat a lot, as long as you pay attention to supplementing water and electrolytes.
Expectant mothers can generally complete childbirth, and under the premise that drinking something can also be produced smoothly, let's talk about the five points of attention to the childbirth diet:
First, if your delivery hospital is advised not to eat before delivery, or if the expectant mother does not want to eat herself, then pay attention to water and electrolyte supplementation during childbirth. It is recommended to drink water sports drinks, fruit juices without pulp, soda drinks, clear teas and so on.
Speaking of which, it is estimated that many expectant mothers will ask, so can Red Bull drink? The answer is that it can be drunk, but we don't recommend it for two reasons, one is that Red Bull does not help more in childbirth than other sports drinks. Second, the caffeine contained in it will increase the oxygen consumption of expectant mothers, and will also accelerate the baby's fetal heart rate and increase the potential risk of lack of oxygen in the baby. Sports drinks like Baominer Gardler will not have such risks and are a good choice. Of course, the honey mentioned above can also be drunk, but it does not have the miraculous effect of midwifery.
Second, if you want to eat, the hospital does not have relevant regulations. It can be eaten during childbirth, but do not eat too much. Many expectant mothers are sore and nervous during childbirth, and their appetite is not necessarily very good. In this case, you don't need to force yourself to eat.
Third, it is recommended to eat liquid and semi-liquid foods, and choose light and digestible preferential starchy foods with faster function. Liquid food is some of the choices mentioned earlier to drink, the representative of semi-liquid food is Chinese prefer porridge, soup noodles, etc., these are also starchy food function fast, so if you want to eat something, you can choose noodles, eight treasure porridge and other staple foods, as well as bananas in the fruit can also eat some.
Fourth, it is not recommended to eat high-fat and high-protein foods with slow digestion and slow function.
These foods do not provide energy to expectant mothers quickly and also affect the time it takes for the stomach to empty. The food represented by greasey soups, such as chicken soup, and chocolate, which tastes sweet and creamy. When the pain is painful, everyone may not be able to eat it, and it will also affect digestion, so it is not recommended to eat or eat more. Finally, talking about the painless delivery diet, eating is the same as the previous principle, you can choose some liquid and digestible foods, and it is also possible not to eat. It mainly depends on the mother-to-be herself.
Because painlessness can greatly reduce pain, expectant mothers can get a good rest, and the energy consumed to give birth to a baby is greatly reduced. It is more acceptable to drink only sports drinks. After talking about the situation of vaginal delivery, let's take a look at some of the expectant mothers who need to have a caesarean section and have a cistrochanic caesarean section.
Generally speaking, before caesarean section, it is necessary to fast food and water for 6 to 8 hours, which is carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations of the delivery hospital. Expectant mothers who may be able to turn the section may feel confused. So do I eat or not?
First of all, we must be clear about the purpose of eating before caesarean section, which is to avoid vomiting caused by the anesthesia process during surgery, resulting in aspiration, so before cesarean section, it is necessary to eat and drink according to the doctor's requirements. As for expectant mothers who are likely to have a vaginal birth to a caesarean section, it is also recommended to eat during the trial of vaginal delivery and drink a small amount of water.
Second, what is the higher chance of forward sectioning under any circumstances? If the baby is too small, there is too little amniotic fluid, or the expectant mother has complications such as high blood pressure, these reasons need to be spawned in advance. Relatively speaking, the chances of a caesarean section will be higher. Such expectant mothers are advised to eat and drink a small amount of water.
Well, today's article is shared here, I hope that we can have the opportunity to become a better self because of the arrival of our children, be better parents, learn to think, learn to judge, learn to analyze, and accompany our children to grow up with him.
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