1. What to do if the mother's appetite is not good during confinement
In general, in the first week after giving birth, due to the decline in progesterone, the appetite of new mothers will be good. But after all, the stomach has not yet recovered, coupled with the lack of sleep, emotional excitement, worry about the figure and other factors in order to take care of the baby, many new mothers have lost appetite, some new mothers have less activity, and are not easy to feel hungry, which is likely to cause insufficient nutritional intake to affect the recovery of the body. Below I have summarized the following three points for your reference.
1. Eat small, frequent meals
New mothers should eat less and eat more meals every day, may wish to add a meal at about 10 o'clock on the basis of the original three meals a day, and add a meal at about 15 o'clock in the afternoon, so that eating reduces the burden on the stomach and intestines and will not affect the recovery of the mother's body.
There is also the food as fine as possible, and the varieties should be diversified, such as meat dishes and vegetarian dishes to be eaten together. Eating a little each time will not only not be nauseated, but also avoid overfullness. Before the meal, you can eat a little appetizer or a small snack such as fruit
2. Staple and side foods should be eaten differently
Unchanged fine grains or coarse grains may be difficult to arouse the appetite of new mothers, and advocate the exchange of similar foods between foods, such as multigrains, fine grains, and different types of meat. Refined rice noodles are often said to be fine grains, and mixed grains mainly refer to millet, oatmeal corn flour, brown rice, standard flour, adzuki beans, mung beans, etc.
In the choice of side foods, chicken, fish, pigs, sheep, and beef are also eaten as much as possible to ensure a variety of foods. In addition, the variety, form, color, and taste of food should also be diversified, and the ingredients and cooking methods should be selected to the new mother's liking.
3. The light soup is easy to digest
Most of the new mothers with anorexia are caused by weakened digestive function, and must be based on easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid food, such as brown sugar water, milk, steamed custard, millet porridge, etc., light fish soup, rib soup, etc. are good choices. These soups are delicious, easy to absorb, and promote milk production. However, all kinds of soups must pay attention to the amount, do not be uncontrolled, otherwise it is easy to cause breast pain. At the same time, try to avoid eating foods that are too salty, too greasy, gas-producing and have a special smell.
2. What foods should not be eaten during confinement
In the traditional concept of confinement, the ancestors handed down many dietary taboos during confinement, and now from a scientific point of view, they may not be suitable for today's social environment, but some taboos still seem to make sense now, and scientific confinement still needs to pay attention to avoiding those foods that are not suitable for eating.
1. Raw cold and hard food cannot be eaten
Eating hard food after childbirth is easy to hurt teeth, eating raw food is easy to cause infection, eating cold food will irritate the mouth and digestive tract, so do not eat raw cold and hard food. When eating fruit, you can warm it with hot water first. Vegetables that can be eaten raw, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, and radish, should also be heated before eating.
2. Cold food cannot be eaten.
Due to the deficiency of qi and blood in the postpartum body, more warm food should be eaten, which is conducive to the recovery of qi and blood. If cold food is eaten after childbirth, it is easy to cause the spleen and stomach to be difficult to digest and absorb, and it is not conducive to the excretion of lochia.
3. Spicy and irritating foods cannot be eaten
Spicy foods such as chili peppers, peppers, etc. are easy to hurt and consume qi and blood, aggravate the weakness of qi and blood, and cut easily on fire, resulting in constipation, and stimulate the baby's stomach after entering the milk. Irritating foods such as strong tea, coffee, and alcohol will affect sleep and gastrointestinal function, and are also not good for the baby.
4. Food that is too salty, too fresh, and too spicy cannot be eaten.
There are different degrees of edema during pregnancy, eating too salty during confinement is not conducive to the resolution of edema, and too fresh food contains more MSG, and excessive MSG will reduce the zinc content in the body, resulting in zinc deficiency in the baby. It is recommended that new mothers should not put MSG, peppers, peppercorns and other hot foods in the nutritional diet within 3 months after giving birth, which can easily cause heat and increase physical discomfort.
5. Food with milk can not be eaten
Some foods have a milk-returning effect, such as barley, leeks, malt creamer, etc., and cannot be eaten by breastfeeding new mothers.
6. Don't eat too much of foods that are too sour.
It's okay to eat a little sour food occasionally, but you should not eat more, such as sour plums, vinegar, lemons, grapes, grapefruit, etc. These sour foods can block blood flow and prevent the discharge of lochia.
7. Chinese medicines that replenish blood and qi should not be eaten indiscriminately. Chinese medicines such as ginseng, guiyuan, astragalus, codonopsis, angelica and other blood and qi replenishment are best eaten after postpartum lochia is discharged, otherwise it may increase the amount of postpartum bleeding due to blood activation. Gui yuan contains substances that inhibit uterine contractions, which is not conducive to the recovery of uterine contractions after childbirth and the discharge of postpartum stasis.
Thoughtful tips
The body of a new mother accumulates more toxins and garbage during pregnancy, which will be excreted with lochia, sweat, etc. in the first 2 weeks after giving birth, and if it is taken too early, it will hinder the excretion of these substances and is not conducive to body recovery. Nowadays, science is developed, products are abundant, and living standards are also high, so postpartum supplementation is no longer as important as before.