Article | Jing Ma
After giving birth to a baby, the mother's body is very weak, a large amount of lochia is discharged, the uterus is shrinking rapidly, and the breasts have to secrete milk for the newborn baby, and although the mother's gastrointestinal tract is The uterus has returned to its original position after being compressed, but its ability to digest and absorb is still relatively weak!
So the mother's diet is very important in the first week after delivery . The purpose of the diet is different every day, the key points of conditioning are also different, and the diet is also different.
If a mother eats the right food, it will help her breast milk secretion and also help her body recover after giving birth.
"Celebrity confinement nanny teaches you how to eat the right postpartum meals" mentions the key points of the mother's daily diet in the first week after delivery.
In the first week after delivery, what should mothers eat every day? Eating right can help the body recover better
The first day after delivery: eat liquid food
If it is a caesarean section , you have to pass gas first before eating on the first day after delivery. You can give the mother some carrot soup , Winter melon soup helps with exhaust, but you have to wait until you have exhaust before eating food.
and Mothers who give birth to naturally are advised to eat liquid food first because their bodies are very weak after giving birth and their gastrointestinal digestion ability is relatively weak.
Liquid food is not recommended for mothers to drink various thick soups, such as old hen soup , pig's feet soup . These soups contain relatively high fat content, which is not conducive to the mother's postpartum recovery.
star confinement sister-in-law recommends that you can eat brown sugar millet porridge on the first day after delivery , millet nourishes the spleen, stomach and calms the mind, cures insomnia, and brown sugar can replenish blood.
You can also give your mother longan and lotus seed soup. Longan and lotus seeds can calm the nerves and are very suitable for mothers who have just given birth.
Day 2 after childbirth: Promote the discharge of lochia
When mothers are in the hospital after giving birth, nurses often come to press the mother’s belly, and also ask the postpartum mother to get out of bed as soon as possible, so that lochia can be discharged as soon as possible.
We also need to drink some biochemical soup in our diet to promote the discharge of lochia. Eating more activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis foods can also help to contract the uterus and promote the discharge of lochia.
If the hospital prescribes biochemical soup, drink it directly. If not, you can make your own biochemical soup, which is to mix angelica , peach kernel , Chuanxiong , black ginger , licorice and water at a ratio of 1:10. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, then use the water inside to cook brown sugar porridge, which will make it more nutritious and milder.
You can also give your mother red date soup and sesame oil pork liver soup .
Day 3 after delivery: lactation
Entering the third day after delivery, the baby's appetite increases, so the mother should eat more nutritious food to supplement nutrition, so that the milk nutrition is more balanced and the milk is more abundant.
suggests that mothers can eat soybean stewed pork ribs, pig's trotters and grass soup , red bean glutinous rice porridge, to replenish qi and blood , which can relieve mother's postpartum fatigue.
Day 4 postpartum: Fight depression
During pregnancy, in order to allow the fetus to grow and develop healthily in the mother's belly, the hormones in the mother's body are at relatively high levels.
And the rapid decline of hormones after giving birth can easily make mothers feel that life is meaningless. In addition, the child is noisy just after birth, and the mother is in a hurry when taking care of the child, which is prone to postpartum depression .
Mother's postpartum depression can actually be relieved through food. For example, you can give her some lotus seed and pig heart soup , which can nourish the heart and calm the nerves, replenish qi and blood, and you can also eat carrot and millet porridge, which can calm the nerves and promote sleep.
Mothers who sleep well and have peace of mind can also avoid postpartum depression.
Day 5 postpartum: Promote wound healing
Mothers who have had a normal delivery may experience side incision and sutures , or the laceration of the birth canal needs to be sutured when giving birth, and mothers who have a caesarean section will have a scar on their belly and uterus.
For example, give your mother red dates, wolfberry and black rice porridge , which can nourish yin and kidneys, nourish blood and calm the nerves, sesame oil chicken noodles, and the protein in eggs can promote postpartum recovery.
The 6th day after delivery: pay attention to strengthening the spleen and appetizing
Whether it is a normal delivery or cesarean section , by the 6th day, the mother has been out of bed for several days, and the digestive ability of the gastrointestinal tract is gradually recovering. At this time, the mother should pay attention The most important thing is that should eat more food that strengthens the spleen and appetizers, and promotes appetite, contributes to the nutrition of breast milk, and also helps mothers recover after childbirth.
recommends eating fried pork slices with green pepper, pork loin slices with mushrooms, yam and tofu soup, etc.
Day 7 after delivery: High-protein foods replenish vitality
On the 7th day after delivery, the mother’s gastrointestinal digestion ability is better, so she should eat more high-protein foods , which will help the recovery of the wound and also increase the mother’s milk supply. More nutritious.
recommends eating chicken and yam porridge, pigeon soup , vegetable tofu soup and other recipes that are easy to digest but have high nutritional value.
The first week after delivery is a critical period for a mother to recover. How she eats is very important. How to make the above recipes are all clearly written in "Celebrity Confinement Sisters Teach You to Eat the Right Confinement Meals".
For example, the ingredients required for longan and lotus seed soup are 200 grams of lotus seeds, longan meat 100 grams, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water starch. After washing the lotus seeds, you need to soak them in hot water for 1 hour, then add water and rock sugar to boil, and skim off When the foam is rising, add lotus seeds and longan meat and cook for about an hour, then thicken with water starch.
Each confinement meal has very detailed preparation steps. What kind of ingredients are needed? What seasoning? How to do it? What effect does it have? Everything is clearly written.
There are also various dietary supplement taboos for postpartum period, such as avoid eating fried dough sticks, avoid drinking too much thick soup, and avoid drinking old hen soup too early, etc.
There are also confinement diets for special mothers, such as high blood pressure confinement diet for new mothers, hyperglycemia confinement diet for mothers, confinement diet for mothers with hyperlipidemia, and confinement diet for new mothers with hepatitis B virus carriers. Diet and so on.
suggests that mothers who are in confinement can buy this book "Celebrity Confinement Sisters Teach You to Eat the Right Meals for Confinement" and follow the recipes above to eat right in the first week after giving birth and your body can recover better. .
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