After procrastinating for a long time, I finally have time to share my second confinement experience. Although both babies were born in a confinement center, this experience was better. I also wanted to record my feelings during this period.
For the convenience of the family, the confinement centers chosen are all in urban areas. The second child just wanted some peace and quiet, so he chose a quieter place. The location of Imperial Treasure Confinement Center is not good, but the environment here is better and the rooms have more choices. The most important thing is that the concept of care and postpartum recovery here is more in line with my ideas.
My two babies were both caesarean section . This time I almost suffered from severe bleeding, which was a bit bumpy. After coming to the confinement center, the first thing I did was to send the baby to care. I was completely reluctant to give up the first child, but the second child was so much more casual, hahaha. In the loft room type, you can rest upstairs and downstairs. When my husband is busy, he can work upstairs, which will not affect my rest at all. I love it! When I checked in, the head nurse told me that I have to love myself first before I can love my baby. When I get here, I need to have a good rest. Eat when I should, drink when I should, and sleep when I should. Don’t worry about the baby when you should. I don’t have to think about anything except breastfeeding. Take it for granted! A mother is not only a mother, but also herself, so don’t feel guilty or sad about leaving your baby in care. The most important thing is to restore yourself to health first.
On the day of check-in, the nurse and head nurse will come for ward rounds. In addition to providing a discharge summary, the nurse will also conduct a detailed examination of the mother and baby. The nurse will check the baby's whole body and ask about the current milk and bowel movements. It will also be recorded. The mother mainly asked about lochia, uterus and urination and defecation. The confinement center is very complete in maternity care, and the postpartum recovery equipment found in the hospital is also available here. On the afternoon of my check-in, the nurse came to help clean the wound and arranged infrared lamps to bake the wound. Her technique was skillful and no worse than in the hospital. There is a camera for each baby in the nursery. You can check the status of the baby in the nursery on your mobile phone. Only nurses and postpartum women can enter and exit the nursery. The management is very strict.
html In the first month of confinement, there are 6 meals a day, 3 staple foods and 3 snacks. Breakfast is served around 8 o'clock, snacks are served in the middle of brunch, afternoon tea is served around 3 p.m., and late night snacks are served around 8 p.m. Because the intestines and stomach are relatively weak after giving birth, and most mothers need breast milk, the postpartum meal is generally relatively light. If you feel it is too light, you can ask customer service to bring a seasoning salt to the room and add it yourself. Every morning, the aunt will come over to clean up, collect the clothes she changed the day before, and return the dried clothes to the room in the afternoon (you sweat a lot during the confinement period, so you need to change several sets of clothes a day)
The postpartum care center’s maternity care project is based on Depending on the physical condition, some basic items will be done first, such as uterine involution, moxibustion uterine warming, facial care, and then abdominal physiotherapy, shoulder and neck physiotherapy, rectus abdominis repair, etc. will be arranged. It is easy to feel shoulder pain during breastfeeding, so I especially like the shoulder and neck relaxation program. I feel much more relaxed after doing it.
Every week, the obstetrics and pediatric consultants will come to check the baby's health and development. The main focus is to check the umbilical cord, jaundice, and stool. Generally there is no problem, don’t worry too much~ When the baby is about to leave the confinement center, the nanny and head nurse will teach you how to bathe and do exercises for the baby. Usually, the father or mother will be arranged to learn. If the baby is mainly taught by the aunt at home, For babies, you can also ask the aunt to come over and learn how to swaddle the baby, which is quite detailed. Although I had two confinements, during the first pregnancy, my focus was all on the baby and I really paid very little attention to myself. This time I really felt that I had a better rest than when I had the first child, and I felt more valued than when I had the first child. My mental state was much better than when I had the first child, and the whole state recovered very well. For mothers of second children, confinement centers are really a good choice.
