Text/Guo Xiaohui (Jinan University affiliated hospital, the Shenzhen City people\'s Hospital obstetric physician)
Cold winter has come, mother cannot help but worry about to delivery, and postpartum how Weak security,
Through this it is snowing heavily comfortably \"white confinement\"? Listen to experts in obstetrics intimate advice!
Warm reminder 1: indoor warm, moist environment, fresh
Winter \"confinement\" the key is to keep warm. Indoor temperature to 20 ° c ~25 ° c and avoid high low. In the absence of heating of the South, air conditioning and electric heating devices can be used to keep the room temperature, and the dry climate of the North, maintaining proper humidity is also very important. In General, indoor humidity to 55%~65%. Humidification of more convenient method is to buy a humidifier, if at the same time also have the function of removing bacteria is better, or put a basin of water in the room, or sprinkle some water on the ground, or with a damp MOP floor several times a day to increase humidity (However the last two practices to be careful not to let slip for women in bed). In order to learn about indoor humidity conditions at any time, you can buy a hygrometer.
In addition to temperature and humidity to appropriate, also to keep indoor air fresh. Guarantee window for air 2 times a day (one in the morning and afternoon), 15-20 minutes. When breathing, the first new mother and baby to another room. After the ventilation until after the recovery to the desired temperature in the room, then let the new mother and baby back.
New mother and baby room in which it would be useful to have plenty of sunlight, which would allow the new MOM feel comfortable and conducive to observe the baby some of the changes. In addition, indoor pot should not be too much. Because when in moderate light, indoor green plants like a natural oxygen bar; while the plant when the illumination is insufficient oxygen inhalation and released carbon dioxide.
Warm reminder 2: underwear to be relaxed and comfortable
Cold winter weather, new mother breastfeeding, care of infants are more vulnerable to fear the cold. Due to the savings part of the liquid in the body to discharge during pregnancy, more sweat, perspiration dirt will dirty clothes, so often bathe and wash service to change, to keep the skin clean. On clothes have the following suggestions:
1. underwear should choose loose, soft and comfortable cotton or wool cloth long dress trousers, in order to maintain pleasant mood and on baby visual development of well stimulation, or you can select some of the luster bright, lively home service.
2. the postpartum mammary Canal is open, in order to avoid breast pipe plug, BRA should select a cotton cloth, and equipped with the best away to facilitate nursing pajamas and sweaters.
3. because of postpartum pores are open, sweating, should replace the underwear daily. Sooner or later larger temperature changes during the winter, should pay attention to add clothing reduction to prevent a cold, wet clothes to wash in a timely manner. Clothes washing clothes, preferably in the sun exposure to achieve sterilization results.
4. in order to prevent infections and allergies, you should avoid using chemical fiber type of underwear.
5. \"cold feet\" and kidney Meridian in foot roots, therefore are advised to wear cotton socks and thick soft shoes. Prepare a Nightgown in bed, feed the middle of the night to put on in a timely manner, so as not to catch cold.
Al style= \"MARGIN:0cm 0CM\" >6. may wear underwear and the effect of postpartum resumption Shushen trousers in order to facilitate the recovery and postpartum uterus location self-cultivation. Wearing a long, high waist trousers to abdominal package as a whole, have the effect of protecting the navel.
Warm reminder 3: thin quilt, bed not too soft
Out cold and bitter, it is warm in the room, so we do outside the timed ventilation, also note the re not too thick, even the winter quilt should be thinner than late pregnancy. Shouldelect products of cotton or linen, soft and breathable. Once in every week wash, 1-2 exposure.
Postpartum to protect the spinal bones, avoiding low back pain, not too soft beds to sleep, especially new mothers should be selected for caesarean side or semi-Fowler, to relieve the abdominal wound pain and uterine contractions.
Warm reminder 4: hair immediately after washing, dry comb and comb my hair to promote blood circulation
Dirty hair could damage the hair follicles of the scalp, the hair is easy to fall off, so you should shampoo and hair, but avoid pathogenic dampness invading should note the following several points:
1. available finger pulp massaging the scalp when shampooing, washed promptly dried, then with a dry towel package, avoid wet essential moisture from hair taken away a lot of heat, the scalp artery after cold stimulus headache caused by sudden contraction. Did this not with braided hair, sleeping.
2. Although the postpartum hair more oil, but do not use shampoo to stimulate more supplies.
3. using comb combing hair, improves blood circulation, prevents hair loss.
4. If special situations when there is no water to prepare a clean gauze, dip the wet gauze with alcohol, on wet gauze over a comb, combed hair, you can also clean the scalp of dirty oily.
Warm reminder 5: shower water temperature when appropriate, attention to wind
Spirit of postpartum bath can relieve fatigue, ease childbirth, but also to keep your body clean, reduce the incidence.
But winter sitting out one new mother, best production 1 week later bath. Bath, especially suitable water temperature, to prevent wind, cold and helplessness. Bathing in winter must be closet typhoon shelter, bathrooms should be warm, to advance open bath bathroom heating devices, adjusting the indoor temperature to 20 ° c, and then enter. Water temperature to around 37 ° c or slightly hot, bath time not too long, to 5-10 minutes. When washing, avoid sweating, due to dizziness caused by sweating too much easier, the Corona is stuffy, disgusting spit, and so on. Avoid contact with cold water, so as not to cause abdominal pain and the future of menstruation, bodily pain, and so on.
Bath to shower not bath. As soon as the body of water on dried after washing, put on warm clothes and then out of the bathroom in time, avoid chill or wind blowing. Attention to oral health, mouthwash with warm water.
Winter bathing optional Hurricane ginger: wind 50 g, 50 g of ginger, hammer break, water wash, fried water to wash the body wash, or directly with ginger slices after boiling water bath, windproof, and cold effect is also more notable.
Warm reminder 6: nutrition to balance, less fruit and vegetables are not available
Mal style= \"MARGIN:0cm 0CM\" > high confinement should be eating more nutrition, high calorie and easily digested food and to drink plenty of water to promote rapid recovery and ensure sufficient milk body. Postnatal deficiency and blood stasis, fasting and raw, cold products. Raw and many injuries-stomach, cold blood coagulation, hang-over, and will cause postpartum abdominal pain, pain, and many other diseases. Postpartum bleeding wound and Tianjin, Yin deficiency and heat in winter, spring onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, spicy hot food should be avoiding food, so as not to cause discomfort such as constipation, hemorrhoids, stomach function that may affect the baby through breast milk.
Even in winter, vegetables and fruits are also essential because it can not only add meat, eggs, the lack of vitamin c and fiber, can also promote appetite, helping digestion and defecation, prevent the occurrence of postpartum constipation. Some physical deficiency-cold new Mama winter fruit can cause discomfort, after these fruits can be cut, slightly boiled water and eat even the residue with water.
Warm reminder 7: don\'t forget calcium
And in the late period of 3 months of pregnancy, the new mother large amount of the loss of calcium in the body. Combined with the cold weather in the North, confinement cannot open Windows in the winter sun, this is not conducive to synthesis and utilization of calcium. Lactating mothers every day about 700 ml of milk secretion, the average lost about 300 mg of calcium every day. If the mother body appears serious easily lead to reduced bone density, calcium deficiency symptoms of osteoporosis, common with leg cramps, edema of the lower extremities, low back pain, loose teeth, burnout fatigue, severe cases can lead to build small, deformation of the pelvis, swing walk, such as \"Duck\", seriously affected the human figure. Postpartum mothers in particular also to bear the burden of nursing mother uptake of calcium calcium deficiency will reduce breast feeding infants, affecting the normal development of baby teeth, hair and bones. Once the negative balance of matrix calcium metabolism during lactation, and postpartum and no attention to calcium, bad things can be extended to 2 years after birth, more far-reaching impact on children.
Chinese Nutrition Society recommend, lactating women appropriate calcium intake is 1200 mg per day, and diet is the most secure and reliable way. High calcium foods include sesame paste, spinach, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms, animal liver and brain, such as fish and animal bone soup, milk, notice that intake. In addition, maternal postpartum went on to add some high calcium milk powder would be a good idea. As regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian in South China is warm in winter, near noon and afternoon winds may be appropriate to open the window the Sun.
Warm reminder 8: focus on feeling, get rid of postpartum depression
Due to physical, psychological and role adaptation problems, often there will be some negative psychological reactions in confinement. Especially in winter, cold weather, lack of sunlight, more prone to postpartum depression. His performance alone, aggrieved doubts irritability, living sad, lazy or sluggish spirit of sth In this regard, we propose: puerperium prenatal learning knowledge as soon as possible after delivery activities, interest in restoring their original family, loved ones more maternal psychological guidance, will be to reduce confinement of depression in an effective way.
Meanwhile, new mothers should also master the psychological self-massage, get their early mitigation of psychological pressure. Which some effective of method including: each to children breastfeeding are will CD machine open, and placed Shang a Zhang tenderness of music; prepared some beautiful of clothing, do a has charm of new mother; multidirectional expert advisory, many problem are is can science solution of, without own contemplated; if you and husband also no meet children of method, to timely discuss, may wish to try try column a difficulties table and one by one solution they of method, until you satisfaction weizhi; in mirror in more angle to see own hold with children of look like, tasting do mother of happy sth sth
Edit/lanshuhui (lansh@bphg.com.CN)
Source: magazine 2008 issue of the parents must read
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