How to take care of the confinement period after giving birth?

Cesarean section is an increasingly popular method of delivery. After the cesarean section, you must take measures to prevent infection and use antibiotics if necessary. Once an infection occurs after a cesarean section, the harm is very serious. In addition, during the confinement period after a cesarean section, you must move as soon as possible to avoid adhesions of the wound. The following teaches women the correct way to confine themselves after a cesarean section.

How to take care of yourself after a caesarean section?

After ten months of hard pregnancy, mothers finally welcome their lovely babies, but the next thing they have to face is the issue of how to take care of themselves during the confinement period. Many of them are first-time mothers and have no experience in this regard. The older generation’s way of confinement seems to be very different from the ideas of young people. How to confinement after childbirth has become a difficult problem for the mother’s family, especially for mothers who choose to have a caesarean section. So, what are the things to pay attention to during the confinement period after a caesarean section?

1. Regardless of whether it is a caesarean section or a natural birth, the first thing to do during the confinement period is to pay attention to your health. Within six weeks after delivery, you should avoid lifting heavy objects or doing strenuous work, and also avoid housework. Family members must not let the mother become too tired. You should also share the task of taking care of the baby, and try to let the mother rest for more than 40 days to allow her body to recover better. Good self-cultivation can also help prevent postpartum uterine prolapse and allow the uterus to return to its original position.

Second, women who have undergone cesarean section should try not to get wet before the wound heals, and should not rush to wash their hair or take a bath to avoid wound infection. It is best to consider washing your hair and taking a bath two weeks after delivery, and mainly wipe your hair. During the confinement period, the mother will continue to discharge lochia. In order to keep it clean, you can wash the vulva with warm water every day to keep it dry and comfortable.

Third, during the confinement period, be careful not to be blown by the wind, especially facing the wind outlet. You can choose to wear a confinement hat. After childbirth, women's muscles and bones are relaxed and have not yet recovered, and their qi and blood are very weak at this time. If they are exposed to the wind, it is easy to cause colds, rheumatism, joint pain and other diseases. However, if the weather is hot during the confinement period, you can turn on the air conditioner appropriately, but be careful not to let the air from the air conditioner blow directly on the mother. It is also best for the mother to wear long pants and long sleeves to prevent catching a cold.

Fourth, sexual intercourse is prohibited during the confinement period, because the wound in the uterus has not yet fully recovered. If sexual intercourse occurs at this time, it is easy to cause postpartum infection and leave chronic gynecological diseases.

5. Try to go out as little as possible during the confinement period. If you must go out, try to wait until two weeks after delivery when the abdominal wound has healed.

6. Do not stay in bed for a long time. If you lie down all the time and lack exercise, it may cause symptoms such as postpartum constipation, lower limb venous thrombosis, urinary incontinence, etc., and it is not conducive to postpartum recovery. Therefore, many doctors will require mothers who have undergone cesarean section to get out of bed and walk around on the third day after the operation, which is also very helpful for the body's recovery after delivery.

Confinement is a difficult period that mothers and their families must face together, but as long as they understand the relevant knowledge, they can get through this period together. In addition to these precautions, the mother’s family should also pay more attention to the mother’s mental health to avoid postpartum depression and pay attention to communication. In addition, a good diet can also help mothers recover their health better.