Causes of postpartum constipation are the following.
1, due to the late pregnancy uterus enlargement, rectus abdominis and pelvic floor muscles are swollen by the swollen uterus loose, and even part of the muscle fiber rupture, postpartum abdominal muscle and pelvic floor muscle relaxation, contraction is weak, abdominal pressure is weakened, coupled with maternal weakness, can not rely on abdominal pressure to assist defecation, solve the stool naturally occur difficulties.
2, the mother in the postpartum days because of bed rest, activity reduced, affecting intestinal peristalsis, not easy to defecate.
3, the mother in the postpartum diet monotonous, coupled with the influence of certain traditional concepts, often lack of fiber food, especially the lack of fiber content, which reduces the stimulating effect on the digestive tract, so that intestinal peristalsis weakened, affecting defecation.
4, the pain of perineal wounds or abdominal wounds after childbirth makes patients afraid to force defecation.
5, the mother after the process of birth, more sweating, more blood loss, fluid deficiency, also easy to cause constipation.
(A) Dietary principles
1.Supplement water. Eat more water-rich food, such as soup, soup, porridge, and drink more water. Eat more food with lactation, such as loofah, pig’s feet, carp, shrimp, carp, etc.
2.Promote intestinal peristalsis. Eat more foods rich in fiber, such as leek, celery, spinach, hollow cabbage, bamboo shoots, bananas, peaches, cabbage, bean sprouts, potatoes, cereals, yams, and fruits with skin. Eat more gas-producing foods, such as onions, garlic, cucumbers, radishes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, etc. Eat more vitamin B-rich foods, such as millet, rice, japonica rice, tofu, soybeans, pork liver, eggs, eel, nori, kelp, etc.
3, prevention and control of anemia. Eat more iron-rich foods to replenish the amount of hemoglobin. Such as amaranth, beef, pig’s blood, rape, pig’s liver, cereal, kelp, sesame, yellow cauliflower, mushroom, Agaricus blazei, black rice, mulberry, strawberry, Ganoderma lucidum, Cistanches, Angelica, etc.
4.Supplement calcium. Because of the late maternal calcium deficiency, postpartum baby development needs a lot of calcium, maternal more calcium-containing food, can meet the needs of the baby through breast milk. It is appropriate to eat more milk, amaranth, rape, cereal, kelp, peanuts, spinach, soybeans, fish, meat and bone soup, walnuts, shrimp, purple cabbage, tofu, etc.
5, eat more easily digestible food, such as milk, tofu, cabbage, cabbage, pumpkin, soup, soup, porridge, pay attention to processing chopped and cut fine.
(II) appropriate exercise is also very necessary
24 hours after delivery, the mother can properly get out of bed, three days later can do postpartum recovery exercises, exercise the abdominal muscles and pelvic floor, perianal muscles, increase bowel movements and stimulate intestinal peristalsis.
(C) adequate sleep and rest is also essential.
In the process of hospitalization, often due to the noisy environment and nursing babies affect the sleep, so the family should create conditions for the mother as much as possible, improve sleep, and have enough energy to defecate after sufficient rest.
(iv) Correct understanding.
Maternity should be fully aware of the laws and hazards of postpartum constipation easily, the first defecation with the assistance of open cork (see the chapter on pediatric constipation for specific use), and then use some laxatives when necessary.
(E) other adjuvant treatment.
After the stool with hot steam fumigation can relieve pain. Timely treatment of hemorrhoids with drugs to relieve pain, can prevent and control constipation.
(F) Maternity week menu selection
Week
Breakfast recipes
Chinese food recipes
Dinner recipes
One
Brown Sugar Green Bean Stir Fry
Strawberry Oatmeal Porridge
Pumpkin and Shrimp Casserole
Loofah Vermicelli Soup
Pork Feet with Golden Needles and Yellow Beans
Purple cabbage, shrimp and egg flower soup
Two
Pig’s trotters and peanuts congee
Sesame congee with fresh spices
Ginseng and eel soup
Stir-fried bean curd with amaranth
Assorted Shrimp Soup
Peanut and Chicken Feet Soup
Three
Carp and Radish Congee
Pecan Nut Congee
Peach and red roasted loofah
Tofu and Pig’s Blood Soup
Tomato and seaweed soup
One-grade yam
Four
Glutinous Rice Agaricus Soup
Carrot and lean meat porridge
Braised Pig’s Feet
Sesame Shrimp
Spinach and Fish Fillet Soup
Diced pork with tomato and beans
Five
Garlic and white atractylodes congee
Oatmeal and red bean congee
Carp and Radish Soup
Stir-fried amaranth with raw vegetables
Sophora Pork Intestine Soup
Mixed Double Bamboo Shoots
Six
Congee with wood fungus and red dates
Glutinous rice and lingzhi porridge
Fresh Milk with Shrimp
Ginseng and Red Date Agaricus Soup
Loofah and pork liver lean pork soup
Stir-fried Two Purees
Seven
Turtle meat and rice porridge
Betel nut glutinous rice porridge
Stewed pork feet with red dates
Mulberry chee cistanche soup
Sauteed Prawns with Spring Onion
Seaweed with Milk Sauce