Postpartum bathing can ensure the cleanliness of the woman’s body and help her recovery after childbirth. The time of bathing after delivery needs to consider the effect of bathing water on the maternal incision, and also needs to be decided according to whether the birth is by cesarean section or by normal delivery. In general, there is no special restriction on the bathing time after normal delivery. But for the way of bathing, you can choose to take a shower, but not a sitz bath, which will greatly increase the chance of perineal infection. If you have had a vaginal birth with a lateral perineal incision, it is recommended to take a shower after a week. This will prevent the bathing water from contaminating the perineal incision and causing infection, and will require good warmth. In patients who have undergone a cesarean section, it takes a week for the abdominal wall incision to heal initially. In the case of healing of the abdominal wall incision, bathing can cause poor healing of the abdominal wall incision and even infection, so for patients after cesarean section, it is recommended that they can take a bath about two weeks after the operation, and the way of bathing should be shower as much as possible to avoid infection in the tub. To sum up, it is recommended to choose shower bath after one week after vaginal delivery, and after cesarean section it is recommended to take a bath about two weeks after surgery.