Why can’t you sleep after giving birth?

The postpartum sleeplessness can be caused by a variety of reasons, including the lack of qi and blood, mental and psychological factors, in addition, irregular sleep time after childbirth is also prone to postpartum sleeplessness. 1, postpartum qi and blood deficiency: according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, excessive bleeding during childbirth, long labor time, qi and blood consumption, thus appearing disturbed, insomnia and palpitations and other symptoms. Maternal need to pay attention to rest, can follow medical advice appropriate supplementation of iron, vitamins and other nutrients, but also under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners to apply some Chinese medicine auxiliary conditioning, and at the same time appropriate to increase the activities, insomnia symptoms can be gradually improved after the recovery of qi and blood; 2, mental and psychological factors: maternal may be due to physical changes, as well as changes in living habits, the environment, or the lack of family and friends care, depression or anxiety, tension, etc. Psychological, which leads to insomnia. Need to strengthen the psychological construction, can divert attention and relax to reduce mental pressure, if necessary, through the psychologist for psychological guidance. On the other hand, family members also need to give maternity care and warmth to relieve maternal bad mood; 3, irregular sleep time: most women need to take care of the baby at night, frequently get up to feed, change diapers, etc., the biological clock is disrupted, irregular sleep time will also aggravate insomnia. Through the help of family members, take turns to take care of the baby to increase the reasonable sleep time. Also adjust your diet, such as increasing milk, walnuts, millet, lotus seeds, sour dates and other foods that help you sleep in moderation.