Do’s and Don’ts for Postpartum Sitting

Postpartum menstruation generally refers to the puerperium, women should pay attention to adjusting the diet, wound care, personal hygiene and so on during the puerperium. 1. Adjusting diet: As women are weak after delivery, patients can eat some light, nutritious and easy-to-digest food in the early postpartum period, such as egg custard and millet porridge, etc. As the body recovers, they can supplement protein and calorie-rich food, such as pork chop soup, boiled eggs, fish soup, etc., and they can also consume fresh fruits and vegetables to replenish vitamins. 2. Wound care: For women who have a normal delivery, a tear or side-cut wound may be formed during the delivery, wound care should be strengthened, often use iodophor and other disinfectant drugs to apply disinfection, and after defecation and urination, the wound can be cleaned in a timely manner, so as to avoid being infected by dirt; For cesarean section women should often change the medicine, disinfection of the incision, prohibit the amplitude of large movements, to avoid affecting the healing of the incision, to avoid the incision during the recovery period of water, so as not to cause infection. 3. Maintain personal hygiene: women should also pay attention to personal hygiene during the puerperium, timely replacement of sanitary napkins, change underwear, take a bath in the second week after giving birth, prohibit bathtubs, so as not to cause infection of the wound, and also prohibit sexual intercourse. In addition, women in puerperium should pay attention to rest, avoid overwork, keep a happy and relaxed mood, pay attention to cold and warmth, etc., and also pay attention to the body changes, if not adapt to timely medical treatment.