When it comes to giving birth to a baby, many mothers will want to complain, saying that they really suffered. I gave birth in late autumn and early winter, and the climate was relatively suitable, so it was not a big deal. Suffer. But some mothers give birth in the summer, and confinement is extremely difficult! It’s too painful when the due date is in the summer. How can a mother have a “cool confinement”?

The expected date of delivery is when you go to the hospital for a check-up at 12 weeks of pregnancy. The doctor will correct the expected date of delivery based on the results of the prenatal check-up and the mother's specific situation. This evaluation is better than the one we calculated before (the third day of the last menstrual period). Counting from one day to the next and going back 280 days) is much more accurate. This also makes it easier for pregnant mothers to prepare suitable season clothes for their babies and arrange confinement caregivers in advance. When I learned that I was giving birth to a baby in late autumn, my first reaction was: "It's over, my mother can't come!" Because my hometown is in a rural area, and my mother has to harvest crops in the fall, she naturally can't come. Fortunately, my husband arranged work later and spent a difficult month with me.

1. Carry out personal hygiene and ensure comfort.

The most obvious feature of summer is the hot weather, which is also a time for bacteria to breed. It is not that convenient to open the window during confinement in the summer, and mothers are prone to sweating, so their bodies may often feel sticky and wet.

It is recommended that pregnant women practice good personal hygiene and frequently wipe their bodies with dry towels to help prevent heatstroke and cool down, and to avoid the growth of bacteria that can cause puerperal syndrome. Mothers who have had a natural birth can take a shower (about 5 minutes) 3 months after delivery. Mothers who have had a caesarean section can choose according to the wound recovery. However, it should be noted that the bathing time during the confinement period is about 20 minutes. It is best to have family members outside when taking a bath. Or if you are accompanied inside, the mother is weak and can easily fall.

2. Turn on the air conditioner appropriately.

When the indoor temperature is high, the mother can turn on the air conditioner to lower the temperature and make her mood more stable. room, wait until the indoor temperature drops, then turn off the air conditioner and move back into the room).

It is not completely impossible to turn on the air conditioner during confinement. However, you should still pay attention during use. The temperature should not be too low and should be kept at around 26~28°. Use the baffle to adjust the blowing direction to avoid direct blowing.

Tips: Ventilate for about 30 minutes every day to maintain indoor air circulation.

3. Take in enough water

In summer, the temperature is high and the body is prone to sweating, especially for mothers who are weak after childbirth. Coupled with breastfeeding, the body is seriously lacking in water. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits at ordinary times, and ensure that you consume more than 2000ml of boiled water every day. Helps replenish various trace elements and moisture.

Try to drink water in small sips, which will help the body cells absorb it better and avoid water retention. If you drink greasy milk soup, you should drink more boiled water to dilute it.

4. Get enough rest and be emotionally stable.

A mother said that during her confinement period, she was “either breastfeeding or on the way to breastfeeding.” This is really not an exaggeration at all. The baby's stomach capacity is small. At this time, he is fed once every 1 to 2 hours. He just lies down and needs to rest, and he has to feed again. Over and over again, the body will feel overdrawn.

Confinement is medically called the puerperal period. This period is a critical period for the mother to recover. Mothers should rest as much as possible to ensure adequate sleep time, which can also make their emotions more stable and their milk production will also be affected.

Family members should help more and let the mother rest after feeding, wash and change the baby's diapers, and try not to let the mother worry about it. Her body has recovered, and in the future Only then can you have the energy to take care of the baby, right? Maternal confinement in summer, "Four Don'ts"

1. Don't "cover" your clothes: Maternal clothes should be made of pure cotton or sweat-absorbent fabrics, and try to wear long clothes, long trousers, and thin socks. But don't be too "covering", increase or decrease according to your own situation to avoid heat stroke.

Tips: There is no need to be too "covering" in your baby's clothes. Babies have little activity and the body's skin has a weak function of regulating body temperature. Wearing too much clothes can easily lead to health risks.

2. The diet cannot be "single": The body consumes a lot of energy after giving birth, and the diet during confinement is particularly important for body recovery. The mother's diet should not be single, but should be as diverse as possible. For example, supplements of meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, milk, etc. are recommended.

Mothers who insist on breastfeeding after delivery do not need to blindly supplement in order to have more milk. Just ensure that the supply and demand of breast milk are balanced and enough for the baby.

3. Don’t be “stuffy” at home: In order to prevent pregnant women from catching cold, the elderly will close the doors and windows. However, when the temperature is high in summer, frequent ventilation is still required. If you are worried about the mother getting cold, you can ask her to go to another room first and then come back after the ventilation is good (try to prevent the mother from being exposed to convection wind).

4. Pregnant women cannot be "lazy": Confinement does not require completely staying in bed, but you should not be too tired.

You can get out of bed and walk around, do simple postpartum rehabilitation exercises, yoga, etc. to help your body recover faster. However, it is better not to do household chores such as bending down or lifting heavy objects to avoid uterine prolapse and affect the body's recovery.

In short, the expected date of delivery is in the summer, which is quite difficult for the mother. But now that technology has developed, the concept of parenting has also been updated iteratively. We don’t need to adhere to the “old ideas” of not taking a shower, brushing our teeth, getting out of bed, or blowing air. Necessary postpartum health care must be carried out scientifically so that the body can recover faster and the mother will not suffer and have a "cool confinement".

It is not easy for a woman to give birth, and if she encounters confinement in the summer, it will be even more "excruciating". Where does the pain of confinement in summer come from?

When I gave birth to my second child, it was June 28, 2015. In Shijiazhuang, when the weather was alternating from dry and hot to humid and muggy, my mother looked distressed: This time I was in confinement. But some can bear it.

The reason is simply because my mother has experienced the pain of confinement in the summer. My sister was born in the middle of the fifth lunar month, which was when the weather was very hot. According to my mother, she was not allowed to take a bath or wash her hair at that time. She wore long clothes and long trousers every day, and there was not even a fan in the house. She and my sister were both covered in prickly heat. They sweated a lot every day and wiped them with a wet towel at night, but their hair was soaked and dry again. The smell...my mother said she even disliked herself.

In the past, people really suffered during confinement. Because of the old thinking, they were afraid that mothers would catch cold during confinement and suffer from confinement syndrome, so they could not take a bath or wash their hair in the summer. This is for those who are prone to sweating after childbirth. For a new mother, it is really a huge test.

Because personal hygiene is not done well, it can easily lead to wound inflammation, prickly heat and a series of other problems. In addition, the hot weather affects people’s appetite and affects eating and sleeping. Therefore, people in the past Confinement in summer is really a kind of torture. Is confinement in summer really just a punishment?

It is precisely because of this idea that "you should not catch a cold after childbirth, otherwise you will easily suffer from confinement syndrome" that makes many people who have experienced it feel like they are alive again after having a full confinement period. Summer confinement is a pain that only those who have experienced it know. This inevitably makes many expectant mothers who are about to experience summer confinement worry: Summer confinement is painful, can I just endure it?

The answer is of course no. In fact, if you learn a few tricks, you can stay cool and comfortable during confinement in summer.

During summer confinement, you can take a shower or wash your hair

After childbirth, new mothers will go through a stage: sudden breakouts of sweating. In summer, I am afraid that there will be more sweating. If it is not cleaned in time, various skin diseases are likely to occur, which will affect the physical recovery of new mothers. So the question is, can I wash my hair and take a bath to clean myself during confinement in summer? sure.

Generally speaking, mothers who have had a normal delivery can take a bath and wash their hair the day after delivery if there are no physical abnormalities; mothers who have had a caesarean section can take a shower about a week after delivery as directed by the doctor. However, it should be noted that you must take a shower after giving birth. The bathing time should be controlled within 10 minutes. The water temperature should not be too low. Dry your body and hair as soon as possible after washing.

If the body does not allow it, the mother can use a warm wet towel to wipe off the sweat on her body to make herself more comfortable.

During summer confinement, the air conditioner can be turned on

During summer confinement, try not to blow cold wind, but this does not mean that the air conditioner cannot be turned on.

When the weather is hot, you can turn on the air conditioner, but be sure to block the wind at the air outlet. Never blow directly on the mother and newborn baby. Try to turn on the air conditioner at a temperature of 27 or 8 degrees Celsius, and don’t set it too low.

I was in confinement after giving birth to my second child. I turned on the air conditioner in the living room and the bedroom felt less hot. Otherwise, I would not be able to sit down during confinement on a hot day.

During confinement in summer, be sure to open windows for ventilation.

In the past, the older generation used to pay attention to covering up during confinement. Many people did not dare to open windows for a whole month, which would make the indoor air better. Not circulating is not conducive to maternal recovery.

When the weather is sunny and not too hot in summer, you can open the windows to ventilate and change the indoor air. If you are afraid that the mother will catch a cold, you can move to another room first and wait until the bedroom is ventilated before returning. Fresh air will also make the mother feel happier.

During summer confinement period, the diet should be light

Eating too greasy food during confinement period is actually not conducive to the recovery of the mother, and it can also easily cause breast milk to contain too much fat, which will cause the baby to digest it. bad. The weather is hot in summer. You can adjust your diet appropriately and increase the amount of vegetables. You can also eat some fruits, such as peaches, bananas, apples, etc. With a proper diet, the mother will have a better appetite and her body will recover more easily.

Don’t be afraid for new mothers who are in the midst of confinement in the summer. By following the above tips, you can be cool and comfortable even during the difficult summer confinement period.

I gave birth to Liuliu in my family at the end of July, the hottest time of the year in Hunan. Now every time I think about my confinement period, I feel aggrieved. I don’t know how I survived it. Looking back now, I feel that it was too bad for me at that time.

My confinement period was carried out according to the customs in my hometown. I couldn’t catch wind or cold, so I couldn’t use fans or air conditioners. It was so hot every day that my clothes got soaked. I always ate chicken and pork. I only ate fish once, and vegetables and fruits were never served on the table. I remember one time I wanted to eat apples, but the old man at home said I couldn’t eat them because my teeth would get sore after eating them. I have some suggestions on how to have a "cool confinement" in summer:

Hello everyone, I am Xiaosong, and I am honored to answer this question: The due date is in summer Suffering too much? What tricks can you learn so that mothers can have a "cool confinement"? My answer is that I don’t feel guilty at all during confinement in the summer, and it’s very comfortable, because both of my babies were born in the summer. I’d like to share with you my own experience of being comfortable during confinement in the summer:

First, you can turn on the air conditioner indoors and keep it at about 26 degrees. Open the windows and doors in the morning and evening to maintain air circulation. Maternal mothers need to wear pure cotton long-sleeved postpartum clothes, prepare several sets, change and wash frequently, and maintain hygiene;

Second, drink more water and eat lightly;

Third, take a proper bath and wash with mugwort leaves boiled in warm water;

Fourth, eat some seasonal warm fruits;

Fifth, summer is conducive to the motor development of the baby's limbs.

On the third day after labor was induced, I was given oxytocin from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The oxytocin was more effective than the oxytocin. There was no reaction at first. My stomach didn’t hurt but my stomach was tight. Then when I was eating at noon, there was suddenly some water flowing down my vagina. I thought my water had broken, but my stomach still didn't hurt. Then, a few hours after the injection, I felt a little sore. At night, I started walking around. As long as I walked, my stomach would be very tight and I would start to have bursts of pain. Then the doctor asked me to count the contractions. If they lasted for several minutes, they asked me to go to the labor room for examination, and then I walked outside for several hours. At night, I lay in bed and rested. I had contractions at first, but after resting, the pain was gone.

I didn’t know what to do on the fourth day after the caesarean section. My mother-in-law wanted me to have a natural birth but she didn’t want to have an operation. Then my husband said that she would have to wait in the hospital for a few days. Then the doctor said that she had been urged so many times and her head was numb. The chance of a semi-pelvic transversion was high, so the doctor said it was best to do a transfusion. Finally, my husband agreed. I cried all the time because I had never experienced fear. Because I had eaten something in the morning, the surgery was scheduled for noon, and I signed the contract in the morning. After doing the skin test, I washed my hair and took a shower and waited anxiously for the doctor's notification.

Then I sat and waited until the anesthesiologist came and asked me to sign at 11:30 and then went to the operating room. My legs were shaking at that time. Later, the doctor came and asked me if I wanted the placenta. I said yes, and then After signing the vaccine form for the baby, I went to the operating table. I took off my pants and inserted the urinary catheter (it was a bit uncomfortable). The left hand was used to measure the blood pressure and the right hand was injected. Then I bent sideways to inject anesthesia (it was quite painful). After the injection, I slowly lost feeling in my legs. Doctor I was covered with a green cloth and prepared for the operation. After a few minutes, I felt my belly being pressed and the baby came out when I pulled it. Then I heard the sound of amniotic fluid being sucked. After the suction was over, I started crying. The doctor said the baby was crying due to chronic hypoxia. The sound was very low, and he took a look at the package and carried it out. I was really cold at that time, and I was shaking all the time.

In the delivery room, my parents-in-law were so happy to see the baby that they couldn’t close their mouths. However, my mother-in-law was still very kind. She treated me like her own daughter and took care of everything during the confinement period. My mother-in-law made it, and I’m really grateful to her! In fact, the whole family is enjoying themselves happily. This feeling is very good and life is quite complete. Because I was afraid of not having enough milk, I ate very much during the confinement period. Although I gained a lot of weight, the baby was growing well and was completely fat. pieces!

After confinement, I had to go to the hospital for a series of gynecological examinations. When the doctor examined me, he asked me why my belly was still so big. Did I do abdominal tightening? I also had abdominal tightening, but I used a restraint belt, but it was too tight, airtight, and inconvenient for breastfeeding, so it was useless. The doctor smiled and said, what era are we in now? Who still uses restraint belts now? Everyone wears a corset now

Later, after being recommended by a doctor, I was dubious, so I tried it first. After wearing it for more than 20 days, I actually lost 13 pounds, which surprised me. Then I went for condoms again, switching between two sets. Wearing it, I couldn't bear to take it off even to sleep in the next three months. After three months, my belly was really gone. I lost more than 30 pounds in three to four months, which made me feel very confident when I went out. The mothers of the same age in the community were particularly envy me.

How to have a comfortable confinement period in summer

1. Use air conditioning appropriately. In order to prevent heatstroke, you can use air conditioning appropriately. In fact, the best way is to let the air in the room flow naturally, so that not only the temperature will naturally drop, but the new mother can also breathe fresh air. On the contrary, new mothers should not cover themselves too much during confinement and should pay attention to air circulation and heat dissipation. If you turn on the air conditioner, remember that the air conditioning wind cannot be directed at the new mother and baby. It’s true that you can’t blow dry directly!

2. Control temperature and humidity. There are also specific requirements for temperature and humidity. The temperature should be controlled at around 26-28 degrees. The temperature should not be too low, otherwise it may damage the mother's health; the humidity should be kept at 55%. about. New mothers should wear breathable and sweat-absorbent clothing. If they feel hot, they should replenish water in time. They can also add an appropriate amount of light salt water.

3. In terms of diet, during summer confinement, you should pay attention to a light diet, eat small meals frequently, drink plenty of warm boiled water, and avoid cold drinks. During confinement in summer, you need to eat more fresh fruits, vegetables and vegetable soups, such as apples, watermelons, tomatoes, red bean soup, etc.; try to eat less or not eat too greasy foods, such as fried foods. The most important thing is to maintain a healthy and happy mood during confinement and make yourself as comfortable as possible.

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