What to eat after cesarean section?

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Start with light, thin foods

After a cesarean section, your movement is often limited, partly due to fatigue, partly because of the pain of the stitches that have not yet healed when the anesthetic has worn off. This makes the function of the intestines worse, the stomach is also inhibited.

Eating a lot at this time will make digestion difficult, accumulate for a long time, lead to constipation and increase gas in the intestine, causing you to have bloating. So about 6 hours after leaving the operating room, you should start eating thin foods such as porridge, soup, soup.

One day after giving birth, when your body has enough conditions to absorb nutrients through daily meals, you can start eating normally again. Remember that eating well at this time not only helps to increase breast milk production in quantity and quality, but also accelerates the speed of postpartum recovery for the mother as well as quick wound healing.

Increase the quality of meals

According to the concept of folk, the birth mother, especially the caesarean section, must abstain from many things. Abstain from fat, abstain from water, abstain from seafood, abstain from slippery animals… However, modern science proves that this abstinence is unfounded. With modern medicine, postpartum women only need to abstain from some cold foods such as crabs, jute vegetables and should not eat fishy foods like fish and snails early because they will inhibit the condensation of blood, not food. Beneficial for blood clotting after surgery, speeding wound healing.
 
In addition, sticky rice (sticky rice), water spinach, egg whites... are also foods you should avoid after cesarean section because they increase the inflammatory pus-forming process, or cause keloid scars. such as: onions, garlic, chili, wine, beer, coffee, tobacco... and allergenic foods (depending on each person's location) should also be limited to avoid affecting health.

Instead, you should load up on nutrient-rich foods that help heal wounds and prevent anemia and iron deficiency such as pork, beef, chicken, swans, and shrimp. In particular, you should add shrimp in the menu. Shrimp has a lot of active ingredients that promote uterine contractions, effectively speeding up stagnant fluid. Ripe vegetables and fruits contain a lot of vitamin C to help increase resistance, and a lot of fiber to help prevent constipation.

Supplement dairy foods
 
After a cesarean section, your milk supply will arrive later than during a vaginal delivery. At this time, dairy-friendly dishes such as hog hog porridge, stewed goat's feet, lotus seeds... are top books. Hot milk is another ideal option. Dairy products such as yogurt, cheese... help strengthen the teeth and bones of mother and child; Drink a lot of water such as boiled water, broth... because water is an important ingredient to create abundant and abundant milk in your body. In addition, you also need to breastfeed regularly, which helps increase prolactin secretion to produce more milk.

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