What can I eat one week after a cesarean section?

Although cesarean section can effectively solve the problem of difficult labor and the pain of childbirth, it will leave wounds, which will have a certain impact on the next pregnancy of the pregnant woman, and the wound can easily cause infection. Therefore, it is recommended that mothers who have cesarean section should understand the postpartum diet issues clearly, which is very good for the body's recovery, especially eating more crucian carp soup to promote wound recovery.

What to eat within one week after cesarean section

Day 1: a cup of radish water, a cup of boiled water, and rice porridge. The mother can eat only 6 hours after cesarean section when the intestines are discharged.

The next day: Breakfast: Make your own millet porridge, or you can boil eggs in boiling water, which is nutritious and tastes good. Lunch: Millet porridge or soft noodles. Noodle soup can be crucian carp soup or something like that. Dinner: white rice porridge (with a few lettuce leaves), radish soup, rice wine and eggs (add a little brown sugar to expel lochia, rice wine and eggs to increase milk production) and the Chinese medicine Rhizoma Lulutong (to clear the milk ducts).

Day 3: Breakfast: white rice porridge (mixed with some millet), a meat bun stuffed with some fermented glutinous rice (don’t eat the meat filling, it has the effect of promoting lactation). Lunch: White rice porridge (mixed with some millet). Dinner: white rice porridge (mixed with some red dates), stir-fried chicken greens, and good luck.

Day 4: Breakfast: black rice porridge (with wolfberry), a red bean paste bun. Lunch: Crucian carp soup (to increase lactation), add an egg. Dinner: Black fish soup (for wound recovery), stir-fried mushrooms with Chinese cabbage, red bean and white fungus soup

Day 5: Breakfast: white rice porridge and a red bean paste bun. Lunch: Crucian carp soup with vegetables and noodles. Dinner: black fish soup, stir-fried Chinese cabbage with black fungus, white rice porridge with a few red dates.

Day 6: Breakfast: white rice porridge, a red bean paste bun, and half a steamed bun. Lunch: white rice porridge, crucian carp soup. Dinner: 2 large bowls of crucian carp soup, stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and white rice porridge.

Day 7: Breakfast: a red bean paste bun, 2 eggs boiled in fermented rice wine, and smoothies. Lunch: black fish soup, crucian carp soup with steamed eggs. Dinner: 3 bowls of crucian carp soup, stir-fried cabbage, and white rice porridge.

Dietary principles for the first week after cesarean section

The main purpose is to remove lochia and promote wound healing. Gastrointestinal function will recover about 24 hours after cesarean section. After the gastrointestinal function is restored, liquid food is given for one day, such as egg soup and rice soup. Avoid bloating foods such as milk, soy milk, large amounts of sucrose, etc. After the intestinal gas is cleared, switch to semi-liquid food for 1-2 days, such as porridge, noodle soup, wontons, etc., and then switch to a normal diet.

At first, you can eat chicken soup, meat soup, fish soup and other soups for nourishment, but do not add wine (be sure to skim off the greasy fat on the soup). Pork liver helps to discharge lochia and replenish blood, and is the best solid food choice for women who have undergone cesarean section. Desserts can also help to eliminate lochia.

Mothers with poor uterine contractions can take avocado oil to help smooth muscle contraction and improve constipation. Fish and vitamin C help wound healing. Due to heavy blood loss, mothers should eat more iron-containing foods to replenish blood. Medicinal dietary supplements can include Chinese medicinal herbs such as astragalus, wolfberry, and red dates.

Four things not to do: 1. Do not eat eggs and milk within one week after the operation to avoid bloating. 2. Avoid greasy food. 3. Avoid eating dark-pigmented foods to prevent the scars from darkening. 4. Avoid irritating foods such as coffee, tea, chili pepper, and alcohol.