September 3, 2019
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【坐月調護】非常瞭解產後媽媽的悲喜交集複雜心情
#傳統智慧也要與時並進
#梳洗得宜心情也會好起來
#星期二正能量
坐月宜忌你要知！
有人篤信坐月要調補，甚至信奉每天一隻雞、十二天不洗頭、坐月期間不碰「生水」、不拿重物不操勞等的產婦，但實情是，當經歷過第一甚至第二、三、四胎的媽媽，除了要兼顧新生兒的日常如哺乳、沖奶、掃風、換尿片、洗衫、換衫等，其實身邊還有很多個精力旺盛的「迷你人」需要你的照料。所以「充分休息」、「新生兒睡的時候產婦要爭取一齊補眠」、「不操勞」等說法實在難以遵從！但不代表要完全放棄坐月，彈性參考以下坐月小貼士也可貫徹坐月的傳統智慧呀！
1／薑水洗頭沐浴
產婦應適量溫補，產後十多天應感覺異常勞累，手臂痠軟，睡眠不足等，如感覺有輕微頭痛或周身骨痛，也可快浸一個薑浴，為身體驅寒保暖、祛風袪濕，放鬆一下肌肉。最後將頭也泡進水裡一下，立即會感到由頭到腳暖笠笠起來，頭痛也消除！現代科技發達，浸浴可以用上暖氣、浴室寶或風筒！如怕浸浴會刺激傷口，淋浴可選用有薑成分的肥皂、沐浴露、洗髮精，最後再以一盤濃縮薑水從頭倒下，做一個完美的暖笠笠結束，隨後不要打開浴室門，馬上吹乾頭髮，以免寒濕滯留頭皮而著涼。
濃縮薑水煮法：
材料：薑1塊
做法：薑洗淨，連皮切薄片。鍋內加入約1000毫升水，煮30分鐘即可。
2／不宜減肥
產後請不要馬上減肥，更不應進行屬性寒涼的juice detox，以免寒凝血滯出現各種痛症或影響惡露的排淨、或引寒氣入內而致風寒感冒！先投入照顧新生兒並給時間身體慢慢康復 。建議產後至少六個月後才開始減肥，適量進食健脾補氣袪濕的食材調理，配合運動及飲食健康瘦身。
3／不宜過量進食
坐月古法提倡產婦「每日吃一隻雞」確保充足營養，但現今社會產婦在家中都被視為珠寶，營養過盛，營養多不成問題。只要適量喝米水、炒米水、湯水等，便有助上奶和復原。
4／ 暖敷乳房紓緩脹痛
對於哺乳媽媽來說，坐月頭號不適，一定是哺乳帶來的痛。哺乳前可洗澡，洗澡期間於乳房搽上無添加的植物油如甜杏仁油，稍稍順着奶腺輕揉、按摩至乳頭，未能淋浴則可暖敷。之後才哺乳，讓新生兒協助紓緩哺乳面臨的脹痛與不適。
Confinement dos and don’ts
Some of you may strongly believe in the need to nourish your body during confinement month, and even believe in eating chicken daily, not washing hair for 12 days, not touching “raw water” during the confinement month, not carrying heavy things, and not working. The truth is, after having a first, second, third or fourth child, experienced moms know that caring for newborns include breastfeeding, milking, burping, changing diapers, washing shirts, changing shirts. In addition the little ones can be quite energetic. Therefore, “full rest”, “when a new-born sleeps, the mother has to sleep at the same time” and “do not work” are hard to achieve! But it does not mean that you have to give up the confinement month completely. You can also use the following tips to implement the traditional wisdom of confinement month!
1/ Use ginger water to bathe and wash hair
After delivery, mothers should have appropriate replenishing dishes. They have symptoms such as fatigue, sore arms and lack of sleep about 2 weeks after giving birth. If you have a mild headache or bone ache, you can also have a quick ginger bath to dispel cold and keep warm, dispel wind and dampness and relax your muscles, and soak your head into water slightly. You may feel warm from head to toe, and the headache disappears! With modern technology, you can use the heater while bathing, use the thermo ventilator or hair dryer for assistance! If you are afraid that the bath will stimulate the wound, you can use soap, shower gel and shampoo with ginger ingredients. Then pour the concentrated ginger water down from the head and finish your bath warmly. Do not open the bathroom door immediately. First dry your hair, so as not to let the cold and dampness invade in the scalp and catching a cold.
Concentrated ginger water:
Ingredient: 1 ginger
Preparation: Rinse the ginger, cut it into slices with skin. Add ginger slices and about 1000 ml of water in a pot and cook for 30 minutes.
2/ You should not diet
Please do not start dieting immediately after child birth, especially do not do juice detox that is cold in nature as that can lead to pain symptoms caused by cold stagnation and blood stasis, affect the clearance of lochia, or cold wind flu caused by invasion of cold. First take care of the new-born and give the body time to recove. It is recommended that you start to diet at least six months after child birth, and have appropriate amounts of ingredients that can strengthen spleen, replenish qi and dispel dampness to nourish body, and exercise and have a healthy diet to lose weight.
3/ You should not eat too much
The ancient practice of the confinement month advocates that mother should eat a chicken every day to ensure enough nutrition. But nowadays, mothers are regarded as jewels at home, and the nutrition is too much and not an issue. As long as you drink appropriate amounts of rice water, fried rice water and soup, it will help you to increase breast milk supply and recover.
4/ Warming the breast to relieve pain
For breastfeeding mothers, the biggest discomfort is definitely the pain caused by breastfeeding. You can take a bath before breastfeeding. When you are bathing, apply vegetable oil without additives such as sweet almond oil. You can massage along the breast line and to the nipple. If you are not allowed to have a shower, you may warm you breast then breastfeed, let your new-born help to relieve the pain and discomfort of breastfeeding.
