I was thirsty after delivery, but the old man at home said I couldn't drink water for the next month. What should I do?

It is said that there are so many rules for the month, and what I hear is basically bad habits. Old people tend to blur the boundaries and interfere too much with our confinement and parenting.

If the old people say so, then you can ask them why they can't drink. I believe they can only tell you that everyone says that drinking water will affect recovery. Then I can't tell you why. Therefore, you can take this opportunity to tell them that whether they are pregnant or not, they should drink water when they are thirsty, which is a physiological need. Moreover, it is impossible to breastfeed and detoxify without drinking water.

It was said in ancient times that pregnant women could only drink some groundwater, such as well water, stream water and river water, because the conditions were not good at that time, which was easy to be attacked by bacteria, leading to postpartum complications.

So in modern times, many places still inherited the original practice, instead of drinking water directly, they used their own brewed rice wine to heat and evaporate alcohol. Alcohol has a certain disinfection effect, which is really conducive to the recovery of pregnant women.

First, most postpartum women will lose a lot of water due to increased urine volume and sweating. If they don't replenish water in time, it will cause electrolyte imbalance in the body and dehydration symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to replenish water.

Moreover, drinking water can also promote maternal milk secretion and gastrointestinal peristalsis and avoid constipation.

Don't drink raw water during the month, be sure to boil it and cool it into warm water before drinking. Or use soup instead of water, such as yam soup or fruit tea.