My friend Qiu Qiu is 38 weeks pregnant, and the due date is coming soon. The doctor said that she had good conditions for a natural birth and suggested that she try to have a natural birth. Qiu Qiu is worried that she will not be able to give birth smoothly because of her lack of physical strength during childbirth. Knowing that both my children were born naturally, she asked them what food they usually ate during childbirth, which was helpful for childbirth.

Experienced Ma Bao knows that childbirth is equivalent to a powerful physical labor. The whole labor process takes a long time and requires the most energy. In the process of delivery, expectant mothers must have enough energy supply and enough uterine contractility to deliver babies.

If the expectant mother does not eat properly during delivery, it will easily affect uterine contraction, slow down the progress of labor, and even cause dystocia. It may also cause acidosis due to physical exertion, leading to intrauterine distress of infants. Therefore, expectant mothers should strengthen nutrition during delivery and make full preparations for normal delivery.

Expectant mothers' digestive function is weakened during delivery, but their consumption is increasing. Coupled with the influence of contractions, they will lose their appetite. Therefore, they should eat less and eat more meals, and should take liquid or semi-liquid foods that are digestible, high in calories, low in fat and rich in carbohydrates from protein, such as porridge, noodles, milk and eggs, to enhance their physical strength, and pay attention to replenish enough water to prevent dehydration.

If the primiparous expectant mother does not have high-risk pregnancy factors, she can prepare foods that are easy to digest and absorb, have less residue and taste fresh, such as noodles and egg soup. Egg custard, black sesame paste and other foods should be eaten as much as possible during the intermission of uterine contraction.

Here are two recipes suitable for expectant mothers to eat during childbirth. Favorite expectant mothers can let their families try.

Chicken soup with fresh bamboo shoots

Ingredients: 250g chicken leg, bamboo shoots 150g, broccoli 100g, 5g ginger slices and a little salt.

Exercise:

1, boneless chicken leg, washed and cut into pieces; Peel, wash and slice bamboo shoots, and break broccoli into small pieces.

2. Put the chicken pieces into the pot, add water and ginger slices and cook for 30 minutes, then add bamboo shoots and broccoli, simmer for 20 minutes, and season with salt.

Sweet soup of red dates, lotus seeds and eggs

Ingredients: 5 red dates, 20g lotus seeds, eggs 1 piece, rock sugar 15g.

Exercise:

1. Wash red dates and lotus seeds and soak them in clear water for later use.

2. Put red dates, lotus seeds and enough water in the pot, boil and simmer for 40 minutes.

2, add rock sugar, after the rock sugar melts, beat the eggs, do not stir, simmer for about 5 minutes.