What are the midwifery foods?
1, chocolate
Chocolate is a concentrated energy substance, with optimistic contents of fat and protein. During labor, the food that expectant mothers can eat is very limited. As an energy supplement, chocolate is undoubtedly a good choice. Chocolate can also increase pleasure and relieve tension, and is considered as a necessary midwifery food.
Expectant mothers are advised to prepare milk chocolate and dark chocolate as much as possible, because these two kinds of chocolates are not particularly sweet and greasy. In the process of labor and delivery, due to the influence of tension and physical discomfort, expectant mothers will have a relatively poor appetite and even feel sick. For expectant mothers who are too sweet, it may be relatively difficult to accept white chocolate.
The best time to eat chocolate is before the uterus is fully opened and ready to enter the delivery room. At this time, chocolate is supplemented to give the body a period of time to absorb energy. When it comes to the delivery bed, the energy of chocolate is absorbed by the body and begins to play a role.
2. Red Bull
The red bull drink contains taurine, which can participate in the metabolism of sugar in the body, improve the contractility of the heart and increase the output of blood. The lysine contained in it also has the functions of strengthening physique and reducing fatigue. Vitamin B6 and vitamin B 12 can promote energy metabolism and have a certain midwifery effect. Therefore, when expectant mothers feel tired during labor, they can supplement red bull drinks in moderation, but they must not drink a lot.
Red bull drink also contains a certain amount of caffeine, which can eliminate fatigue and excite nerves, help expectant mothers stay awake during the whole delivery process, and increase oxygen supply and blood flow rate, but it may lead to accelerated heart rate and aggravated postpartum fatigue. Therefore, expectant mothers with weak cardiac endurance, faster basal heart rate, or gestational hypertension or gestational diabetes are not suitable for drinking red bull drinks.
3. Sports drinks
Expectant mothers will sweat a lot during labor and delivery, and even think that the sweat of long-distance runners will make potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium and other minerals and vitamins lose through sweat. When the human body is in a state of water shortage and electrolyte imbalance, the metabolic burden of the body will increase. Therefore, in the process of labor and delivery, it is necessary to supplement sports drinks rich in electrolytes several times.
4. milk
Milk is rich in electrolytes, potassium, calcium, sodium and magnesium. Compared with sports drinks, milk contains more lactose, protein and fat, so it has better energy supply. However, many people in China are lactose intolerant. Within half an hour to three hours after drinking milk, there will be a series of gastrointestinal discomfort such as exhaust, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea. If the expectant mother has the problem of milk protein allergy or lactose intolerance, she must not drink milk during childbirth. If you are not used to drinking milk, you'd better not try it at this critical moment.
When pregnant mothers give birth, midwifery food is essential. With the help of food, childbirth can be smoother. So what midwifery foods are there? I have listed nine kinds of food. Get to know them better with me ~
5, brown sugar water
Pregnant moms who enter the labor stage often eat less, sleep poorly, and are hungry or semi-hungry, which changes the metabolism of the body. When entering the second stage of labor, pregnant mommy held her breath hard, resulting in serious energy consumption. The main component of brown sugar is sucrose, which can generate energy quickly when it enters the body, and brown sugar water can also replenish body fluids.
6. Lotus root starch
Lotus root starch contains a lot of starch, which will be converted into sugar and generate energy after entering the body, especially suitable for pregnant mothers with relatively long delivery process.
7.honey water
Honey is also one of the best foods in the third trimester and labor. Honey water can not only shorten the labor process, relieve pain and lubricate the birth canal, but also nourish and enhance the physical strength of expectant mothers.
8, eggs
The folk custom is to let the parturient eat white sugar (or brown sugar) or a bowl of shredded pork noodles and egg soup before labor, which are more suitable for the diet before labor. But eating too many eggs will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, and it will also cause "fasting", indigestion, abdominal distension, vomiting, and even more serious consequences. Therefore, it is enough for pregnant women to eat 1-2 eggs per meal.
9, slippery food.
When pregnant women enter the labor stage, they should adopt the method of inducing resuscitation and sliding tires in diet regulation, which has a positive effect on promoting labor process, shortening labor process and relieving labor pain. It is especially important for primipara, big carcass or intractable delivery. The food in this respect includes: winter sunflower leaves, amaranth, water spinach, purslane, milk, arrowhead, rabbit brain and so on.
Warm reminder: tonic food is not suitable for delivery. In some areas, pregnant mothers can eat longan boiled eggs according to traditional customs, and some can drink ginseng soup. These tonic things seem to supplement physical strength, but they are not suitable for childbirth. Because longan has a process of digestion and absorption in the stomach, it can't take effect immediately within half an hour, so it can't play a role in supplementing physical strength. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, longan can protect the fetus, inhibit uterine contraction and slow down the delivery process; Drinking ginseng chicken soup takes a long time to be digested and absorbed by the body, and it can't make pregnant mommy quickly increase her physical strength, so the effect is not ideal.
Dietary contraindications before delivery 1 month.
1, before labor 1 month, the pregnant mother's body became heavier and her activity decreased a lot. Therefore, it is necessary to properly limit the intake of high protein, fat and sugar, that is, to control calories and not to eat too many sweets and cakes, so as to avoid the fetus growing too big and causing obstacles or even dystocia during childbirth.
2, pay attention to a light diet, eat less salty food, the amount of salt in the daily diet should be controlled below 7 grams, and it is not advisable to drink a lot of water.
3. One month before delivery, you should choose foods with small size and high nutritional value, such as animal foods. Avoid eating foods with large volume and low nutritional value, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, to reduce the feeling of fullness in the stomach.