Ge Jing, deputy chief physician of the First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital

Because western medicine obstetrics and gynecology believes that it takes about 42 days from the delivery of placenta to the recovery or near-pregnancy of all organs (except breast), this period is called puerperal period, commonly known as "month". Traditional Chinese medicine generally thinks that it is one month. I don't think there is much difference between the two. It varies from person to person. If you feel that your body can recover after 3 days, you will be able to move normally. Confinement can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. In the process of confinement, it is actually a process of mother's physical recovery. Poor recovery will affect the maternal health. Prenatal pregnant women are responsible for the nutrition needed for the growth and development of the fetus, and a series of adaptive changes will occur in various systems of the mother. Uterine muscle cells are enlarged, proliferated and lengthened, and the burden on the heart is increased, so is the burden on the lungs. During pregnancy, the kidney is slightly enlarged, the ureter is thickened, the muscle tension is reduced, and the peristalsis is weakened. Others such as intestinal bone endocrine, skin, bone, joints, ligaments and so on will change accordingly. When the fetus is delivered after delivery, the maternal organs will gradually return to the prenatal state. The wounds of uterus, perineum and vagina will heal, the volume of uterus will shrink, the diaphragm will drop, the heart will recover, and the skin, joints and ligaments that have been pulled loose will return to normal. Therefore, after giving birth to a child, you really need to pay more attention to all aspects of your body.