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It's a myth. Even the TCM physicians would say to shower with warm water and drink plain warm water. Showering is especially important, to keep your wounds clean and free from infections. If you're worried, you can get those herbal bath packs. But just be careful, since some people are allergic to the herbs. And dry yourself thoroughly after showering. You need to drink a lot of fluids, especially if you breastfeed (around 3L). Apart from red date tea and soups, you will still need to drink water to fulfill that quota. Too much red date tea can be too heaty, not to mention that it will be a lot more calories. https://www.thomsontcm.sg/articles/top-3-confinement-myths/ https://www.euyansang.com.sg/en/beware-these-6-confinement-myths/eysfertility1.html
please drink a lot of water and stay hydrated ..as of me I didn't follow these rules...I drank warm , plain and sometimes even cold water. And hygiene is must even if you don't take a bath it's necessary to clean down there with warm water cause there will a lot of blood loss and you don't want your stitches to be infected. my gnae adviced me to clean down the area every time I use bathroom with cotton balls and betadine solution on it to prevent from infections..you can take a bath mommy ..I took it..I stayed at hopsital for 3 days and doc adviced me to take bath for hygiene.. it's all myths..if you have any doubt you can consult your gynae..of course they know about your body than anyone
yes if you believe just follow and there's a difference between my body and my friends who don't follow confinement rule. plain water I take only few mouth when I take my medication and vitamins. this is to prevent 水中 1st bath is 14 days using herbal pack cook into one big pot leave it to cool down and shower cannot add tap water to top up. this is to prevent your body 进风. after we give birth our pores or all open up it need time to shrink back. but everyday you can clean your body with rice wine and warm water. just have a fast wipe down.
Old wives tales. No your uterus will not get swollen or whatever the reason is. Pls do drink alot of water to hydrate yourself as you will feel thirsty & hungry after breastfeeding baby. And also because of our humid weather. I've given birth 4 times and I shower after birth. Back home, I shower twice a day, everyday for hygiene reason but with warm water only until my confinement ends. Also to clean my wound down there. Don't like the sticky feeling on my body and it is really disgusting not to have any shower.
I drank red date tea daily for a month, shower wise herbal bath alternate days and will use warm water to shower whenever i did not shower herbal bath. But i follow the rules by not showering hair for a month, i use confinement dry shampoo recommended by my confinement nanny.. You follow the rules strictly then you won't have any back aches or any other things happening to your body. I followed the rules strictly so now my body not aching plus do not touch cold water
I drank plain water everyday 😂 And I shower straight away after I gave birth to my first born in the hospital after my husband and my mil go off . HAHAHAHA ! I think hygiene & stay hydrated are more important . So far , I’m fine ~ nothing wrong. I did that during my 2nd born also . I just bath whenever I feel like . Maybe 2 day bath 1 time ? Since most of the time I’m in the aircon room
For your health sake please drink water whoever who says u cannot drink water must not be sane. u won’t be able to survive without water. 😳 and not showering for 14 days? 😳 really? Hygiene is very important! Doesn’t make any sense to me not drinking water and showering for 2 weeks, eeekkk
Big NO. Please bathe and drink plain water. Hygiene is very important as well as keeping hydrated. You can always drink red dates tea but never, ever let it replace plain water. You still need to drink plain water, lukewarm water
I drink warm plain water. I can't drink red dates tea everyday as it's too heart and caused me to nosebleed. even caused my lo to lose her voice. I also shower with herbs on alternate days. cannot don't shower la..too smelly
I don't follow those rules... simply because my body can handle it. I drink plain water during confinement but warm, to avoid blood clots. I also took shower, again warm water.