Notes on Diet during Postpartum Recovery: Women consume great physical strength and nutrient during labor and delivery, therefore they should pay more attention to the diet during postpartum recovery. Experts of dalian Baijia Maternity Hospital note that women should get supplements in a scientific way with light and protein-rich food and avoid excessive nutrition. So what are the notes on the diet during postpartum recovery? Please read the following introduction from our experts.

　　Notes on Diet during Postpartum Recovery:

　　1. Light food: it is the best for the new moms to eat light food and fewer deserts, and avoid spicy, stimulating, salty and greasy food.

　　2. Avoidance of excessive nutrition: new moms should avoid taking in excessive nutrition. Light tonic herb such as s birds’ nest, wolfberry, longan, codonopsis pilosula would be good. But strong tonic herb like ginseng, colla corii asini will probably lead to postpartum hemorrhage.

　　3. More intake of protein-rich food: new moms should eat more protein-rich food such as chicken, fish, lean meat, animal liver or beans etc.

　　4. Diversified food: new moms need to pay attention on the proportion of vegetables and meat, whole grain and refined grain. To prevent postpartum constipation, it is better to eat more vegetables and fruits everyday instead of fish and meat.

　　5. More frequent but smaller meals: new moms need to supplement more nutrition for breastfeeding. More frequent but smaller meals can guarantee the necessary nutrition without putting too much burden on the stomach and intestine.

　　Warm tips: Adhering to the leading concept of maternal and infant care, the Postpartum Care Center of dalian Baijia Maternity Hospital has a service team consists of health consultants from home and abroad, postpartum recovery consultants, psychological consultants, women and infant care nurses, nutritionist, body-shaping consultants, beauticians and maternity matrons to provide you individualized and special services. Please call0411-81822089 for any questions.