The most accurate translation, keeping the nuance of the question, is: **When can mothers return to a normal diet after childbirth?**

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After giving birth, mothers often have to abstain from many things, from daily habits to diet, everything must be carefully controlled for quick health recovery. So, how long after giving birth can mothers eat normally, without needing to abstain? This question will be answered in the following article, let’s take a look!

Why can’t postpartum mothers eat a normal diet yet?

Throughout pregnancy, mothers have to abstain from many types of food to ensure the safety of their own health and that of the fetus. Besides, morning sickness also makes pregnant women unable to eat well. Therefore, many pregnant women think that they can eat normally without abstaining after giving birth.

However, postpartum mothers still need to maintain a diet that restricts certain foods and cannot fully eat normally. This is explained by specialist doctors as follows:

During childbirth, the mother has to endure up to 57 units of pain, which is likened to breaking 20 ribs at the same time and suffering many other injuries, especially for mothers who have had a cesarean section. Therefore, after giving birth, the mother’s body is still very weak and needs time to recover. If the diet is not reasonable, it will hinder the body’s recovery process.

Besides, newborns receive their main nutrition from breast milk, and the quality of breast milk depends on the mother’s diet. Therefore, everything the mother eats will affect the baby’s health. A newborn’s body is still immature, and their digestive system is not yet complete, so the mother still needs to abstain from certain things so as not to affect the baby.

How long after giving birth can mothers eat normally?

After giving birth, women can return to their normal diet around week 8, as long as their health is good and the recovery process is quick. During this period, creating a reasonable eating schedule is important for women. For those who have had a C-section, the time to return to a normal diet can be longer.

How long after giving birth can you eat normally

A reasonable diet for postpartum mothers

Vaginal and cesarean deliveries have different recovery processes, so for each type of birth, mothers need to have a separate diet to suit their physical condition, specifically as follows:

For mothers who have a vaginal delivery

Mothers who have a vaginal delivery will have a faster recovery time and a more comfortable diet. Mothers can refer to the diet at the following stages:

• 1-3 days postpartum

At this time, the mother’s body is still very weak, lochia continues to be discharged, the mother can eat normally, but should eat soft, easily digestible foods, and the food needs to be heated. Choose foods that are blood-enriching, rich in iron, and supplement with lots of green vegetables and fruits for good digestion.

• 3 weeks – 3 months postpartum

After 3 weeks postpartum, the wound in the mother’s perineum has also begun to heal, and the body is gradually recovering. However, it is still necessary to abstain from certain foods such as mustard greens, buffalo meat, snails, clams, etc., as they can cause a cold stomach.

• 3 months postpartum until the baby is weaned

3 months postpartum is the time when the mother’s body has fully recovered, so she can eat normally. However, if the mother is still breastfeeding, she still needs to consider the nutritional value for the quality of the baby’s milk; if the food is not very nutritious, she should not eat too much.

For mothers who have a cesarean section

The diet of a mother who has a cesarean section will be slightly different from that of a mother who has a vaginal delivery because during a C-section, the mother needs to use anesthetics, anesthetics, and painkillers. The specific diet is as follows:

• 6 hours after C-section

Do not let the mother eat or drink anything for 6 hours after birth because the anesthetic has not yet worn off, and intestinal motility cannot function normally.

• 6 hours – 2 days after C-section

After the first 6 hours and within 2 days after a C-section, the mother should only eat soft, easily digestible foods such as soups and limit oily foods and foods that are too high in nutrients.

• 1 week postpartum

After 1 week postpartum, the mother’s digestive system has begun to recover, and she can eat normally. However, because the incision is still not completely healed, the mother needs to avoid foods that can affect the skin healing process after a C-section, such as sticky rice, water spinach, eggs, etc.

Hopefully, this article has helped mothers answer the question of how long after giving birth they can eat normally. The postpartum diet is very important to help the mother’s body recover quickly, so mothers should pay attention to supplementing enough nutrients for themselves!

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