Kinds of Food One Should Eat Immediately After Labour

Being a mom comes with many changes in lifestyle, body size, feeding habits, and behavior. It comes with abandoning some of your former engagements before becoming a mom and facing your new full-time job of being a mom squarely.

All you could always think of through the pregnancy period was how to give birth to your child already and return to your fitness diet or exercise routine, continue with your skin tone routine. But pause a little.

Most of these dreams do not become 100% reality because you would be so preoccupied with the “mom duties” that until you have successfully passed the phase or stage and stress of being a new mom, only then would you remember that you once had a diet plan you were following and an exercise routine that you were following.

In addition to this, medically, is it advisable to take a break from some “pre-mom” kinds of foods, lifestyle, and diet, as upon being a mom, your diet and lifestyle routine and plans change automatically. This is as a result of your new responsibility, as well as helping your body speed up your healing process.

In other words, this means you cannot eat your chilled and frozen snacks or foods, you cannot take those sugary beverages, you cannot drink that champagne or take those skin tone drugs. You have to focus on meals that would return your body to normal right after labor.

Following this, what do you think your “mom” foods will look like? Disgusting and boring? Well, no. There are amazing and delicious foods that you can eat post-labor that would not only help your body return to its normal state through constant consumption but also give you a satisfying and fulfilling taste. This article elaborates on these foods and what makes them the best choice for you as a new mom.

To begin with, all your imaginary post mom foods like sushi, beef, egg yolk, and so on would at some point become aversions for you, as you would feel so different and sometimes feel sick after labor. First, you might spend the first 24 hours not eating anything solid, sometimes you might even feel nauseated and throw up for a couple of hours, then the post-birth hemorrhaging and blood loss set in. In fact, with all of these conditions put in place, thoughts of eating your pepperoni dishes with champagne and scorched eggs might just give you the heaves.

However, despite these post-birth feelings and conditions, a mom must still eat, but not her favorite dishes this time, because the process of labor truly lives up to its name. Though labor stress varies in different women. For some women, it is a multi-marathon, while for some other women, it is a mere sprint. Nevertheless, it is exhausting, and research has shown that it burns up to 100 calories per hour. Just imagine!

This is why what you should eat after labor is carefully selected in order to help you replenish some of your lost energy during the labor and prepare you for the next stage of “momming.” This stage involves sleepless nights, breastfeeding, taking care of a newly born child, and many more.

Thus, the following is a list of foods that have been carefully and professionally selected by dieticians. These foods will help you eat right, right after labor, before you are able to return to your previous sumptuous “pre-mom” meals. These post-labor meals are both delicious and satisfying. Give it time, you will enjoy it.

Chicken Soup

It is a common thing among women, both at their pre-delivery and post-delivery stage, to sweat beyond normal. This is because the body is experiencing some hormonal fluctuations, and it would require a “fluidy” meal to help your body replace all the lost fluids before, during, and after delivery.

Also, soups, especially chicken soup, would help a lot if you are planning to breastfeed. According to research, breastfeeding mothers need 1 liter more of fluid than non-breastfeeding women.

Drink plenty of healthy fluids like water or chicken soups. The broth after preparing chicken is perfect enough to help you increase the fluid in your body and is salty enough to replenish reduced electrolytes.

Salted Crackers

If you happen not to like warm foods, as warm foods are recommended for women who just had their babies, you can try out salted crackers. This is because salted crackers supply the body with the same carbs and electrolyte replenishment that would help you get back your energy.

Asides from this, crackers can also be perfect remedies for pre-birth and post-birth nausea.

Dates

According to research, consuming dates right after delivery or adding dates to your post-delivery diet will help reduce cases of blood loss and hemorrhaging compared to when you are given oxytocin.

It is amazing and sounds fulfilling to have a natural candy as part of the foods that can help you with your post-delivery recovery.

They are also packed with simple sugars that give your energy levels a quick boost. Also, while breastfeeding, you need to consume enough carbohydrates and calories to help you meet the energy requirements of breastfeeding, as without these, the more your new baby feeds, the more your energy slips away. Thus, there is a need to consume healthy post-birth energy-giving foods, and dates are a good choice of energy foods complement.

Fruity Oatmeal

Hemorrhoids are inevitable after delivery. Another most common feeling most moms have reported after labor is constipation. Constipation arises from the fluctuations of hormones, or more specifically, pregnancy hormones. Seldom, it can also be caused by some post-delivery medications such as certain kinds of pain relievers and iron supplements. Also, for you who just have a cesarean section, it might take up to one week before you are able to get relief. This is because the bowels, after surgery, tend to slow down their activities as a result of the surgery.

To help you when you experience such conditions, try consuming post-delivery foods that are rich in fiber, as they can help ease your bowel and reduce constipation. One of the best choices of high-fiber foods you can ever make for your postpartum self is oatmeal. It is a perfect food that will help replenish the tired glycogen stores and encourage pooping through its pooping-promoting fiber content. In order to enjoy it better and increase the nutritional content and profile of your oatmeal, try adding fruits as toppings for it.

Another benefit of oatmeal is, it boosts galactagogue, a substance that boosts the supply of breast milk. Although this claim has not been proven to be factual by research, the calorie, iron, and carbs combination in oatmeal can also help promote milk production.

Beef Jerky

Blood loss after delivery is something no woman who is just put to bed can escape. This is a normal process of the body getting rid of the pregnancy blood. While this happens, a lot has to be done to top up the already-reducing blood to prevent anemia. Some women bleed through days and even weeks. Thus, conditions like anemia and iron deficiency become common and can tamper with the supply of breast milk for the infant.

Beef jerky is a good food source for iron. This is because, according to research, jerky contains over 2 milligrams of iron per serving. It also contains sodium that can help in the restoration of electrolyte balance in the body. Coupled with this, it is one of the best food choices to get your protein fix.

Eggs

Eggs are healthy foods that have high nutritional profiles. They are great sources of protein that reduce the soreness of contracted muscles. In addition, a well-fortified egg does not only supply you with protein that fixes your sore muscles, but it also supplies you with sufficient omega 3 fats.

Apples

Apples help reduce the viability of salivary bacteria, which is similar to the way you brush your teeth. Note that this is not an alternative for brushing your teeth.  It also contains fiber that can help ease your bowels from irregular bowel movements and constipation.

In conclusion, postpartum foods are as enticing as pre-pregnancy and pregnancy foods. Do not jump into eating your normal foods again immediately after labor. It is important to eat only post-delivery foods to help your body heal and prepare your body for breastfeeding.