Drinking water after cesarean section
True or false
drinking water after caesarean
Is it a common misconception that drinking water after caesarean section leads to sagging abdomen or harms the mother’s health?
Drinking Water is not prohibited after C-section
However, drinking water or any fluids is delayed right after CS because you are expected to lie down flat on the bed at least eight hours after the operation to avoid post anesthesia side effect of a spinal headache.
With this, since you are in supine and you just got an operation, your bowels are not yet fully functioning.
If you drink water lying down, you might aspirate it towards your lungs and you will have a difficulty of breathing. If you take it within eight hours and you raise your head to drink it, you may experience a spinal headache plus you will experience vomiting and possibly abdominal pain because your intestines are not yet ready to take it in.
You may try to sip out water with wet cotton just so to wet your lips and quench a little desire to drink.
Benefits of water after cesarean section
There are many myths about drinking water after a cesarean section, as some women fear drinking water after giving birth so that the mother does not get puerperal fever, and so that the first period after childbirth goes well. Therefore, women often wonder about this matter, even though it is devoid of truth.
Water after cesarean section is as follows:
There are many myths about drinking water after a cesarean section, as some women are afraid of doing so after giving birth so that the mother does not get puerperal fever, and so that the first period of postpartum will pass well. Therefore, women often ask about this matter even though it is devoid of truth.
Water after cesarean section is as follows:
1 – Drinking water contributes to enhancing and regulating bowel movement and fighting constipation.
2 – It helps after a cesarean section to hydrate the body and protect it from dehydration.
3 – After a cesarean section, the mother achieves a rapid recovery.
4 – It speeds up metabolism and increases the burning rate, and therefore weight decreases.
5- It makes the mother active and energetic
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