Diet taboos after medical abortion

Absolutely no alcohol, ice drinks, excessive spicy food, or blood-activating Chinese medicinal materials (such as saffron, large doses of angelica)； Seafood, dairy products, and high-sugar and high-fat foods will depend on your individual constitution. If you feel uncomfortable eating, stop eating. ； As for traditional taboos that have no medical basis, such as not touching cold fruits, not eating salt, and not touching green leafy vegetables, there is no need to cook them hard.

A while ago, I accompanied my best friend from Sichuan to go for a gynecological check-up. After her medical abortion, her grandma forced her to steam oranges until they were soft before she could eat them. After eating them for three days, she developed internal heat and constipation, and her lower abdomen hurt from squatting on the toilet. As a result, the outpatient doctor laughed at her for a long time, saying that she was messing around. She could just eat fruits at room temperature, but steaming them would eliminate the vitamins and she would not be able to replenish nutrients.

Believe it or not, there are many people who fall into this trap. I once met a little girl in a gynecology volunteer support group. On the third day after a medical abortion, she went out with her friends and drank half a cup of fruit beer. The lochia that was already almost cleansing increased immediately, and the flow continued intermittently for ten days before it stopped. Alcohol dilates blood vessels regardless of the alcohol content. The bleeding time of medical abortion is longer than that of artificial abortion. Most abortions take 7 to 14 days to clear up. Drinking alcohol is likely to prolong the bleeding time. In severe cases, it may even induce anemia. It is really not a mistake to be greedy. The same principle applies to drinking ice. This does not mean that you will suffer from "postpartum syndrome" if you drink it. It is because the progesterone has not dropped to normal levels after medical abortion, and the intestines and stomach are weaker than usual. The stimulation of ice can easily cause intestinal cramps, and the uterus may hurt when you have diarrhea. This kind of sin can be avoided completely. There are also many people who feel that they need to take a lot of supplements after surgery, so they cook angelica and astragalus soup and eat donkey-hide gelatin cakes as soon as they get home. Oh, and some people drink brown sugar water endlessly. These large doses of blood-activating ingredients will only aggravate bleeding and slow down the pace of uterine recovery. The girl before drank donkey-hide gelatin for a week, and the lochia was not cleared for 20 days. During the review, she almost had to have her uterus cleared because of the residue.

As for whether many people are confused about whether they can eat spicy food, Western medicine and Chinese medicine have different opinions: Western medicine believes that as long as you eat spicy food regularly and don’t have stomach pain or diarrhea after eating it, there is no need to eat spicy food.； Traditional Chinese medicine generally recommends that you avoid spicy, warm, and hot foods in the week before surgery to avoid aggravating internal heat and constipation. In fact, it all depends on your own eating habits. My best friend from Sichuan ate mildly spicy tomato and egg noodles on the third day after the operation. Nothing happened, and she recovered faster than someone who drank plain porridge every day. The same is true for seafood. As long as you are not allergic to shrimps and crabs, eating high-quality protein cooked at room temperature will help repair the endometrium. If you are allergic, or you eat drunk shrimps and ice crabs just taken out of the refrigerator, you must avoid them. There are also people who are lactose intolerant. Drinking milk usually causes diarrhea. Don’t force yourself to drink high-calcium milk to replenish nutrients after surgery. Drinking warm soy milk will make you more comfortable.

There are also many rules passed down by the elders, such as not touching cold fruits, not exposed to the wind, and not eating green leafy vegetables. There is really no need to stick to them. As long as the fruit is at room temperature and does not cause stomach cold or diarrhea, just eat it normally. The VC in oranges and kiwis can also help improve immunity, which is much more effective than taking a bunch of messy supplements. If your spleen and stomach are really weak, just soak it in warm water for two minutes. There is no need to steam it until it becomes pulpy.

In fact, to put it bluntly, there are not that many rules that you need to adhere to in your diet after medical abortion. Except for those things that will definitely aggravate bleeding and irritate the stomach, don’t touch them. The rest just follow your body’s reaction. You can eat it if you feel comfortable and don’t have any abnormal reactions. If you always eat tasteless white porridge and vegetables, you will not be able to keep up with your nutrition and your recovery will be slower. If you are really not sure, just ask the doctor casually when you go for a review next time. Don't worry about it.