When can I drink chicken soup after giving birth?

As we all know, the mother's body is weak after giving birth. She needs to continue to add nutrition to quickly restore her physical strength and avoid leaving sequelae. After giving birth, various soups are used to replenish various nutrients. Chicken soup is the highlight. I believe every mother has drunk chicken soup. So when can you drink chicken soup after giving birth? Let's find out.

1. Many people believe that mothers can drink stewed chicken soup after giving birth. In fact, this idea is wrong. It is generally appropriate to drink chicken soup one week after giving birth. If you drink it too early, it may easily lead to less milk, no milk or milk withdrawal, which is not conducive to baby feeding.

2. Generally speaking, you can make stewed chicken soup for the mother one week after delivery. This is mainly because the mother is weak after delivery and her gastrointestinal function has not fully recovered. In addition, during the delivery process, the mother loses a lot of water in her body. On the first day after delivery, it is advisable to eat liquid food and drink more high-calorie drinks, such as brown sugar water, red date soup, lotus root powder, almond tea, etc. On the second day, you can eat some soft semi-liquid food, such as boiled eggs, tender egg custard, etc. Chicken soup should not be drunk too early.

3. In addition, some people believe that old hen soup has higher nutritional value and is beneficial for postpartum recovery, but it is not advisable to drink old hen soup too early after childbirth. Because after childbirth, the estrogen concentration in the mother's blood will drop significantly, and prolactin will play a role at this time to promote milk secretion. The older the hen, the higher the estrogen content. If you drink too much stewed hen soup too early, it will increase the estrogen in the blood, weaken or even eliminate the effect of prolactin, and affect milk secretion. One week after childbirth, you can choose to use roosters or chickens to stew soup.