Endless lochia after childbirth not only is not conducive to the recovery of the mother’s uterus after childbirth, but also may cause sepsis and hemorrhagic shock caused by infection. This shows that mothers must pay attention to the discharge of lochia during the postpartum recovery period, especially to know how long the postpartum lochia is discharged.
Postpartum lochia refers to the shedding of uterine decidua after the baby is born, and the tissues containing blood and necrotic decidua are discharged through the vagina. Mothers have normal physiological changes after delivery. Lochia has a bloody smell, but it has no smell. Its color and secretions change with time. Normally, postpartum lochia will be discharged after 21 days, and it will take 6 weeks for longer.
If mothers still have dirty discharge of postpartum lochia more than 6 weeks after giving birth, and the amount has not decreased, then it is obviously a problem of postpartum lochia. Most of the reasons are due to the mother’s physical weakness. The mother with qi deficiency had insufficient blood qi before childbirth, and he lost too much blood during childbirth, and did not take good care of it after childbirth. As a result, the spleen and qi were injured by exertion, blood stasis appeared and the lochia continued. At this time, you need to seek treatment from a doctor in time, just in case.
There is also a very important point. After the lochia is drained, postpartum repair problems should be carried out as soon as possible, especially the exercise of the pelvic floor muscles. Usually, remember to follow the mobile phone G application to perform pelvic floor muscle exercises three times a day , Improve the sequelae that appear after delivery.
It is convenient for mothers to better judge whether they have postpartum lochia problems. You can observe your health through the color of postpartum lochia:
1, bloody lochia
Bloody lochia is red or dark red in color, and small blood clots will be accompanied by a large amount of time, usually lasting for 3-4 days. The amount of lochia during normal periods is equivalent to the usual menstrual volume, with a slight fishy smell, but no smell.
2, serous lochia
serous lochia is light red in color and contains a small amount of blood, but there are more uterine exudates and cervical mucus, which usually lasts about 5-10 days. As bacteria multiply during the period, the bloody smell will be more intense.
3, white lochia
white lochia is the last stage, the color is white, viscous, slightly like vaginal discharge, usually lasts for 3 weeks, especially during this period the amount of lochia depends on the mother Depending on their physical fitness, especially mothers with anemia, lochia will last longer and the body will recover more slowly.
To prevent endless lochia after delivery, mothers can drink some brown sugar water for 7 to 10 days. In addition, it is best to continue breastfeeding during lactation, which is also beneficial to the discharge of postpartum lochia!
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