Lohia are the discharge from the uterus that accompany each woman who has given birth for the next 3-6 weeks. Lochia after childbirth is a mixture of blood and mucus, which are separated from the wound in the uterus, formed after the departure of the child's place.
Duration of lousy
Each woman has postnatal plaits lasting for a different amount of time. So, in one woman in childbirth they can last 2-3 weeks, while in another woman it can last up to 2 months. Therefore, it is difficult to give an unambiguous answer to the question of how many lochiaes go after giving birth. It is much more important to pay attention not to how long lochia lasts, but how they proceed.
Normally, in the first 3-5 days, they should have a bloody color and be abundant enough. Sometimes in lochia there are clots. Further, from the sixth to about the tenth day, they acquire a brownish hue, while remaining quite abundant. Their number begins to decrease, beginning about the eleventh day. Their color changes to yellowish. This stage lasts until about the sixteenth day, after which the lochia acquire a whitish shade and become scarce. In the third week the consistency of lousy changes to mucous membranes, remaining as long as 6-8 weeks, when the plague ends.
Lochia after birth has a specific odor. Normally, the smell is dull, which is explained by their composition - they contain a lot of microbes that form a kind of microbial flora.
Lochia after cesarean section
Cesarean section itself is not a natural way of delivery. Therefore, the mother's organism reacts somewhat differently to the changes occurring in it. So, after cesarean section the uterus shrinks worse. Therefore, the lochia in women who have undergone the operation, last longer.
To speed up the outflow of lochi, it is necessary to regularly empty the bladder and intestines, that is, to visit the toilet at the first desires. For proper contraction of the uterus and the allocation of lochia, it is necessary to maintain breastfeeding. During the application of the baby to the breast, the uterus reflexively reflexes and pushes out the lochia, which, as a consequence, begins to stand out.
Complications associated with postpartum lochia
You should definitely consult a doctor in a number of cases:
- if lochia permeate a lot of gaskets during a day or more than one gasket per hour;
- if postnatal plagiosis retain their bright red color and abundance at the end of the first week after childbirth;
- if the lochia contain large blood clots;
- if the lochia have a distinctly unpleasant odor;
- if the lochia abruptly ceases or a delay in lobia is observed (which may indicate bending or blockage of the cervix);
- if there is an increase in temperature and pain in the lower abdomen.
Also, pay special attention to if there is pus, foam, a lot of mucus in the secretions, and the secretions themselves have a muddy shade. Such lochia say that the baby girl did not fully have a baby seat. The remaining pieces in the uterus cause inflammation in the mucous membrane, which is very dangerous and requires immediate intervention by a gynecologist. If you do not consult a specialist on time, the threat of a large loss of blood, the development of anemia or severe consequences of inflammation arises and increases.
What you need to know about lochia:
- After giving birth, a woman needs special hygiene: it is necessary to wash out after each trip to the toilet, using soap for intimate hygiene, change the gasket at least once every 4 hours.
- In no case can not use tampons, since with them it is possible to deposit random bacteria into the uterus, which together with a bleeding wound becomes a serious problem. In addition, tampons interfere with the normal outflow of lochia.
- To begin a sexual life it is necessary not earlier, than postnatal lochias completely will stop.
- It is undesirable to take hot baths during Loch.