Causes of irregular menstruation after childbirth

Many female friends find that their menstruation is always irregular and intermittent after giving birth. So what is the cause of this? Next we are going to introduce that when hairtail has just come, menstruation will inevitably cause irregular menstruation and menstrual disorders. So how to deal with it?

First case:

Since the first menstruation after childbirth is usually an anovulatory cycle or is caused by dysfunctional corpus luteum induction, and the ovaries are still not very sensitive to the stimulation of gonadal hormones at this time, various abnormal phenomena are common, such as the continuous dripping of postpartum lochia, occasional irregular and repeated small amounts of bleeding, or bleeding similar to menstruation during the confinement period.

If you are sure that you have not taken any food or medication that may inhibit uterine contractions, and that the examination before discharge from the hospital after delivery did not reveal any conditions that may cause postpartum bleeding, you can ask your doctor during the postpartum follow-up visit. If you experience frequent or heavy bleeding during and after the confinement period, it is recommended that you seek medical attention immediately and receive diagnosis and treatment from an obstetrician and gynecologist.

Second case:

Postpartum amenorrhea is mainly seen in Han's syndrome caused by long-term breastfeeding, postpartum hemorrhage and infection; in addition, excessive prolactin in the body can also inhibit ovulation and cause amenorrhea.

Before delivery, although the concentration of prolactin in the pregnant woman's body is high, it cannot exert its effect due to the influence of estrogen. After the placenta is delivered, the effects of prolactin are enhanced due to the sudden drop in estrogen levels in the body. Generally speaking, prolactin levels will not return to pre-pregnancy levels until two weeks after delivery. However, in the body of a breastfeeding mother, prolactin not only remains at a higher level than before pregnancy, but also increases in response to the baby's sucking. The low estrogen level of lactational amenorrhea can even last for 180 days. Therefore, as long as breastfeeding occurs, the new mother's menstruation should not come too early. Of course, there are huge differences between different people. In addition, some mothers suffer from endometrial atrophic amenorrhea due to prolonged breastfeeding.

Another major cause of amenorrhea occurs in women with postpartum hemorrhage with shock, severe postpartum infection, or disseminated intravascular coagulation. These symptoms can lead to amenorrhea, the so-called Han syndrome. This disease can also affect the secretory function of the thyroid gland, causing symptoms such as weight loss, indigestion, chills, fatigue, atrophy of sexual organs, low basal metabolism and hair loss, which require diagnosis and treatment by a doctor.

Even if you don't have menstruation, you still need to use contraception

New mothers in the postpartum period can get pregnant even if they do not have their period. Because whether or not a woman can get pregnant depends on whether or not she ovulates. The resumption of ovulation is not necessarily synchronized with the resumption of menstruation, especially in the first few cycles after the resumption of menstruation, which are often menstrual cycles without ovulation. However, many people begin to ovulate before the resumption of menstruation, especially women who are not breastfeeding, whose ovulation often resumes earlier. Therefore, if a mother has sexual intercourse during breastfeeding, she may become pregnant at any time because ovulation has resumed. According to statistics, half of women who conceive during breastfeeding conceive before the return of their menstruation. Therefore, as soon as you start having sexual intercourse after childbirth, you should take contraceptive measures.

In the above article, we learned about irregular menstruation after childbirth. The first thing we should consider about this phenomenon is to adjust our diet and make sure to eat warm foods and use Chinese medicine in combination with treatment. I believe it will have a certain effect.