Does the vagina change after giving birth?

Women attach great importance to their vaginal health, because the vagina is an extremely important organ in women's lives, especially playing an extremely important role in the sexual life of men and women. The vagina will also change with changes in reproductive conditions. For example, many people think that the vagina is different after giving birth. Let's take a look at whether the vagina has changed after giving birth.

General artificial abortion will not change the shape of the cervical opening. Only normal delivery can change the shape of the cervical opening. There are also some congenital cervical abnormalities.

For mothers who give birth naturally, the vagina will expand to 10 cm during delivery (the normal vaginal diameter is 2.5 cm). After being squeezed by the baby during birth, the vagina expands significantly, the muscles and hymen scars are completely destroyed, and the elasticity is significantly reduced. However, this does not mean that natural childbirth is the culprit for vaginal relaxation, because the mother's pelvic muscles and ligaments will be fully extended during labor to prepare the birth canal for the baby's birth. Even mothers who have undergone caesarean section may experience vaginal relaxation.

The cervix will change after giving birth

The external cervix of women who have never given birth is round, while that of women who have given birth is mostly straight. The external cervix of primiparas expands very slowly. When the uterus of a multipara begins to contract, the external cervical os expands accordingly, and the resistance is smaller than that of a primipara.

Vaginal loosening after childbirth

During childbirth, the fetal head enters the pelvis, squeezing the muscles and fascia of the pelvic floor and related supporting structures, and the ligaments supporting the uterus are also greatly stretched, often causing tears in the muscles and fascia of the pelvic floor, leading to vaginal relaxation. The situation for women who have caesarean sections is slightly better than that for women who give birth naturally, but strictly speaking, vaginal relaxation after pregnancy and childbirth is almost inevitable.

How to correct vaginal relaxation after childbirth?

Although vaginal relaxation is difficult for women to talk about, it is an issue that women must face after giving birth. Otherwise, it will lead to a series of problems such as a decline in the quality of sexual life.

If vaginal relaxation is not intervened, it may lead to more serious consequences. "In addition to sexual dysfunction, vaginal relaxation may also be accompanied by abnormal urination and defecation. With age, the relaxation of pelvic floor tissues increases, and some people may experience more severe pelvic floor relaxation and organ prolapse."