Heavy menstrual flow with blood clots after childbirth

Menstruation has its own cycle. Once disorder occurs, it can easily affect the menstrual cycle and menstrual volume. The normal menstrual cycle is 28 to 30 days. Sometimes it is normal for menstruation to be delayed by a week or advanced by a week. However, some women have normal menstruation before pregnancy, but find that blood clots often occur during menstruation after delivery. This is mainly caused by the shedding of endometrium and vaginal epithelial cells, so there is no need to worry too much.

Heavy menstrual flow with blood clots

What are the symptoms of heavy menstrual flow and blood clots? Generally speaking, women's menstrual cycle is 28 to 30 days. There are also a few people whose menstrual periods deviate slightly, but as long as there is a certain regularity, it is still a normal menstrual period. The normal menstrual volume is about 50ml, often fluctuating between 30ml and 60ml. The color of menstruation is dark red, and the blood is mixed with small fragments of shed endometrium, cervical mucosa, and vaginal epithelial cells.

Heavy menstrual flow means that the menstrual volume exceeds 60ml, reaching 60-80ml or even around 100ml a day.

Calculated by the number of sanitary napkins changed, it is normal to change 4-6 sanitary napkins a day and no more than two packs per cycle. If using three packs of sanitary napkins each time is not enough and each sanitary napkin is soaked, it means that your menstrual flow is too heavy. ...

What is it like to have two periods in one month?

The menstrual cycle of women is 28 to 30 days, and usually occurs once a month. However, for a small number of women, they have two periods in a month. What's going on?

Doctors say that having two periods in a month may be non-menstrual vaginal bleeding, which generally occurs in the following situations.

1. "Ovulation bleeding". Western medicine calls it ovulation bleeding, while traditional Chinese medicine calls it "intermenstrual bleeding." Some people only have a small amount of brown discharge, which usually lasts for half a day or 2-3 days, and no more than 7 days at most, and may be accompanied by mild ovulation pain and back pain. If the symptoms are mild, no treatment is required, but if the symptoms are obvious and may affect fertility, treatment should be given. ...

What to do if your menstrual flow is heavy

The causes of excessive menstruation vary for women of different ages and physiological stages. Taking women aged 25 to 40 as an example, there are different reasons for excessive menstrual flow, and there are corresponding treatments for these causes.

1. For heavy menstrual flow caused by improper contraception, oral medication can be used to replace other contraceptive methods, or a uterine ring containing progesterone that can reduce menstrual flow can be used instead. Although oral contraceptives are easily available at regular pharmacies, it is important to know that they are prescription drugs. If you want to use this method of contraception, it is not enough to just read the prescription information of the medicine in detail. You must consult a professional doctor before purchasing it to learn more about its indications and contraindications, the correct method of taking it, and the remedial measures in case of missed doses.