Why does the uterus become enlarged after giving birth?

Many women have an enlarged uterus after giving birth, and an enlarged uterus can cause certain harm to women. Some people’s uterus will gradually return to normal during the later conditioning process, but many people cannot recover. What is the reason for this? Why does the uterus become enlarged after giving birth? What should female friends do?

When the stimulation disappears, the vagina will shrink and return to its natural state. The time required for recovery varies according to individual constitution and age. For young women who give birth naturally, especially those of childbearing age who only give birth to one child, the vagina will generally return to its original state after three weeks to three months. Unless it is a multiple birth or the fetus is too large and accompanied by birth injuries, it may take longer to recover or may not be possible to recover to the original state.

For some older women (such as those over 40 years old), the decrease in estrogen levels in the body may have caused the vaginal walls to begin to thin, the vaginal muscles to weaken, and the ability to contract to decrease, so that the vagina is no longer able to return to its previous state.

The vaginal loosening felt by young women or their partners after childbirth is not due to widening of the vaginal canal, so there is no need for any so-called "vaginal tightening" products to "restore a girl's tight vagina." The real reason is that the delivery process may tear and strain the vaginal sphincter, the surrounding bulbospongiosus muscles, part of the levator ani muscles, especially the pubococcygeus muscle (PC), etc., thereby affecting the vagina's ability to contract.

When many women find that their uterus is enlarged, they will choose to treat it with medication. If they blindly take medication before they know the cause, it will undoubtedly be harmful to women. I hope everyone can understand why the uterus is enlarged after giving birth, so that they can better treat and help themselves.