Post-birth mounds: What to know

The uterus mound takes place most vigorously at the stage of labor to help give birth to a baby. However, if this mound continues for a long time with a strong nature, causing a lot of pain, it can cause obstetric accidents such as post-birth hemorrhage, heavy vaginal bleeding….. Endangering the life of the maternity.

1. How does the mound work during childbirth?

To help pregnant women relieve pain and increase efficiency for each take, some tips are given as follows:

  • During pregnancy, pregnant mothers should exercise gently, participate in physical activities such as walking, yoga,morning or afternoon exercise, … These works to help the pelvis expand and exercise before birth.
  • During labor, the pregnant mother should breathe properly (deep, deep and slow breathing, breathing only through the nose). This helps the mother to calm the pain and help the labor process to take place faster.

2. Consequences of post-birth mounds

2.1 Vaginal bleeding

Usually, after birth vaginal blood will flow out but in small quantities, no more than menstrual blood. However, in some special cases such as a longer-than-normal uterus mound can also make vaginal bleeding harder to hold. Or in case of placenta omission, a lot of movement, strong movement also bleeds more.

2.2 Post-birth bleeding

When the uterus does not contract appropriately after birth(post-birth mound)will lead to post-birth hemorrhage. Hemorrhage occurs when the uterus, cervical or vaginal is torn. Therefore, after birth, most women are monitored after birth to ensure the uterus contracts normally.

When a disorder occurs, the maternity will receive a uterus massage that helps it contract properly, or be injected with oxytocin as prescribed by a doctor. Hemorrhages may appear immediately after birth, in the first week or longer than 2 weeks after birth. If the placenta remains in the uterus, surgery is required to remove the placenta.

2.3 Perineum pain

When the uterus is irritated, perineal pain is an inevitable symptom. For women who give birth often, there is often pain in the perineum, especially between the rectum and vagina due to stretched or fig tissues, tearing during childbirth. Moreover, the maternity may feel more pain because the mesmenity has been cut during childbirth.

3. Effective post-birth maternity care

3.1 Nutrition

Post-birth mounds: What to know

Nutritional supplements for post-birth mothers

After reproduction, women often lose a lot of blood, so they need to be nourished with nutritious foods, so eating easily digestable foods, avoiding spices with stimulants such as chili, coffee, tea will affect the milking. Women should not diet early after birth to ensure the quality of milk for babies. To get enough lactation milk, mothers should drink enough 2-3 liters of water a day and drink more juice, milk.

For the breast, after birth from 2-3 days, milk begins to secrete, it is recommended to immediately feed the baby with colostrum, suckling several times a day to stimulate lactation. If lactation is clogged should actively breastfeed the baby, that symptom will gradually disappear. Avoid squeezing, squeezing the wrong way causing rupture of glands, milk rays. Breastfeeding will help the mother's uterus contract well, soon return to normal size and create a state of excitement, sticking with the child in the mother.

3.2 Physical hygiene

It is necessary to clean the area at least 3 times a day in the morning, afternoon and evening before going to bed. If the secrety is more, the maternity should clean more times. It is necessary to change the dressing, toilet paper, towels, washing water should also be clean, It is recommended to use boiled water to cool or warm water to wash and dry after washing.

After birth about 2-3 days, the maternity can take a full-body bath but need a quick bath of 5-10 minutes, it is not recommended to bathe in a bath or in a pot (especially it is not recommended to soak in water).

For cesarean sections or cesarean sections,caution should be exercised against wounds to avoid termites. Also from 3-4 days after birth, women can wash their hair but it is recommended to wash quickly and wipe the head quickly. To avoid dizziness and long exposure to water, women do not wash at the same time, but should bathe between 9-10 am and wash their hair at noon.

3.3 Healthy living habits

After birth, it is important to maintain and stabilize health. Some activities help mothers quickly regain their health and physique such as exercising, practicing breathing, can use cotton diapers to avoid abdominal books, practice yoga,… If practice is maintained for a long time, health will improve markedly. In addition, the above activities also help relax the mind, reduce stress in the process of caring for children.

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SEE MORE:

  • Signs of post-birth bleeding
  • How do pregnant women exercise well?
  • What is post-birth uterine phlegm?

About: John Smith

b1ffdb54307529964874ff53a5c5de33?s=90&r=gI am the author of Share99.net. I had been working in Vinmec International General Hospital for over 10 years. I dedicate my passion on every post in this site.

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