It was done! Behind the 9 months of waiting, anxiety and doubt. Hello, baby! Feeling of euphoria, overwhelming happiness and infinite tenderness for your child is familiar to every mother. However, the first days and even weeks after childbirth is often overshadowed for a woman by the pains in the lower abdomen. And the first question: is this normal? Should I sound an alarm and run to the doctor? And in general, why does the stomach ache after delivery? Let's figure it out.
Pain in the abdomen after childbirth is normal
Childbirth is a process that requires incredible stress all the strength of the female body. At the time of birth, ligaments stretch, bones diverge, breaks occur. Therefore, there is nothing to worry about when sutures hurt during the postnatal period (unpleasant sensations can be given to the lower abdomen) and microcracks. This means that your body is back to normal.
The abdomen hurts after childbirth also because the uterus is reduced to normal, prenatal dimensions. Many women note that the pain is especially strong during the feeding of the child. When the baby sucks his breast, the hormone oxytocin is produced in the mother's body, responsible for contraction of the uterus. Sometimes these contractions are so strong that they remind us of contractions during childbirth. Do not worry about this. It is often better to put the baby to the chest, and after 1-2 weeks the pain will stop.
The lower abdomen aches after delivery, performed with the help of caesarean section. This is also normal: any surgical intervention for a long time reminds oneself of the pain on the site of the incision. In this case, the young mother should observe the rules of hygiene and monitor the condition of the seam. After a while, the pain will pass.
Pulls the lower abdomen and in the event that after giving birth, you were scraped. In the maternity home, all young mothers must undergo ultrasound examination. Do it on the 2-3 day after delivery to determine if the remaining in the uterus is the last. If residues of the afterbirth are found, make a scraping. This procedure is very painful, in fact it is the same abortion with the only difference that it does not remove the fetus, but the remnants of the afterbirth. Naturally, the woman then for a long time experiences unpleasant sensations in the bottom of the abdomen.
The stomach after an delivery hurts - an alarm signal
In most cases, if you have a lower abdomen after birth, you should not worry. However, not always unpleasant feelings go by themselves. If after the birth of a child has passed a month, and the pain does not stop, be sure to see a doctor! It is better to be safe than to overlook a dangerous disease.
Sometimes the cause of pain is hidden in the improper work or aggravated diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Drawing pains in the lower abdomen, accompanied by fever, the appearance of bloody or even purulent discharge from the vagina, may be symptoms of a dangerous disease - endometritis. It is an inflammation of the endometrium, a layer of cells lining the uterus. There is an endometritis after abortion and childbirth, if the uterus has penetrated viruses or fungi. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor. Delay here in the literal sense of death is similar.