During pregnancy and childbirth, many women's systems and organs undergo significant changes. And for recovery it takes some time - from 6 to 8 weeks. However, this does not fully apply to the breast and the reproductive system. It takes much longer to return to the original state and normalize the menstrual cycle.
After giving birth, the endocrine system of a woman actively produces the hormone prolactin, which stimulates the production of milk. At the same time, it suppresses the cyclic process of egg production.
Restoration of the menstrual cycle after childbirth is a hormonal process and its speed is related to the rate of recovery of the hormonal background after childbirth. And this, in turn, directly depends on how the newborn is breastfed .
Menstruation cycle after childbirth, depending on the type of feeding the child:
- if a woman exclusively breastfeeds the baby and does so on demand at any time of the day or night, the monthly cycle after childbirth is restored only by the end of the first year of the child's life - by the end of the lactation period;
- when introducing complementary foods, when the child is no longer actively feeding on the breast, the menstrual cycle can recover earlier - until the end of lactation;
- in the case when from the very beginning the feeding of the child is mixed, the menstrual cycle after childbirth is restored to 3-4 months;
- if the woman does not breast feed at all, then ovulation is restored to 10-12 weeks after the birth of the baby.
As you can see, the period of recovery of the menstrual cycle depends not so much on how the birth took place - naturally or with the help of cesarean, how much from the method of feeding the baby.
Talk about restoring the menstrual cycle is possible only after the arrival of the first real monthly (not to be confused with the departure of Lochi). But even here it is not worth waiting for that the monthly ones will immediately become regular - after the birth the cycle usually gets confused. Violation of the menstrual cycle after childbirth and an irregular cycle in the first few months after the onset of menstruation is a normal phenomenon.
The failure of the menstrual cycle after childbirth is associated with hormonal changes in the body. Monthly can go 2 times a month or stay for a few days. Be that as it may, the cycle after delivery changes. And this is largely due to continued feeding.
But it is restored after a certain time. This time individually for each woman someone has the process of full recovery takes 1-2 months, someone has a cycle for another six months. But, in the end, everything will "get tired" and come back to normal.
In women giving birth, the character of menstrual discharge may change - sometimes after giving birth a woman notes that previously uncomfortable sensations of the month have been replaced by absolutely painless ones. This may be due to the fact that before pregnancy, a woman had a bend of the uterus , which made it difficult to drain blood. After pregnancy and childbirth, this defect has changed or disappeared completely, so pain during menstruation
Sometimes after the birth, menstrual periods become more abundant. This is due to the stress and stress experienced, including the nervous and endocrine system. And this is the reason for changing the number of selections. Solve the problem can be due to a full rest and nutrition.
And remember that restoring the menstrual cycle is not only a physiological, but also a psychological process. Therefore, less worry about this, because each organism is individual. If you do not begin to provoke a nervous breakdown in the postpartum period, the monthly cycle will recover sooner. If you have any doubts and questions, please consult a gynecologist.