A woman preparing to become a mother for the first time enters into a world unknown to her, where everything is new, incomprehensible and a little scary. Among the huge number of questions that interest young women, there are many intimate ones that are not so easy to ask mothers, older friends, and even asking them, it is not always possible to get a competent answer, rather, it will be a story about their experience, which is not at all by the rule. One of these questions is the question of when, after giving birth, periods come? What is the norm, and what are the signs of pathologies, upon detection of which you need to run to the doctor?
Among the many worries about the baby, when it’s normal to sleep, it’s not always possible, no, no, and the question will be whether everything is in order, is it normal that what happens when the period after the birth occurs? Let's try to understand the processes that occur in the female body during pregnancy and after childbirth.
Firstly, there is a fundamental hormonal rearrangement associated with increased production of progesterone, which helps the fertilized cell to take root in the uterus, stimulates its growth and at the same time stops the menstrual cycle. Hence, the well-known sign of pregnancy is the cessation of menstruation.
After childbirth, the female body is seriously injured, even if everything happened safely, without breaks and other troubles. The uterus is a bleeding wound that needs time to heal, resulting in bloody discharge - lochia. This process will proceed with a constant tendency to decrease discharge for several weeks (in some cases to 6).
Immediately, new hormonal changes begin associated with the production of the milk hormone prolactin. The hormonal balance of the female body is designed in such a way that the presence of prolactin prevents the hormones from being produced in the ovaries, due to which menstruation ultimately occurs. Thus, we can argue that the period after delivery during breastfeeding may not occur for quite some time. If you feed your baby constantly and abundantly, your body operates according to a natural lactation program, which does not imply the possibility of becoming pregnant again until a born baby is put on its feet. At the same time, if the amount of milk decreases and your baby sucks breast from time to time, then this serves as a signal for the restoration of all functions of the female body, and it becomes possible to fertilize the egg again. Women who for various reasons do not breast-feed should be prepared that the time when menstruation comes after childbirth will come very soon, it may be necessary to wait from a month to three.
So, it is impossible to give an exact answer to the question of when the periods come after childbirth. It all depends on the characteristics of your body and ultimately is based on a breastfeeding regimen. So you need to be prepared for different scenarios, but just in case, during breastfeeding, you need to protect yourself to avoid an unwanted pregnancy.
Signs of postpartum pathologies can be long and abundant lochia, accompanied by pain, temperature. Early and late menstruation is very individual. So do not ask your friends when your periods come after childbirth, but be patient and be attentive to yourself.