Medicines that cause uterine contractions are prescribed for weak labor and to stimulate labor for medical reasons. After a natural birth, cesarean section, abortion and miscarriage, the muscle organ also contracts to recover, but sometimes this process needs to be facilitated. With insufficient contractile activity, blood clots remain in the uterine cavity, which can lead to more serious pathologies.
Postpartum Uterus Recovery
After a period of attempts and the birth of the long-awaited baby, the "birth" of the placenta, afterbirth, or "baby place" occurs. Immediately after birth, the uterus is a continuous wound surface. Over the next six to eight weeks, the main organ of the female reproductive system will fully recover and decrease from 1000-1200 g to its normal size - about 100 g.
Muscles begin to contract strongly. To stimulate the process, a woman in labor immediately puts cold on her stomach, it is recommended to lie on her stomach, get up more often, independently perform hygiene procedures and take care of the baby. But for another two hours, the young mother should remain in the birth place under the close supervision of doctors so that doctors can provide urgent help if bleeding opens.
The mucous membrane gets rid of excess tissue and begins to heal. This process is accompanied by intense red discharge. Over time, the volume and brightness of the color of the discharge decrease. After six to eight weeks, spotting stops. The process is regulated by sex hormones. At the initial stage, oxytocin, prolactin and serotonin are the most important.
Signs of normal contractile activity
A medicine for uterine contractions after childbirth may not be needed if the organ contracts well by itself. This is accompanied by cramping abdominal pain, which is especially noticeable in the first five to seven days after childbirth. In the future, the discomfort decreases, but can slightly increase during feeding, because when milk is secreted, a hormone is produced that responds to contractile activity. Unpleasant sensations in the mammary glands may appear. Spotting gradually brightens and decreases quantitatively.
Home Ways to Stimulate Contraction
Gynecologists try not to prescribe pills to reduce the uterus to lactating women, so as not to disturb lactation. Therefore, in some cases, home methods are recommended. The natural process can be rushed gently and unobtrusively. Herbs that normalize hormones, increase immunity and improve blood are usually recommended. The effect of drugs stimulates muscle tone, activates the processes of organ regeneration, gives strength.
If there are no contraindications, then the attending physician may prescribe a remedy from white calendula. To cook it, you need two tablespoons of grass and 0.5 liters of water. You need to insist on drinking for eight to ten hours. After you need to use 0.3 liters per day, divided into two or three doses. Infusion from a shepherd’s bag is made from four tablespoons of dry raw materials and 0.4 liters of boiling water. The components are combined, well wrapped in a bath towel, left for four hours. Such a volume needs to be drunk per day.
To prepare an infusion of cold geranium, you need to prepare two teaspoons of crushed raw materials. The grass is filled with 400 ml of water (cooled down) and left overnight. In the morning, the infusion should be filtered and drunk completely in a day. For infusion of birch leaves, it is better to take May. Three tablespoons of raw materials must be combined in a thermos with 0.6 l of boiling water. Then add a pinch of salt and leave the composition for two hours. Then the liquid is filtered. The entire volume must be taken per day. Treatment can begin no earlier than 12 days after birth.
Uterus Contraction Pills
Herbs have a mild effect. Pills for uterine contractions during bleeding (weak) after childbirth are used one to three times a day if the woman has no pain. Painful sensations indicate a hormonal disorder that cannot be stopped by herbs. Therefore, a young mother is given injections in the maternity hospital or Oxytocin is administered dropwise. There are other agents that contain this hormone, which is important for postpartum recovery, and other synthetic substances necessary to start the process.
Gifotocin is a naturally occurring drug that stimulates muscle activity, but does not allow excessive destruction of blood vessels. "Demoxytocin" also helps with lactostasis or mastitis. "Pituitrin" in addition to oxytocin contains vasopressin, which means that it helps strengthen blood vessels. Ergotal can be used for oral administration. Pills for uterine contractions contain an ergot medicinal extract.
Homeopathic remedies after childbirth
Pills for uterine contractions after EP or CS can be homeopathic, that is, act more gently. Millefolium is granules and drops, which are developed on the basis of yarrow. The drug helps to moderate bleeding and at the same time tidies up the nervous system. Pills for uterine contraction "Sekale" give strength and reduces bleeding due to ergot extract.
"Witch hazel" is a tincture that stimulates muscle activity and relieves the inflammatory process. This drug makes bleeding moderate by preventing severe blood loss. Other tablets that cause uterine contractions are based on Cossack juniper. “Sabina” normalizes metabolic processes and contributes to the speedy recovery of the body, gives energy and relieves pain.
Gymnastics for quick recovery
Pills for uterine contractions after childbirth help, but the body can be supported in other ways. Not necessarily funds should be taken orally or by injection. If the birth went well and there are no contraindications from doctors, it is recommended that you turn on your stomach as often as possible. Massage will also help (it is done by the midwife in the birth hall immediately after childbirth).
After discharge, a woman should pay attention to gymnastics, which helps to strengthen contractions. It is recommended to deeply breathe in the stomach and at the same time slide on it with your palms, do Kegel exercises, slowly bend and straighten the legs brought together in the knees, strain and relax the feet, use the gymnastic ball moving on it with the pelvis left and right. It is important to consider the individual characteristics of the body and the course of childbirth. When considering recovery measures, it is necessary to combine the benefit for the young mother and the absence is negative for the child.
General advice after childbirth
After giving birth, a young mother is advised to start rolling over on her stomach as soon as possible in order to stimulate muscle contraction. This is acceptable if there are no contraindications. Midwives advise a woman to get up, independently perform hygienic procedures and take care of the baby several hours after the birth, because this helps to speed up recovery. The baby should be applied more often to the chest. After discharge, it is advisable to maintain sexual rest during the entire period while there are spotting. If for some reason a woman does not stop relations with a partner, you need to think about contraception.
Slow uterine contractions
Often, discharge and pain are delayed, continuing after a certain eight-week period. This indicates a slow contraction of the muscular organ. This situation creates a problem, so the process needs to be accelerated. It is important to immediately contact a gynecologist and follow the advice of a specialist. With the permission of the doctor, you can perform various exercises, use folk remedies and pills to reduce the uterus. Oxytocic drugs are most often recommended. These include ergotamine hydrotartrate, cotarnine chloride, demoxytocin, methylergometrine, ergotal, methyloxytocin and others in the form of tablets or injections.
Special cases: COP, second birth
After the second birth, the process is faster. Therefore, in the first days, the chest, lower abdomen, and perineum can be very sore. In some cases, the doctor prescribes painkillers. It is not recommended to select tablets on your own, because drugs can negatively affect lactation. After CS, the uterus can contract poorly, because the body does not perceive the operation correctly. In this case, folk remedies and tablets for uterine contractions are most often used.
Early medical abortion
An early termination of pregnancy necessarily requires a doctor's consultation, although many women consider the use of pills to reduce the uterus for miscarriage not an abortion. But if you take the medicine incorrectly, irreversible processes can begin. Before using tablets for uterine contractions for early miscarriage, you need to make sure that the delay in menstruation is caused by pregnancy. Otherwise, bleeding may occur, which will lead to health problems.
In addition, there are some absolute contraindications for taking pills. Medical abortion is contraindicated in cases of suspected ectopic pregnancy, lung diseases (especially asthma), acute pelvic inflammatory disease, stomach diseases (gastritis, ulcer, pancreatitis), blood diseases, kidney and liver failure. The list of contraindications includes pregnancy that occurs against the background of wearing an intrauterine device, individual intolerance to the drug, and the use of anticoagulants. Relative contraindications are lactation, uterine fibroids and age over 35 for women who smoke more than ten cigarettes per day.
Abortion drugs
Medical abortion is performed during pregnancy up to six weeks. What pills cause uterine contractions and miscarriage? The most popular drug is Postinor. Tablets are used as a method of emergency contraception. The package contains two tablets, one must be drunk immediately after sexual intercourse (but not later than after 74 hours), and the second after another 12 hours. "Penkfton" is a more powerful tool that cannot be purchased at a pharmacy. Tablets are dispensed under the supervision of a specialist. A woman should take three pills immediately, and then remain in the hospital for two hours. The next day you need to do an ultrasound.
The drug "Mifegin" is approaching one hundred percent effectiveness. This medicine blocks the synthesis of progesterone, which is important for the development of pregnancy. After taking the tablets, the uterus softens, the neck opens, and the fetal egg comes out. A woman takes three tablets at once, after which she must remain in the hospital for two hours. Mifolian is designed to terminate a pregnancy for up to 49 days. After confirming pregnancy, a woman needs to take three tablets, and after that, two days later, drink two more tablets. Reception should be carried out only in a hospital.
What pills for uterine contractions to choose? There is a large selection of drugs in pharmacies, but all of them are emergency contraceptives. If the test has already shown pregnancy, then they will not help. You need to contact a gynecologist to exclude an ectopic pregnancy, undergo an ultrasound scan and pass all the tests. After that, the doctor will choose the best way to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. After taking the pill, a woman should remain in the hospital for at least two hours.
Uterine contraction after abortion
After an abortion at different stages of pregnancy, uterine contractions can occur in different ways. Therefore, tablets are often prescribed to reduce the uterus after cleaning, in order to exclude complications. The greatest number of complications occurs during pregnancy over twelve weeks. In these cases, tablets are always prescribed to reduce the uterus. After an abortion, the organ can contract poorly in the presence of infectious diseases, a scar after CS, or with hormonal imbalance.
Most often in gynecology use "Pituitrin" or "Oxytocin". Drugs are administered intravenously or intramuscularly. In operations (CS), the drug is injected directly into the uterine wall. In addition, Oxytocin is prescribed after miscarriages and abortions, bleeding caused by weak tone. Indications for use are a terminated pregnancy, incomplete abortion, weak labor, the need for emergency delivery, weak contractions and remnants of blood clots after childbirth, fetal death, premature rupture of the bladder or heavy bleeding.
Pituitrin has a similar effect. But vasopressin, which is part of the drug, provides fluid balance in the body, increases blood pressure and removes excess sodium from the blood. Other indications are intermenstrual bleeding, temporary disruption of the intestines, menstruation, urinary incontinence. “Pituitrin” is not taken in the late stages with toxicosis, hypertension, uremia, atherosclerosis and nephritis. The medicine is available in the form of capsules for intramuscular and intravenous administration.
Tablets "Desamiooxytocin", "Ergotal"
The same drugs are used after a miscarriage. Pills to reduce the uterus after a miscarriage can be used, but more often doctors recommend injections, because the process needs to be started quickly, and drugs administered intravenously or intramuscularly enter the bloodstream faster. The only exception is Desaminooxytocin.
These are hormonal pills, a synthetic analogue of “Oxytocin”, which surpasses this medicine in activity by one and a half times. Dissolve one tablet until completely dissolved. Between receptions you need to take a break of 30 minutes. After the start of organ contraction, the dose is halved.
Contraindications are heart failure and abdominal surgery. With caution is prescribed to women older than 35 years. If the medicine is used to stimulate labor, then hypoxia was added to the list of contraindications, placental abruption or placenta previa, fetal malposition, hypertonicity. When taking pills, it is necessary to control the heart rate of the mother and fetus, so the medicine is used only in a hospital. Possible consequences of the application are bleeding, allergic reactions, headache and dizziness. With increased sensitivity, ruptures of the uterus and vaginal tissues may occur, the fetus may have problems in the cardiovascular system.
Ergotal, available in the form of tablets, an injection (subcutaneous or intramuscular), stimulates uterine contractions. The medicine helps to normalize the heart rate, has a mild sedative effect, and relieves headaches. It is prescribed in case of weak uterine contractions, for the treatment of gynecological diseases, stopping long periods (more than seven days), with metropathy and menopause.
The drug is strictly contraindicated during pregnancy. Contraindications are fever, chronic liver and kidney pathologies, blood infection, severe pathologies of the heart and blood vessels, purulent inflammation, thyrotoxicosis. Side effects include heart rhythm disturbances, shortness of breath, nausea, upset stomach, chest pain. Allergic reactions occur less often or blood pressure may increase.