Methods for uterine recovery after normal childbirth

Many women choose natural childbirth when giving birth. Natural childbirth recovery is relatively faster. So for many women, after choosing natural childbirth, in order to recover as soon as possible, they want to fully understand the methods of uterine recovery after natural childbirth. They want to understand the methods of recovery so that they can restore their uterus through the correct methods and recover as soon as possible. The answer is given below. You can take a look at the introduction below.

The recovery of the uterus after normal delivery mainly includes three aspects, namely the recovery of the uterine body, the recovery of the cervix and the recovery of the endometrium. The main action of uterine recovery is continuous contraction, which squeezes out the fetus and then the placenta during delivery. The blood in the uterus is constantly discharged from the body, which is called lochia. The uterus contracts continuously and forcefully, pressing the openings of the blood vessels together, causing blood clots to form and stopping the bleeding. The uterus will be further squeezed to continuously discharge the blood clots, and the size of the uterus will gradually shrink. The uterus can be said to be the organ in the mother's body that undergoes the greatest changes during pregnancy and childbirth. It can grow from the original 50 grams to 1000 grams at full term.

1. Restoration of the uterus

After the placenta is expelled, the uterus will contract immediately. You can feel a very hard and spherical uterine body in the abdomen with your hands. Its highest point is at the same level as the navel. In the future, the height of the fundus of the uterus will decrease by 1-2 cm every day. About 10-14 days after delivery, the uterus will become smaller and descend into the small pelvic cavity. At this time, the fundus of the uterus cannot be felt in the abdomen.

2. Restoration of the cervix

Just after delivery, the cervix becomes very soft due to congestion and edema. The cervical wall is also very thin and wrinkled like a cuff. It will take 7 days to return to its original shape. The internal cervix will close after 7-10 days. It takes until about 4 weeks after delivery for the cervix to return to its normal size.

3. Restoration of the endometrium

After the placenta and fetal membranes separate from the uterine wall and are expelled from the mother, a new layer of endometrium will grow from the basal layer of the endometrium. About 10 days after delivery, except for the surface where the placenta is attached, the rest of the uterine cavity will be completely covered by the new endometrium. Just after delivery, the area of ​​the uterine wall where the placenta is attached is about the size of the palm. By about 2 weeks after delivery, the diameter has shrunk to 3-4 cm, but it will take 6-8 weeks after delivery to heal completely.

Many women who choose natural childbirth want to fully understand the methods of restoring the uterus after a normal birth, because after giving birth, they must restore their uterus as soon as possible to keep themselves healthy. The above introduces the methods of restoring the uterus after a normal childbirth. You can fully understand them and restore your uterus as soon as possible through the above introduction.