What to do if you have bleeding after a cesarean section

With the continuous advancement of medical care, cesarean section is also the first choice for many women. However, there are also some problems with cesarean section. Among them, bleeding after cesarean section is the most common phenomenon. There are often many inexperienced women who are always particularly worried and afraid when such symptoms occur. They are afraid that it will affect their health and they don’t know if this is a normal phenomenon. Let’s learn about what to do if there is bleeding after cesarean section?

What to do if you have bleeding after a cesarean section

1. The postpartum period is a period of recovery for the reproductive organs. Due to the weakness of the vital energy, it is particularly easy for external evils to invade and form blood stasis. As the saying goes, postpartum women are often weak and have blood stasis. Because blood stasis is mostly caused by cold, you should pay attention to keeping warm after delivery, avoid being exposed to the cold and wind, avoid cold stimulation, and prevent the invasion of cold evil.

2. Encourage the mother to get out of bed and move around as soon as possible, and increase the amount of exercise day by day. This will be more conducive to the discharge of lochia and blood stasis, and promote the recovery of the uterus. If conditions permit, you can learn to do postpartum health exercises to strengthen your whole body and restore your physical strength as soon as possible.

3. Pay attention to hygiene during the postpartum period, change underwear frequently, pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva, use disinfected toilet paper, and it is best to use sanitary napkins. Do not take a bath or have sex to prevent ascending infection.

4. Keep your emotions stable, avoid negative mental stimulation such as worry, depression and anger, and prevent qi stagnation and blood stasis from aggravating the symptoms of blood stasis.

Diet therapy

(1) Cinnamon twig, hawthorn and brown sugar soup: 10 grams of cinnamon twig, 30 grams of hawthorn pulp, add 300 milliliters of water, simmer until 200 milliliters are left, add 20 grams of brown sugar, simmer for a while, and it is ready to drink. Take 1 serving per day, divided into 2 to 3 doses and taken warm.

(2) Mugwort, rice wine and egg soup: Wash and cut 10 grams of mugwort leaves into small pieces, add water and cook them together with 2 eggs. After the eggs are cooked, peel them and put them back into the original soup. Add 100 ml of rice wine and cook for a while. Eat the eggs and drink the soup. This is one serving per day.

(3) Chuanxiong Sugar Tea: 30g Chuanxiong, 30g brown sugar, add 400ml water, boil until 300ml, remove the residue and take the juice instead of tea, 1 dose per day.

(4) Peach kernel and lotus root soup: 10 grams of peach kernel, 250 grams of lotus root. Wash and slice the lotus root; peel and chop the peach kernels. Put the crushed peach kernels and lotus roots into the pot, add 500 ml of water and cook the soup. Add appropriate amount of brown sugar or salt to season. Suitable for women with postpartum blood stasis and fever.

The above is an introduction to what to do if you bleed after a cesarean section. After understanding it, we know that there are many reasons for this phenomenon. Therefore, female friends must pay attention to bed rest after a cesarean section. In addition, they must also get better adjustments in their diet, eat more light foods, and less spicy and irritating foods. In addition, if you feel unwell, you must consult a doctor in time.