What should I do if the lochia is not clear after 42 days of cesarean section?

If pregnant women want their bodies to fully recover, they must ensure that all postpartum lochia is discharged. However, some pregnant women do not know the reason, and their lochia has not been completely discharged even one and a half months after giving birth, and they feel very depressed. So what should I do if the lochia is not clear after 42 days of giving birth? Do I need to have a follow-up visit?

What should I do if the lochia is not clear after 42 days of cesarean section?

If the lochia is still not clear after giving birth, you need to go to the hospital for a follow-up visit. The discharge of postpartum lochia is actually the body's defense consciousness of pregnant women. If the postpartum lochia is delayed and not discharged, the recovery time of pregnant women will be longer. Going to the hospital for a follow-up visit can help find out the cause of postpartum lochia discharge and provide appropriate measures to help the body recover.

First, pregnant women must pay attention to the taste of food. It is best not to eat lychees, chili peppers and durian. These foods will make it difficult to discharge lochia after delivery. It effectively supplements protein to the human body, increases fish intake, and is beneficial to improving the body's immune capacity.

Second, pregnant women should pay attention to maintaining a good mood and avoid stimulation. In addition, you cannot stay in bed all the time after giving birth. You should pay attention to proper exercise so that the blood in the body can circulate better and the remaining lochia in the uterus can be discharged. Finally, pregnant women should avoid sexual intercourse during the postpartum recovery period, otherwise infection is very likely to occur.

Is lochia after cesarean section normal?

After giving birth, as the uterine wall (especially the endometrium in the adhesion area) falls off, mucus secreted by the uterus is also discharged from the female vagina. This is postpartum lochia. The doctor said that postpartum lochia is a sign of the quality of uterine repair, and lochia after cesarean section is a very normal phenomenon. Generally speaking, the lochia of parturient women will recover after a period of time. Under normal circumstances, the lochia after delivery has a fishy smell, but it is not smelly, the amount is no more than the menstrual amount, the color is transparent, shiny, not dark, and not turbid. After about ten to 20 days, it will be clean.

In addition to the normal conditions mentioned above, some women may also encounter the situation of continued lochia after cesarean section. If the lochia is still not clear one month after giving birth, it is not a normal situation. It will have a negative impact on the body experience of pregnant women. You should see a doctor in time to find out the specific cause so as to treat the disease and improve it as soon as possible.

The doctor said that if the lochia is still not clean one month after the cesarean section, and is accompanied by a foul or foul odor, or is accompanied by abdominal pain, fever and other symptoms, then the uterus, bilateral fallopian tubes, vagina, and ovary may be infected; if the amount of lochia discharged actually increases day by day, the color becomes redder and darker day by day, or there are some bruises, or is accompanied by uterine bleeding, vaginal trauma, or infectious symptoms, etc., causing the lochia to continue to be unclean, everyone must pay enough attention.