Why does my belly hurt after giving birth?

Some people don’t know why they have abdominal pain after childbirth. This is mainly due to neuromuscular factors, or more precisely, abdominal pain. This is a normal phenomenon. It is mainly due to the contraction of the uterus, which promotes the expulsion of foreign bodies in the uterus. This is beneficial for pregnant women to recover their health sooner. If the pain is severe and there is a possibility of infection, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

Women will experience various discomforts after giving birth, one of the most obvious and common symptom is abdominal pain. When I have a stomachache, the pain can make me sweat all over and I don’t even want to talk. Many female friends wonder why their stomachs still hurt even though they have given birth. So what is causing the stomach pain after childbirth?

Causes of abdominal pain after childbirth

Many female friends find it unbearable to have severe abdominal pain after childbirth. In fact, the reason for such intermittent abdominal pain, which is very painful, is that the uterus is recovering. After the placenta is separated after delivery, a huge wound is left inside the uterus, so severe pain occurs when the uterus resumes contraction.

Severe abdominal pain occurs after delivery, which usually subsides after 5 to 7 days. The most painful time is about two or three days after delivery. At this time, the mother is usually still in the hospital and receives intravenous drip every day. During the infusion, the doctor will also add oxytocin, also known as oxytocin, to speed up the contraction of the uterus and promote rapid recovery of the uterus. The mother will feel that the abdominal pain symptoms are more severe during the infusion because oxytocin is contained in the infused medicine.

Generally, after the bloody lochia ends, this severe abdominal pain will basically end. When the severe abdominal pain after delivery basically ends, it also means that the uterus is recovering well and has recovered to a certain extent. Careful mothers will find that this severe pain will also occur when breastfeeding their babies in the first few days after delivery. This is because the baby sucking the nipple during breastfeeding can stimulate the uterus to contract and recover.

What causes abdominal pain after childbirth? In fact, it is caused by the contraction and recovery of the uterus. Therefore, mothers who have abdominal pain after childbirth should not worry, because every mother must have this experience before the uterus can return to normal. The recovery of the uterus is to discharge lochia through uterine contraction and gradually heal the wound inside the uterus. So it is normal to have abdominal pain after delivery, and it will go away in a few days.