What to do if the mother has postpartum hemorrhage

Postpartum hematoma usually occurs in women who have undergone cesarean section. This is because the lochia that appears after delivery cannot be discharged in time, accumulating in the lower abdomen, causing infection and inflammation and causing pain. At this time, a doctor's help is needed to discharge the lochia from the body smoothly in order to relieve inflammation and pain. In addition, uterine contractions after delivery can also cause pain, accompanied by the discharge of secretions. The pain will subside over time with restorative treatment.

Postpartum abdominal pain is a normal physiological phenomenon. The pain varies from person to person. Some people feel mild pain, while others feel severe pain. All of this is normal. However, if the pain lasts for more than a week and is continuous, or is accompanied by a large amount of lochia, dark red color, many blood clots, and a foul odor, it is mostly due to pelvic inflammation and you should ask a doctor for examination and treatment.

Causes of postpartum abdominal pain

Although postpartum abdominal pain is a normal physiological phenomenon, we still need to dig deep to find out the causes of postpartum abdominal pain so that we can prevent it more specifically.

1. The cause of postpartum abdominal pain is due to uterine contraction. When the uterus contracts, it causes vascular ischemia, tissue hypoxia, and compression of nerve fibers, so the mother feels abdominal pain. When uterine contractions stop, blood circulation improves, blood vessels become unblocked, tissues are supplied with blood oxygen, nerve fibers are relieved of compression, and pain disappears. This process is generally completed within 1-2 days.

2. Bad mood: If the mother is too sad, worried or angry, it will make the liver qi uncomfortable, the liver qi stagnant, the blood flow obstructed and the qi and blood stasis, thus causing abdominal pain.

3. Lack of exercise: Some women stand, squat, sit or lie down for too long after delivery without changing their body position, which causes blood stasis and leads to pain and heaviness in the lower abdomen, and even back pain and coccyx pain.

4. Cold: If the mother is cold, or the abdomen is exposed to cold wind. At this time, the blood vessels are stagnant and the circulation of Qi and blood is not smooth. If you keep your lower abdomen "warm" or gently soothe it, your body will feel more comfortable.

Abdominal pain after childbirth is a normal physiological phenomenon. If the pain lasts for more than a week and is continuous, or is accompanied by a large amount of lochia, dark red color, many blood clots, and a foul odor, it is mostly due to pelvic inflammation and you should ask a doctor for examination and treatment.

How to treat abdominal pain after childbirth

Since there are many reasons for postpartum abdominal pain, and mothers cannot take medicine indiscriminately, corresponding diet therapy can be given according to different types of postpartum abdominal pain.

1. Cinnamon and brown sugar fried

6 grams of cinnamon and 12 grams of brown sugar.

Usage: decoct the above two ingredients in water and take it 3 times a day for 5 consecutive days.

2. Red Bean Pumpkin Powder

100 grams of red beans, 30 grams of ginger, and 200 grams of pumpkin.

Usage: Roast the above three ingredients together, grind into fine powder, take 3 times a day, 30 grams each time.

3. Red Bean Carp

50 grams of red beans, 1 live carp (about 500 grams), 5 grams of tangerine peel, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, and appropriate amount of seasoning.

Usage: Cut open the belly of a living carp and clean it. Stuff red beans, tangerine peel, yellow floret and seasonings into the belly of the carp. Add chicken soup and steam it in a steamer over high heat for 1 hour.

4. Hawthorn wine tea

15 grams of hawthorn meat, 50 grams of brown sugar, and 50 milliliters of rice wine.

Usage: decoct the above three ingredients in water and take it 3 times a day for 1 week.

5. Hawthorn rice juice drink

100 hawthorns (crushed), 500 grams of millet, 150 grams of brown sugar.

Usage: First boil the millet in water, take the concentrated juice, use the rice juice to boil the hawthorn, after it is cooked, add brown sugar and take it, 1 dose per day.

6. Mutton Soup

100 grams of mutton, 3 slices of ginger, 150 grams of flour, and appropriate seasoning.

Usage: Wash the mutton with boiling water, remove the mutton smell, slice it, put it into the pot with ginger and onion, add appropriate amount of water, add salt, mix well, and cook for 2 to 3 hours. Remove the ginger from the soup, leaving the mutton slices, continue to boil, add water and flour and stir.