What causes abdominal pain after childbirth?

There are many adverse conditions in women's bodies after giving birth. Postpartum lower abdominal pain is a very common condition. This condition has a relatively large impact on the human body, and the abdomen feels very uncomfortable all the time. In this situation, you should not rush to seek medical treatment. You need to understand the cause in detail and then take effective measures to treat it. So let me explain what causes lower abdominal pain after childbirth.

In the early postpartum period, uterine contractions are relatively strong. Strong uterine contractions and the process of uterine recovery often cause obvious lower abdominal pain, which is often paroxysmal and severe. This is called postpartum uterine contraction pain.

Most uterine contraction pains occur 1 to 2 days after delivery and usually last for 2 to 3 days before disappearing naturally. During this process of uterine involution, abdominal pain is often more obvious in multiparous women. Especially when breastfeeding, stimulation of the nipples causes a sharp increase in the secretion of reflex oxytocin, making the pain more obvious. Some people can also clearly feel the rounder and harder uterus in the lower abdomen. During this process of uterine involution, the physiological uterine contraction pain does not require special treatment or medication.

However, if the abdominal pain is persistent and not paroxysmal, and it is ruled out that it is caused by cold or eating cold food, and the doctor finds clear tenderness at the bottom of the uterus, then there may be an inflammation problem of the uterus. In particular, if such lower abdominal pain occurs four or five days after delivery, or gradually worsens, and keeping warm and resting do not relieve the pain, then it is considered to be an inflammatory problem. It must be checked and treated as soon as possible. Otherwise, the inflammation is likely to gradually worsen and seriously affect the health of the whole body, or lead to pelvic abscess, or secondary infertility and other problems.

Therefore, the most severe swelling and pain in the lower abdomen after childbirth depends mainly on the time, frequency, and degree. Not all pain is a disease.

Postpartum taboos:

Avoid fatigue

After giving birth, a woman may suffer a perineum tear, and the best way to recover is to keep her legs together and rest more. Modern doctors will first cut the perineum of the new mother during delivery and then suture it, so new mothers should also "confinement month". Although it does not mean lying in bed completely without moving, she should still rest as much as possible, avoid climbing stairs, and avoid overwork.

Avoid eating too much MSG

In order to prevent the baby from suffering from zinc deficiency, mothers should avoid eating too much MSG. Generally speaking, it is beneficial and harmless for adults to eat MSG, but it is not good for infants, especially those under 12 weeks old, if their mothers who are breastfeeding consume too much MSG while taking a high-protein diet. Because the sodium glutamate in MSG will enter the baby's body through breast milk. Excessive sodium glutamate has a serious impact on the development of infants, especially those under 12 weeks old. It can specifically combine with zinc in the infant's blood to produce glutamate that cannot be absorbed by the body, while the zinc is excreted in the urine, thus leading to zinc deficiency in the infant. In this way, the infant is not only prone to poor taste and anorexia, but also may suffer from adverse consequences such as intellectual impairment, growth retardation, etc.