What is the cause of black blood clots after childbirth?

Many postpartum women will experience slow recovery, and even some black blood clots will occur. Is this because the wound was not treated properly during delivery, or are there other reasons? In fact, many postpartum women will have such a situation. If it is not very painful, it is normal and there is no need to worry. The specific reasons are explained below.

Postpartum lochia is the residual blood and turbid water discharged from the uterus after delivery. Postpartum lochia is dark red at first, then light red, and finally turns yellow and white. Late postpartum hemorrhage caused by poor uterine involution, as Western medicine calls it, may fall within the scope of this disease. In addition, those who have persistent vaginal bleeding after artificial abortion or medical abortion and curettage can also refer to this disease, but the time standards are different. Under normal circumstances, the lochia will clear about 3 weeks after delivery.

Normal lochia has a bloody smell, but it is not foul. Under normal circumstances, lochia will be completely discharged 4-6 weeks after delivery. Bloody lochia usually lasts for 3-7 days, then turns into serous lochia and turns white, which will clear up in about 3 weeks. You should get treatment.

The treatment of postpartum lochia should be based on tonifying deficiency and removing blood stasis as the main principles. Tonifying deficiency should focus on replenishing Qi and blood, while removing blood stasis should be combined with Qi-regulating drugs, with the idea that when Qi flows, blood will flow.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment will not have side effects on the body and will not have any adverse effects on the baby.

In fact, postpartum women will have black blood clots discharged at different times, which is actually a very normal phenomenon. Especially for some women, because they will excrete a lot of dirt when eliminating lochia, it will make the body cleaner, which is beneficial. Therefore, mothers do not need to worry too much about such problems, just keep warm.