What is the cause of bleeding 3 months after delivery?

Postpartum hemorrhage is a common and normal thing among pregnant women, but it often no longer occurs one month after delivery. However, many pregnant women do not get proper recovery and rest after delivery, or have sexual intercourse too early, which is often prone to symptoms such as bleeding three months after delivery. This often makes many pregnant women always particularly worried and afraid, not knowing what the cause is. In order to get better prevention, let us understand what bleeding is three months after delivery.

What is the cause of bleeding 3 months after delivery?

In a normal delivery, the uterus takes 42 days to return to its normal size. During pregnancy and childbirth, the surface of the endometrium (a thin layer of extremely blood-rich tissue on the surface of the uterine wall) is traumatized and exfoliated, and the wound will not heal completely until about 56 days after delivery. The vaginal mucosa will not fully return to normal until the ovarian function returns to normal, that is, after menstruation occurs. Vulvar edema and congestion will also return to normal within 10 days after delivery.

Some young couples often cannot control themselves and do not understand scientific knowledge. When they see the vulva returns to normal and the lochia is clean, they start having sex. This often causes diseases such as vaginitis, cervicitis, endometritis, etc., bringing pain to the mother. We believe that it is best for a mother not to have sexual intercourse within 3 months, or at least within 56 days, to avoid causing illness. This issue must be taken seriously by young couples.

Bleeding during intercourse three months after delivery is mainly caused by wound bleeding, including the following reasons:

1. It is related to the time to resume sexual intercourse: the wound of the perineal incision usually takes 7 days to heal and the sutures to be removed. At this point, the surface tissue of the perineum has healed, but the deep muscle layer and fascia will take 6-8 weeks to repair. If you start having sex too early, it may cause the wound to split and bleed.

2. Related to the general condition of the mother: When the mother suffers from anemia, malnutrition or inflammation of the vagina and perineum, the healing of the perineal wound may be delayed.

3. Related to the wound suture: except for the epidermis of the perineum which is sutured with silk thread, the inner muscle and subcutaneous fat layer are sutured with catgut. Since there are obvious individual differences in the absorption of catgut by human tissue, the quality of the catgut and whether the perineum is strictly disinfected will also affect the absorption of human tissue.

The above is an introduction to what causes bleeding 3 months after delivery. After understanding it, we know that there are many reasons for this phenomenon, such as normal menstruation or some diseases may cause such a situation. However, in order to enable better recovery after delivery, many young couples are advised not to have sex too early, and go to the hospital for a postpartum check-up 42 days after delivery.