What is postpartum bleeding?

It is said that mothers are the greatest people. Many women can give birth only after ten months of pregnancy, but giving birth is very harmful to women's bodies. However, many young couples are anxious to have sex too early after giving birth, which often leads to bleeding during sex. When this happens, they always feel particularly worried and scared, and they don't know what causes it. Let us understand what is causing bleeding during sex after giving birth.

What causes postpartum bleeding during sexual intercourse: sexual intercourse too early, the wound has not fully recovered, the mother's own inflammation causing the wound to recover slowly, individual surgical suture conditions, etc. Another reason is that the husband's movements are too intense during sex after childbirth.

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.

4. Related to the husband: Since the man abstains from sex for a long time when his wife is in the late pregnancy and postpartum period, once they resume their sexual life, the movements are often intense, which can easily cause perineal tissue damage, bleeding, and rupture.

We know that a perfect sex life can effectively increase the intimacy between couples, especially for families who have just given birth, many men often seem impatient. There are many reasons for postpartum bleeding during intercourse. In order to avoid this situation, young couples are advised to wait until the woman's body has fully recovered before having intercourse for the sake of the woman's health.