Symptoms of incomplete expulsion of fetal membranes

Women need to go to the hospital for regular check-ups after giving birth, mainly to understand the recovery of the woman's uterus and other habits after childbirth. If any problems are found, they can be treated in time. Some women do not have their placenta or fetal membranes expelled cleanly during childbirth. What are the symptoms? If the placenta is not expelled cleanly, women will experience postpartum bleeding or lochia. Let's learn more about it in detail.

1. Causes of postpartum fetal membrane retention

The placenta is usually delivered from the body about 5-15 minutes after the fetus is delivered from the birth canal, and no later than 30 minutes. If the placenta is not completely expelled and part of it remains inside the uterus, it is called retained placenta. Partial placental retention refers to the retention of part of the placental leaflet or accessory placenta in the uterine cavity, which can affect uterine contractions and cause postpartum hemorrhage. When placenta retention occurs, abnormal symptoms such as lochia or continued bleeding may occur even after 10 days after delivery. Uterine contractants can be used to promote the expulsion of residual placenta, and postpartum curettage can be performed to remove residual placental tissue and reduce the occurrence of postpartum hemorrhage.

It may be due to uterine malformation, uterine fibroids, intrauterine adhesions, etc., or it may be due to the unskilled operation operator, resulting in incomplete removal of the pregnancy tissue, causing some tissue to remain in the uterine cavity. If bloody lochia lasts for more than 2 weeks and the amount is large, it often indicates that the placenta attachment site is not restored well or there are residual placenta and fetal membranes. If the lochia is not clear one month after delivery and is accompanied by a foul or rotten odor, or is accompanied by abdominal pain and fever, it may be an infection of the vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, or ovaries. If it is accompanied by heavy bleeding and the uterus is large and soft, it often indicates that the uterus is poorly restored.

Precautions for pregnant women’s diet

After giving birth, do mothers feel that they can do whatever they want and eat and drink what they were not allowed to eat and drink during pregnancy? NO! Mothers should pay attention here! Some precautions on diet after childbirth should still be understood!

First of all, you should avoid eating spicy and warm foods after giving birth. Spicy and warm foods can cause internal heat, which can cause the mother to get angry and have symptoms such as mouth ulcers, constipation or hemorrhoids. At the same time, breast milk can also aggravate the baby's internal heat. Therefore, the diet should be light, especially within 5-7 days after delivery. It should mainly consist of soft rice, egg soup, etc., and avoid spicy and warm foods such as garlic, chili, pepper, fennel, wine, and leek.

Secondly, although it is necessary to nourish the body after childbirth, you should avoid drinking high-fat thick soups, as drinking high-fat thick soups can easily affect your appetite and body shape. At the same time, a high-fat diet will increase the fat content in breast milk, which will make it impossible for newborns to tolerate and absorb it and cause diarrhea.

Furthermore, you should say NO to raw and cold food! Because childbirth consumes a lot of physical energy, the hormone level in the body drops greatly after delivery. The delivery of the newborn and the placenta reduces the metabolism of the mother, and the physical condition mostly turns from internal heat to deficiency and cold. Therefore, Chinese medicine advocates that the body should keep warm after childbirth and avoid eating too much raw or cold food.

In addition, you cannot go on a diet immediately after giving birth, especially for breastfeeding mothers. The weight gained after giving birth is mainly water and fat, and if you breastfeed, these fats are simply not enough. A new mother needs to absorb at least 2,800 kcal of calories per day to meet her needs.