Is it painful to do postpartum uterine curettage?

Pregnancy and childbirth are things that almost every married woman will encounter. This is also the most natural law. Childbirth has a great impact on women's lives and bodies. Women often hurt their bodies because of difficult problems they encounter after childbirth. For example, some women still have a large amount of residue in their uterus after giving birth that cannot be eliminated and need to undergo a uterine curettage. However, is it painful to do a postpartum uterine curettage?

During the postpartum uterine cleaning process, the mother will feel varying degrees of lower abdominal pain. Because different patients have different sensitivities to pain stimuli, the degree of pain produced is not exactly the same. The vast majority of patients can tolerate the pain caused by postpartum uterine curettage.

After the placenta and fetal membranes are delivered, routine checks are needed to determine whether the delivery of the placenta and membranes is complete. If there are placenta residues or more fetal membrane tissue residues, it will affect the contraction of the uterus after delivery, leading to increased vaginal bleeding after delivery. Severe cases may even cause postpartum hemorrhage. In this case, appropriate treatment is required. If general conservative treatment is ineffective, uterine curettage surgery should be considered. Postpartum uterine curettage surgery can easily lead to serious complications such as uterine perforation and should be performed under close monitoring.

The placenta is usually delivered from the body about 5 to 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, this phenomenon is called retained placenta, which can affect uterine contractions and cause postpartum hemorrhage. Uterine contractants can be used to promote the expulsion of residual placenta (need to be used under the guidance of a doctor). If there is still residue after taking the medicine, a curettage can be performed to remove the residual placental tissue and reduce the occurrence of postpartum hemorrhage. Anesthesia is given during the operation, and you generally won't feel much pain after the operation. After the operation, you need to drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, keep clean and prevent infection.