What are the symptoms of retained fetal membranes after delivery?

In daily life, whether women have miscarriage or normal delivery, it is easy for the fetal membrane to remain in the uterus. Long-term retention of the fetal membrane can easily lead to some internal uterine diseases. Generally, the most obvious symptoms of retained fetal membranes are frequent lower abdominal pain, reduced vaginal bleeding, etc. It can also easily lead to some gynecological diseases and cause secretions.

What are the symptoms of retained fetal membranes after delivery?

Whether it is a full-term normal delivery or an induced labor in the second trimester, there is a possibility of residual fetal membranes after delivery. So, what are the symptoms of retained fetal membranes after delivery? This mainly depends on the amount of retained fetal membranes and the contraction of the uterus.

If there is not much fetal membrane remaining and the uterus has strong contractions, then the mother will have mild or no symptoms, mostly only paroxysmal uterine contraction pain, lower abdominal soreness, etc. At this time, vaginal bleeding is less and generally does not exceed the amount of menstruation. Moreover, this vaginal lochia tends to gradually decrease. After a few days, the discharge becomes lighter in color and has no special odor other than the normal smell of blood. The mother is in good spirits, has a good diet, and has normal urination and defecation.

On the contrary, if there is a lot of fetal membrane tissue remaining in the uterine cavity after delivery, it may affect uterine contraction. In this way, the blood vessels in the uterine placental wound cannot be closed effectively, resulting in heavy bleeding, which usually exceeds the menstrual volume and may even cause heavy bleeding. At the same time, the abdominal pain is severe. Excessive bleeding may cause dizziness, sweating, fatigue, pale complexion, and even shock. At this time, anti-shock treatment is needed, and blood transfusion is required if necessary.

The most critical thing is that emergency uterine curettage may be required to remove the remaining fetal membrane tissue in order to effectively stop bleeding and promote uterine contraction, and then supplement with blood-enriching and infection-preventing drugs.

Therefore, the symptoms of retained fetal membranes after delivery are mainly related to the amount of bleeding. The amount of bleeding needs to be observed. If heavy bleeding occurs, seek medical attention promptly to avoid danger.

complication

1. Placenta adhesion

It is often manifested as prolonged third stage of labor or bleeding. The length of the third stage of labor has a significant relationship with the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage. When the third stage of labor lasts for more than 10 minutes, the amount of postpartum blood loss increases significantly, and when it lasts for more than 20 minutes, the increase in blood loss is more obvious.

2. Placental retention after detachment

It is mostly due to weak uterine contractions, weak abdominal muscles of the mother, or a full bladder, so that although the placenta has been completely detached from the uterine wall, it is retained in the uterine cavity, further affecting uterine contractions and causing bleeding.