How to judge whether the lochia has been discharged?

Fertility is something that women will care about more when they reach a certain age. Fertility means giving birth to children. Although giving birth to children no longer poses a major threat to women's lives in modern life, life after giving birth is also not something that women can be careless about, because the female body after giving birth is very fragile, and there are still some problems that threaten women's health. For example, lochia is a postpartum phenomenon, and almost all women will have lochia after giving birth. Under normal circumstances, lochia will disappear after women have adjusted for a period of time and has little impact on women. However, some lochia takes a long time to be discharged, which makes women more worried. Let’s take a look at how to judge whether the lochia has been discharged.

Lochia is the body fluid that is discharged through the vagina after delivery along with the endometrium, especially the decidua at the placenta attachment site, containing blood and necrotic decidual tissue. Maybe this is the first time you hear the word lochia, but don't be scared by it, the discharge of lochia is a normal phenomenon.

When the leucorrhea returns to a transparent state, it indicates that the postpartum lochia has been discharged. Normal lochia will clear up in about three weeks after delivery. There are three types of lochia: bloody lochia: In the first few days after delivery, it is mainly blood, bright red in color, large in amount, and sometimes with small blood clots. Serous lochia: After bloody lochia lasts for 3 to 5 days, the lochia turns light red. White lochia: 10 to 14 days after delivery, the lochia is white or light yellow, and contains a large number of white blood cells, deciduous cells, epidermal cells, bacteria and mucus.

If you have leucorrhea now, it means it has been discharged. In addition, special attention should be paid to perineal care after delivery. Doctors generally recommend obstetric care packages. Women who have undergone cesarean section should use a healing device to clean the vulva 1 to 2 times a day. Women who have delivered naturally should use a healing device to rinse the vulva after each bowel movement and wipe it dry from front to back with toilet paper to avoid bacterial infection of the episiotomy wound.

Be careful not to let dirty water enter the vagina, and do not take a bath before the lochia is completely discharged. When sleeping or lying in bed, use an obstetric support pillow to lie on the side without perineal wound to reduce the chance of lochia flowing into the perineal wound. As mentioned above, expectant mothers need to prepare an "obstetric care package" in advance to be prepared for any eventuality.