What should I do if I have menstrual dysmenorrhea during breastfeeding?

Some women do not have their period during breastfeeding, but there are also cases where they have their period during breastfeeding. Generally, women will resume menstruation around 6-12 months after giving birth. If you experience dysmenorrhea during breastfeeding, you should not take any medicine randomly. You can choose massage or hot compress to relieve dysmenorrhea. Learn more about what to do if you have dysmenorrhea during breastfeeding?

1. Believe that dysmenorrhea can be completely cured. Live a regular life and ensure adequate sleep. Don't use cold water to wash your hair or feet.

2. Motherwort and Jujube Tea: Boil 15 grams of motherwort, 30 grams of jujube and appropriate amount of brown sugar, one dose per day, in the morning and evening.

3. Massage method: The patient lies on his back on the bed, rub his hands together to warm them up, then put his hands on the lower abdomen, and massage from top to bottom until the local skin becomes rosy, once in the morning and once in the evening.

4. External application method: Grind 5 grams each of Chuanwu and Caowu into fine powder, then mix with onion juice and honey and apply to the painful area in the lower abdomen for 2 to 3 hours. Once a day.

5. You can take medicines such as menstrual regulating and analgesic capsules + amoxicillin capsules + vitamin C tablets. It is best not to breastfeed your baby while taking the medicine to avoid affecting the baby's health. Pay attention to rest and strengthen nutrition. Keep warm and avoid catching cold. If the symptoms are severe, go to the hospital for treatment immediately.

Dysmenorrhea is a problem that 80% of women have encountered. It can be divided into primary and secondary types. Primary dysmenorrhea is accompanied by dysmenorrhea since the menarche. The best preventive measure is to keep warm and drink brown sugar to drive away the cold. Secondary dysmenorrhea has endocrine factors; endometrial or cervical canal factors; uterine hypoplasia factors; neurological factors or mental state problems; gynecological disease factors, etc. If the pain is severe, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to find out the cause and receive treatment.