What to do if menstruation comes early during breastfeeding

You should know that women will not have menstruation during pregnancy. Menstruation will not come until women have normal menstruation after giving birth. The resumption of menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon. Not long after delivery, when the body recovers and the endometrium is repaired, menstruation will gradually resume. The time of recovery may be earlier or later. If the body is good, women may have menstruation during breastfeeding. So what should I do if menstruation comes early during breastfeeding?

From a medical point of view, based on the tissue morphology of the endometrium, the ovaries may be able to ovulate as early as 33-42 days after delivery. In addition, the presence of a corpus luteum after ovulation can also be observed 6 weeks after delivery.

Therefore, if the mother does not breastfeed, menstruation usually comes within 6 to 8 weeks after delivery. Research data show that 40% of non-breastfeeding mothers resume ovulation 6 weeks after delivery; by 8-12 weeks after delivery, only about 35% of mothers have not resumed ovulation and menstruation.

About 25% of breastfeeding mothers will resume ovulation and menstruation 12 weeks after delivery, and most breastfeeding mothers usually take until 18 weeks to fully resume ovulation function. However, it is sometimes difficult to clinically determine the exact time of the first menstrual period after delivery, and a small number of women will begin to have intermittent bleeding of small to moderate amounts immediately after delivery.

Breastfeeding mother's menstruation

For new mothers who breastfeed their babies, ovulation and menstruation will resume later, and some may not have their period until a year later. For most people, their first menstrual period is heavier than usual, but their second period becomes normal, so no treatment is needed.

When menstruation comes, the amount of milk a breastfeeding mother produces generally decreases, and the quality of the protein and fat in the breast milk also changes slightly, with the protein content being higher and the fat content being lower. This milk sometimes causes indigestion symptoms in babies, but this is a temporary phenomenon and will return to normal after the menstrual period. Therefore, mothers do not need to stop breastfeeding whether during or after menstruation.

Many friends who have recovered well often encounter problems with menstruation during breastfeeding. After menstruation, the amount of milk of breastfeeding mothers will generally decrease, so the child will not be full. During this period, you can give the child some appropriate complementary foods and some nutritious foods to help the baby increase nutrition. Mothers also need nourishing nutrition.