The Chinese custom is not to go out during the month, in case there is some discomfort, but also reluctant to go to the hospital, often delayed some time, and when you have to go to the hospital, it will cause some difficulties to the treatment. In fact, if there is a problem, early detection, early treatment, but less impact on their own, but also to avoid the impact of long-term use of drugs on breastfeeding.
Breast lumps
The breast is the organ for breastfeeding. After delivery, under the action of hormones in the body, milk is gradually produced to feed the baby. It is very important to take care of your breasts every day, especially during the first few days after childbirth, when your breasts are engorged with blood, and during this period they are swollen and hard and cannot be touched.
Even after the milk is clear, it is a good way to prevent milk stagnation by sucking out the milk that your baby cannot finish sucking after each feeding. Before each feeding, wipe your nipples with a warm, wet, soft towel to keep them clean.
If your baby sucks the nipple out, you can wear a latex nipple patch to avoid direct sucking.
Special tip: Seek medical attention in case of mastitis.
Check yourself every day for hard lumps in the breast, redness of the local skin, and discomfort such as increased body temperature. In addition, mastitis is also likely to occur when breastfeeding returns.
(1) Mastitis is a relatively common disease during breastfeeding and should be checked in a timely manner. Early in the course of the disease, a short period of time with antibiotics and timely milk extrusion will improve quickly. If you delay, the local formation of abscesses, but also surgical incision and drainage, the need for multiple drug changes, it is more painful.
(2) If you think you have mastitis, you should go to the hospital for a checkup, and you should be reminded to see a breast surgeon (if the hospital you go to does not have a separate breast surgery department, just go to a general surgery number).
(3) Breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment, but milk should be sucked out regularly. Breastfeeding can usually be resumed 2 to 3 days after stopping the medication, or as prescribed by your doctor.
Lactation is not complete
Labor is the process of complete expulsion of the fetus and fetal appendages (including placenta, umbilical cord, fetal membranes and amniotic fluid) from the mother’s body. However, there are still some fragmented meconium tissues in the uterine cavity and bleeding from the abruptive surface of the placenta, causing vaginal bleeding for a period of time after delivery, which is called malodour.
(1) After childbirth, the malodorous fluid is bloody and slowly turns into a bloody discharge after 1 to 2 weeks. It lasts for about 2 weeks in case of vaginal delivery and for a little longer in case of cesarean delivery. There is usually no other special discomfort and the discharge does not have any special smell. The uterus will also gradually shrink and become smaller.
(2) After delivery, you can touch the uterus in the lower abdomen. Under normal circumstances, the height of the uterine fundus decreases at a rate of 1 to 2 cm per day, and in normal vaginal deliveries, the uterus will no longer be palpable in the lower abdomen 10 days after delivery.
(3) After delivery, while resting, you must get out of bed more often to help the dew drainage, otherwise, as the uterus shrinks and the cervical opening closes, the dew in the uterine cavity will not drain smoothly, which will cause blood accumulation. As you know, blood is the best culture medium for bacteria, which in turn can lead to infection.
Special tip: Seek medical attention if you don’t have enough milk.
If after 2 to 3 weeks the amount of malodorous fluid is still high and it is still blood-colored (instead of bloody discharge), or if it is accompanied by a foul odor, or if it is accompanied by discomfort such as poor contraction of the uterus, abdominal pain, or fever, you should go to the hospital for examination.
After taking a medical history, the doctor will recommend a gynecological examination to find out the nature of the vaginal bleeding, the recovery of the uterus, and whether there is pressure and thickening in the pelvic cavity. In addition, the doctor will recommend a routine blood test (to see if there is anemia and elevated white blood cells), an ultrasound (to exclude any accumulation of blood or tissue residue in the uterine cavity), and if necessary, a blood sample for quantification of blood HCG.
The purpose of these tests is to see if the size of the uterus is recovering smoothly, if there is any accumulation of blood or tissue residue in the uterine cavity, and if there is endometritis, etc.
②Usually after delivery, your doctor will recommend you to take medication to promote uterine contraction and drainage of malodex, such as motherwort flush. If you find that the uterus is not recovering well and there is a small amount of blood in the uterus, you will also be advised to continue to take some medication to activate the blood and remove the stagnation.
If there is a lot of “stuff” in the uterus and the medication does not work, you will be advised to have the uterus surgically removed and treated with antibiotics. For more massive late postpartum hemorrhage, if antibiotics and hemostatic drugs do not work, you may be advised to undergo uterine artery embolization, and in severe cases, the uterus may be removed.
Poor wound healing
There may be some wounds during delivery, such as episiotomy or lower uterine cesarean section, where there are localized wounds. Usually when the stitches are removed from a wound it does not mean that the wound is completely healed.
It takes 3 to 4 months for a typical surgical incision to heal completely from the outside in. During this time, there may be mild local discomfort or limited movement, etc.
Special Note: Seek medical attention if you notice any signs of infection in the wound.
If you find that the local skin of the wound is red, swollen, hot and painful, there is abnormal discharge, or accompanied by fever, etc., you should consider whether there is a wound infection.
Since infection develops gradually, most of the time when infection is found, they are already discharged from the hospital and resting at home. Especially, the perineal incision care is more important because the postpartum malodorous dew, as well as the proximity to the perianal area and urethral opening, can easily cause infection. Therefore, it is very important to rinse the vulva daily, change sanitary napkins in time and wear cotton underwear, etc.
Urinary tract infection
During the first few days of labor, a lot of water retained in the body during pregnancy will be excreted, so there will be a lot of sweating and urination. However, due to the anatomical characteristics of the female vulva, the urethral opening, the vaginal opening and the anus are relatively close to each other, which, together with the postpartum malodorous dew, is particularly likely to cause urinary tract infections. In addition, the pain of the perineal incision can also cause women to “dare not” urinate.
Therefore, after delivery, you should urinate regularly, clean the vulva, change the sanitary napkin in time, and drink more water.
Special Note: Seek medical attention if you have symptoms of urinary tract infection
If you have symptoms of urinary tract irritation (such as frequent, urgent and painful urination), or fever and back discomfort, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.
Summer refreshing moon baby tips
1. The indoor temperature should not be too high, and the windows should be opened frequently to keep the indoor air fresh. In order to avoid the new mommy catching a cold during the change of air, you can let her stay in another room temporarily or open the windows of each room while she is out in the sun.
2, when the humidity in the air is too large, you can use the air conditioning moisture removal function. Indoor humidity is best kept at about 55%.
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