What discharge after birth is considered the norm?
To begin with, it should be noted that the length of postpartum excreta, lousy, on average is 6-8 weeks. However, much more important is not the duration, but the character.
Normally, during the first 2-3 days of discharge from the uterus are bloody in nature. Their color is bright red, with small admixtures of clots and mucus. As for the volume, such discharges are quite abundant.
With the passage of time, the lochia change its color. So, just a week later they become brown. At the same time, their intensity also decreases.
By the end of 5-6 weeks, most women note the appearance of only neobylnyh discharge, which is usually transparent, but sometimes still may have small amounts of blood. In such cases, women say that they "smear".
When should I see a doctor?
Having told about what discharges after birth are noted in the norm, we will also consider possible deviations, in which it is necessary to apply for medical care.
So, the alarm must be beat in the following cases:
- the discharge stopped quite quickly. This fact may indicate a delay in lop-liver. This phenomenon is fraught with the occurrence of complications, for example, such as a hematometer;
- the discharge does not change its color over time. This can be observed with a violation of the process of clotting of the blood;
- the blood discharge appeared again after the time when brown or transparent were observed. This can talk about the development of uterine bleeding;
- lousy has a sharp unpleasant smell - indicates the presence of infection.
Also, in addition to the above, attention should be paid to the duration of the excretions.
Thus, with caesarean section, there may be an increase in duration, which is due to the fact that the operation involved a cut of the uterine wall. A small amount of blood can also be released from a wound healing on it.
Thus, knowing what is normally marked discharge after childbirth and what color they should be, a woman will be able to avoid the development of complications, applying at the first deviations to the doctor.