January 10 2010

Menstruation After Childbirth

The first menstruation after giving birth relative time, there is one year after birth, 6 months, some even 3 months after delivery. Sooner or later to come back one period is influenced by the hormone prolactin and progesterone. Prolactin itself is a hormone that can stimulate the milk glands to produce milk. If breast-feeding mothers effectively, it will increase the production of the hormone prolactin, which increase the hormone prolactin can suppress the hormones progesterone and estrogen are involved in the occurrence of menstruation. This means that if, for mothers to breastfeed effectively and continuously without punctuated by a formula, then for the return period will be longer, could be up to one year and some even two years. This is called a natural contraceptive. If the mother after a 5-month period, well if mothers breastfeed it continuously? nevertheless, we think the mother’s first menstruation after childbirth is a normal.

Regarding the number of women consider menstrual enough (quite a lot relative), so long menstrual period not more than 2 weeks, then normal. The important thing is not to more than 2 weeks. Besides the large number of periods for women who have given birth also affected by other things, for example out the remnants of delivery that makes the number of periods become more, etc..

To further determine whether these women safe period either, mother consult a doctor.

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