The menstruation cycle after childbirth - how and when it is restored

Failure of the menstrual cycle after childbirth often causes fear among newly minted mothers. Nevertheless, one should not forget that during pregnancy, menstruation is interrupted due to hormonal restructuring of the female body. After delivery, the hormonal status is restored, it does not matter at all, the birth was natural or the cesarean section had to be done .

Prolactin will show

The main factor that the recovery of the menstrual cycle after childbirth has come to an end is the first menstruation. Breastfeeding is also important , since prolactin (a special hormone responsible for milk production in the breast milk) can block the activity of other hormones, which can also lead to a delay in menstruation. This phenomenon has some biological meaning, because the organism of a nursing woman is not ready for a new pregnancy, which means that she needs protection. Prolactin provides this very protection, protecting against untimely conception. It should be remembered that a woman is not protected for long, and soon she will need contraception again.

Some mothers complain that especially sensitive babies will open their noses from their breasts due to a change in the taste of milk. For babies this can become harmful, and mothers risk losing their ability to feed. However, especially lucky, you can save the milk, decanting every three hours a portion that is necessary for the newborn, or slipping the breast during sleep.

In the event that the menstrual cycle after childbirth or feeding does not stabilize for more than a year, it is necessary to contact a specialist who prescribes hormonal tests and, if necessary, treatment. If you treat a menstrual failure carelessly, you can easily "earn" secondary infertility.

Bleeding as a cause of hormonal hunger

An example of pathology is also the state of the body, which arose as a result of severe birth bleeding. In this case, affected areas of the brain, which are responsible for hormonal regulation. Such changes can lead to a natural hormonal hunger, in which not only the menstrual cycle after childbirth is absent, but milk in the breast is not produced in practice. Women who become victims of such postpartum processes notice that they lose weight, they dry their skin, hair falls out, fatigue increases, dizziness appears, blood pressure drops. Most often these symptoms are attributed to postnatal fatigue or ordinary anemia. But mothers should not neglect precautions - it is best to contact the endocrinologist to exclude these rare, though quite likely, cases.

Many women are convinced that the menstrual cycle after childbirth changes not only its periodicity, but also its characteristics. In other words, painful and prolonged menstruation should be short-term and imperceptible for the "beginning" mom. In fact, menstruation can become more regular, pain can be dull or disappear altogether. Soreness is a property to which representatives of the fair sex are obliged to bend the uterus, making it difficult for the outflow of blood with menstruation. Of course, this bend disappears during labor, the uterus becomes more plastic, and the pain passes. In any case, the menstrual cycle after childbirth is self-restored or medically restored, regulated and adjusted.