People who have no medical knowledge may really not understand the relationship between pregnancy and menstruation. They only know that there will be no menstruation after pregnancy, and "absence of menstruation" is a major characteristic of pregnancy. But why do I stop menstruating after I get pregnant? You will be confused. Why does a woman stop menstruating after she gets pregnant? Where does her menstruation go? ?

If you want to know where menstruation goes after pregnancy, it is necessary to first understand? "Why does menstruation occur?"?

For women, under normal circumstances, menstruation will occur once every month. Everyone knows that as long as "menstruation does not come on time", it will be considered "menstrual disorder", which may be related to various Caused by hormonal disorders.

Indeed, each menstruation is related to the hormones in the female body.

As shown in the picture below, "a complete menstrual cycle", basically a cycle is 28 days, but since every woman is not exactly the same, some people have a very short cycle, only about 21 days , but some people take it as long as about 35 days.

A menstrual cycle includes the follicular phase, ovulation phase and luteal phase. These are of course medical terms. To put it simply, they are before ovulation, ovulation and after ovulation.

Before the ovulation period, that is, about 7 days after the end of a menstrual period, the estrogen in the female body begins to secrete, and the endometrium will thicken;

Wait until the ovulation period ( About 14 days after a menstrual period), ovulation will occur, and progesterone will begin to be secreted. Under the action of these two hormones, the endometrium will be edematous and the thickness of the endometrium will become thicker;

Ovulation After menstruation, if a fertilized egg is not formed, these two hormones will decrease, and the endometrium will begin to fall off, and the blood vessels in the endometrium will rupture, thus forming menstruation.

But if you arrange it before and after the ovulation period (it doesn’t have to be the ovulation period, because sperm and eggs have a survival period in the body, the 1-2 days before and after the ovulation period is also very likely) If you have sex, you will become pregnant.

The fertilized egg implants on the endometrium and begins to differentiate and develop. One fertilized egg cell changes into 2, 2 into 4, 4 into 8... From the fertilized egg, it differentiates into A small embryo gradually develops into a small fetus.

This process requires the continuous support of hormones. With the support of rising hormones, the endometrium will not fall off, and menstruation will not form.

But when the "melon is ripe" and the baby is born, there is no need for such high levels of estrogen and progesterone, and the hormone levels will drop again, so the endometrium will gradually restart the previous month. A menstrual cycle. So, when will you get your period after giving birth?

This question is also a very elusive one for women.

Because, I really don’t know? When will menstruation come after childbirth? It's easy to get pregnant again!

It is true that some women may have their period one month after giving birth (after the full moon), but some women may not have their period for a year after giving birth (one year after breastfeeding).

Is it abnormal to come early or late?

Actually, not everything is normal.

After childbirth, mothers who breastfeed generally will have their menstruation relatively late, or even not have menstruation throughout the lactation period.

This is because prolactin affects the growth of the endometrium. When prolactin, which promotes breast milk secretion, increases, the endometrium cannot thicken. During breastfeeding, prolactin needs to remain high, so menstruation will temporarily stop.

After giving birth, how long does it usually take to get your period? ?

There is no fixed answer to this question.

Because every mother’s specific circumstances are different, and the specific circumstances of breastfeeding (length of feeding, frequency of feeding, etc.) are different, the time of menstruation will also be different.

Relatively speaking, menstruation comes earlier for mothers who do not breastfeed/mothers who do mixed feeding. Mothers who do not breastfeed their babies usually resume menstruation 6-10 weeks after delivery;

Most breastfeeding mothers resume menstruation at about 6 months, but some resume as early as more than 2 months, or they do not come for the entire breastfeeding period and only resume 1-2 months after weaning. Menstruation;

Absence of menstruation does not mean lack of ovulation. If you don’t want a second child, you must do a good job of contraception!

This is the case for many mothers who find out they are pregnant soon after giving birth!

Although menstruation does not come, it does not mean that ovulation has not occurred. If you do not use contraception during intercourse, it is easy to get pregnant again.

For mothers who had a normal delivery, it may be okay, but for mothers who had a caesarean section, because the time was too short and their physical condition did not allow for the baby, they could only have an abortion, which would cause more damage to the body out of thin air. .

In fact, no matter what the situation is, as long as you are not planning to get pregnant and have a baby, you must do good contraceptive work. Otherwise, if you get pregnant and then have a miscarriage, it will ultimately harm the woman's own body, and multiple miscarriages may even occur. This will lead to the inability to have a baby in the future, causing lifelong damage.

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