Aug 21

Discharge and Bleeding after Birth?

Tag: QuestionsAnnie @ 11:20 pm

What is lochia?
Why do women bleed after birth?
Healthy vagina, healthy discharge
Vaginal bacteria and infections
Common vaginal infections

Immediately following birth women experience a discharge medically termed lochia. It is first mixed with blood, much like a period, that begins as a heavy flow and becomes lighter and brownish over time, ending as a yellowish white discharge.  Read the rest of this article.

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2 Responses to “Discharge and Bleeding after Birth?”

  1. Jodi says:

    It is also said that the blood shed after birth is the womb crying - mourning the end of the pregnancy.

  2. healthranker.com says:

    After Childbirth: Immediately following birth women experience a discharge medically termed lochia. Some women experi…

    Immediately following birth women experience a discharge medically termed lochia. Some women experience very heavy bleeding for over two weeks while others have no discharge at all after two weeks….

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