Why does it hurt if I don't press my stomach during a caesarean section?

After a caesarean section, the lochia in the body needs to be discharged in time. Sometimes, the mother's stomach hurts and can only be relieved by pressing with hands. This shows that the lochia in the body has not been completely discharged, so the lochia should be discharged in time. This is also a way to prevent some sequelae. You can drink more brown sugar water and motherwort water to achieve the effect of expelling lochia.

How to discharge lochia

Method 1: Brown sugar water to remove lochia

I call this method: the most widely used, most convenient to obtain materials, cheapest, and most incorrectly used way to expel lochia.

The reason why we are talking about brown sugar water first is that brown sugar water plays a very important role in the entire Chinese confinement culture. In most parts of the country, there is a custom of using brown sugar water to expel lochia. In some areas, there is a custom of giving brown sugar to the new mother to congratulate her on the birth of a baby. At the same time, brown sugar can be bought in many places. It is easy to obtain and has good quality and low price. Because of the above reasons, the method of using brown sugar water to expel lochia has been used by many female friends.

The way most people use it is: put brown sugar in a bowl, brew it with boiling water, let it cool to warm state and drink it, or put brown sugar in freshly made porridge, stir it and eat it with the porridge. In fact, this method is incorrect. Apart from providing calories and a small amount of minerals to the mother, it does not help the mother much in expelling lochia (if it helps, it is the help of hot water, not brown sugar). What is the correct method? Let me tell you. The correct way should be: put brown sugar and cold water into the pot, cover it with a lid, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 3-5 minutes. After turning off the heat, let it sit for 5 minutes and pour it out for drinking. This method can help mothers to expel lochia to a certain extent, but the calorie intake may exceed the standard. In order to restore the mother's figure after childbirth, it is not recommended for mothers to use brown sugar water to expel lochia.

Method 2: Motherwort to remove lochia

This method is known as: the most well-known, most comprehensive, and most complete way to expel lochia.

The reason why such a definition is given to the method of motherwort to expel lochia is because: motherwort as a product is very well known among the public. Many women choose to use motherwort when they have dysmenorrhea or menstrual discomfort during menstruation, so that their friends and relatives know that motherwort can help relieve menstrual dysmenorrhea and other menstrual syndrome problems; at the same time, because there are so many female friends suffering from menstrual syndrome, there are many motherwort preparations that we can buy now, including motherwort granules, motherwort capsules, motherwort paste, etc.; and because the demand for motherwort is very large, the production industry line of motherwort preparations is very complete.