Postpartum sweating is particularly easy

After giving birth, women need a long time to recover. The golden period for recovery is when women are in confinement after childbirth. However, many women also find some discomfort in their bodies during this period. Especially for women who give birth in summer, they find that they sweat very easily during the confinement period. This also makes them wonder if there was something wrong during childbirth, so what causes women to sweat after childbirth?

What is postpartum sweating

After childbirth, it is common for women to sweat more. If you sweat too much while sleeping and your clothes and bedding become soaked, then this is postpartum puerperal sweat. The recovery time for postpartum sweating is related to the physical condition of each mother. Those with good physical conditions will recover faster and return to normal in one to two weeks. Those with weak bodies will take longer to recover.

Causes of postpartum sweating

One to three days after giving birth, new mothers sweat a lot. If it is summer, their clothes may get soaked with just a little exercise. This is because the body undergoes many physiological changes after giving birth, resulting in abundant sweat in the body.

1. Increased skin blood volume during pregnancy

During pregnancy, a lot of fluid between tissues will seep into blood vessels, so the blood volume will increase by 10-20%. Moreover, during pregnancy, estrogen levels increase, adrenal gland function is vigorous, the expectant mother's basal metabolism speeds up, and blood vessels dilate, all of which lead to an increase in skin blood volume. In addition, after the baby is born, the blood circulation of the placenta will stop and the uterus will begin to contract, causing a large amount of blood to return to the human circulation.

2. Excrete excess water after childbirth

After giving birth, the expectant mother's body metabolism and endocrine levels will gradually return to normal levels. In order to reduce the burden on the heart and promote postpartum recovery, the body will excrete retained water, the main methods are urination and sweating. After the water is excreted, your weight will drop rapidly and your figure will be restored to a certain extent. So mothers don’t need to worry too much, this is a normal phenomenon after giving birth.

What are the symptoms of postpartum sweating?

1. In the early postpartum period, new mothers sweat significantly more, often just after waking up or doing a little exercise, they will sweat, and their clothes may be soaked as a result. However, this type of postpartum sweating is not pathological, but a normal physiological condition.

2. If you sweat a lot for a long time after delivery, it is pathological postpartum sweating. One is involuntary sweating after falling asleep, which is called postpartum night sweats. Another type is postpartum spontaneous sweating during the day. In this case, even if the weather is not hot and the mother is not wearing too many clothes, she may still sweat profusely.