lochia

Lochia discharge typically continues for 4 to 6 weeks after childbirth.

In general, lochia has an odor similar to that of normal menstrual fluid.

At first this discharge, or lochia, is red.

Before you start up again, you should no longer have any postpartum vaginal discharge, known as lochia.

Lochiorrhea describes an excessive flow of lochia and can indicate infection.

Lochia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Shedding of the uterine lining after childbirth (lochia)

Postpartum bleeding (lochia) may last for 2 to 4 weeks and can come and go for about 2 months.

Lochia is post-partum vaginal discharge, containing blood, mucus, and placental tissue.

Toward the end of a week the lochia changes from a bright red to a brownish color, because the discharge now includes certain products of disintegration.

Menstruation generally becomes as painless as the flow of the lochia; and so far as a patient can tell the two phenomena are identical.

Lochia serosa which persists to some weeks after birth can indicate late postpartum hemorrhaging, and should be reported to a physician.

Lochia rubra (or cruenta) is the first discharge, red in color because of the large amount of blood it contains.

Lochia (colour, amount, odour)?

Hecate Lochia (Hot Whiskey Press, 2009)

Maternity - These are usually slightly longer than a maxi/Super pad and are designed to be worn to absorb lochia (bleeding that occurs after childbirth).

The amount of lochia varies, and will likely fall below the average in small or anemic women and rise above it in those who are large or robust.

In the field of the obstetrics, lochia is the vaginal discharge for the first fortnight of puerperium (after birth), containing blood, mucus, and placental tissue.

Lochia serosa is the term for lochia that has thinned and turned brownish or pink in color.

It is used where there are symptoms such as "masses in the abdomen of women, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, menses with bellyache, or persistent lochia after delivery".

This is accomplished through lochia bleeding (the discharge of leftover blood and uterine tissue as the uterus returns to pre-pregnancy state) and by urination and excessive sweating.

Lochia alba (or purulenta) is the name for lochia once it has turned whitish or yellowish-white.

A faint but characteristic odor to the lochia proves very disagreeable to some patients, and on that account it was formerly customary to give them a daily douche throughout the lying-in period.