Are you aware of postpartum hemorrhage?
Postpartum hemorrhage is defined as the condition of bleeding than the normal amount of blood after the child birth. Most of the women have this condition of hemorrhage. It is most commonly seen during the caesarean births. PPH is mostly seen after the delivery of placenta and sometimes it can even happen later. Causes: The underlying physiology for PPH includes the contraction of uterus for pushing the placenta out after the birth of the baby. After the placenta is pushed out this pressure is put over the blood vessels in the area where the placenta is present. At this time if the uterus doesn’t contract strong, the blood vessels continue to bleed freely. Some other minor causes of PPH include: Blood clot disorders Presence of tears in the uterus blood vessels Bleeding in pelvis Placenta problems Risk factors: The most commonly seen risk factors of postpartum hemorrhage are placental abruption, placenta previa, multiple baby pregnancy, high b...