Doctor, I have a question: I just gave birth to a baby 1 month ago and I have bright red blood. I had a cesarean section and I breastfeed my baby exclusively. Can you tell me if this is menstruation or early menstruation? If it is early menstruation, how long will it take for my period to return? Thank you very much, doctor.

weeks after giving birth, I had my period early. It's been more than 6 weeks now, my husband and I had sex for the 3rd time and there was a lot of red blood like a period but no pain at all. Normally, when I have my period, I often have back and stomach pain, but now I have a lot of blood and I don't understand why. So doctor, can you tell me if it's okay to have a lot of blood after giving birth?

After the lochia ends, depending on each individual, menstruation will appear 1 month or several months later. This is the first menstruation after giving birth, so its nature is different from normal menstruation: longer, more abundant, darker in color...

Normal lochia will not have a foul smell, only a slight fishy smell, usually lasting about 01 month, a few mothers can last from 40-45 days and the amount will also decrease significantly, the lochia will change color from bright red and gradually turn to clear yellow. Thus, the lochia will gradually decrease in quantity, fade in color each day after birth.