False menstruation for baby girls

Menstruation is a sign of a woman's physical maturity, because after menstruation, a woman will ovulate regularly every month and have the ability to have children. As women age, their menstruation will disappear after a certain age, and then they will enter menopause, which means that women have entered the aging period. Some baby girls also have menstruation. Let’s understand what false menstruation is for baby girls.

What is the reason for newborn menstruation? How to identify false menstruation in newborns?

1. Why do newborns have menstruation?

During the last two months of the mother's pregnancy, due to the influence of maternal estrogen, the weight of the fetal uterus will increase, the endometrium will undergo congestive hyperplasia, and the vaginal epithelium will also proliferate and hypertrophy. Its cells are similar to those of adults and can produce vaginal secretions.

The cervical glands can also secrete mucus, so a baby girl often has white discharge like leucorrhea flowing out of her vagina in the first few days after birth. This is neonatal leucorrhea. Sometimes bloody discharge from the vagina is called false "menstruation".

This is affected by the mother's estrogen. After the newborn is born, the influence of estrogen is interrupted, the endometrium is shed, and bleeding will occur. Parents don’t need to worry about this. Just pay attention to keeping the newborn’s vulva clean and the symptoms will disappear soon.

2. Abnormal false menstruation

However, if a baby girl has a lot of vaginal bleeding for a long time, you should consider whether it is a neonatal hemorrhagic disease and seek medical treatment from a doctor in time.

In addition, parents should be careful not to use drugs or skin care products containing hormones on their babies, because these skin care products will irritate the baby and may also cause the baby's menstruation. If this happens, they should first stop using them, then go to the relevant testing department to test the hormone content, and seek medical attention if necessary.

3. How to care

In order to better prevent vaginal diseases, baby girls should use diapers with strong absorbency and good breathability, wash and change them frequently to maintain hygiene. The baby girl's vulva should be cleaned after defecation to prevent feces from contaminating the baby's perineum.

When the baby grows a little older, take off his open-crotch pants as soon as possible to avoid exposing his genitals to contamination. In addition, mothers should also actively treat their own reproductive system infectious diseases to avoid infecting their children.