Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection with most sexually active men and women being exposed to the virus at some point during their lifetime.1,2. The virus is common in the United States, there are approximately 14 million newly diagnosed cases of HPV annually.PV is a virus which is passed skin-to-skin through sexual intercourse or other forms of skin-to-skin contact of the genitals. HPV can infect anyone who is or has ever been sexually active, and sometimes the most infected individuals are asymptomatic, meaning they display no symptoms of the virus.
You can feel the changes in the uterus as cramps, called afterpains. You can see the changes as your abdomen gets smaller. You should also see a discharge, called lochia, that usually lasts about 3 weeks, but may last as long as 6 weeks.
1 Your lochia is still bright red four days after your baby's birth. 2  Your lochia has a foul smell or you come down with fever or chills, which can be a sign of a postpartum infection. 3  You have abnormally heavy bleeding (saturating a sanitary pad in an hour or having blood clots bigger than a golf ball).or a few days after you give birth, you'll seem to have a very heavy period. Because the amount of blood in your body rises by about 50 percent during pregnancy, your body is well prepared for this normal blood loss.