後こう陣じん痛つう

noun

afterpains; involution

Medical term for the cramping pain felt after childbirth as the uterus contracts back to its normal size. Also refers to the process of involution itself.

• 出しゅっ産さん後ご、後こう陣じん痛つうが強つよくて眠ねむれなかった。

  After giving birth, the afterpains were so strong I couldn't sleep.

• 後こう陣じん痛つうは子し宮きゅうが元もとの大おおきさに戻もどる過か程ていで起おこります。

  Afterpains occur as the uterus returns to its original size.