postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

Ok, let me preface with the fact that I've already put in a call to my dr. There isn't anyone in the office until 3pm. No nurse, no dr. So I have to sit and wait- which is why I'm freaking out..


I had DD on 11-12 via csection. I bled pretty heavily in the hospital and once I was home, it was pretty light. The last week or so the bleeding has gotten progressively heavier. I thought it would just subside again. Last week it was just spotting. However, today it seems almost AF like (very thick and dark red)... I also have a lot of pressure 'down there' - just like when I'd get AF prepregnancy.

I highly doubt this is AF already- I'm only 3 wks PP to the day... did anyone else experience this? Can PP bleeding taper off and get very light (clear, light pink in color) and then change back to heavy, red bleeding?

Any information would be great. I'm a ball of nerves waiting for it to finally be 3pm..

Thanks

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

you might have done a little too much and are gushing again... try to relax

Have you been walking more or lifting more than usual?

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

My pp bleeding stopped by 2 weeks when I had dd. Then I started lifting ds again since I was feeling so much better. Well it came back with a vengeance until 6.5 weeks pp. I thought it was never going to stop but it eventually did. As pp said you prob overdid it. Try relaxing and see if it eases.

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

It sounds totally normal, mine came and went for about 6.5 weeks. It would be heavy, get light again, get heavy. All depended on how much running around I did. Then at 6 weeks, I bled heavily again and then that was the end of it.

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

sweety - i bled for a LONG time!!!!!!! i don't remember if i posted about it - but i was VERY concerned about how MUCH i was bleeding too! When i told the OB i had my follow up appointment with - his quote, 'your level of a LOT of blood and mine are likely VERY different'. He had a valid point....

take a few deep breaths - it will be fine....you may've been doing too much at once or are just having a heavy flow day. It's totally normal for it to get heavy and then light!

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

try to take it easy you still need to recoupe your body is telling you slow down

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

I *think* the heavy bleeding is okay so long as you are not running a fever with it and as long as the clots are smaller than a golf ball.

I remember panicking the same way because it would get heavy at like 3-4 weeks PP. This is what I remember being told.

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

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Posted by Blissful

you might have done a little too much and are gushing again... try to relax

Have you been walking more or lifting more than usual?

yesterday I did... I had to run errands and was lugging DD in and out of the car oyyy..I hope I didn't do anything damaging to my incision

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Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

This is exactly what happened to me...and I posted about it and got lots of the stories that it was normal...It started to lessen again after a day or two of taking it easy...

It was scary...It started up bad..heavy, red w/ clots.

Re: postpartum bleeding- TMI & very scared

You need to be very careful considering you just had MAJOR surgery. If you "re-injure" or open the incision you will develop excess scar tissue which can be annoying and slightly painful.

I too did a lot too soon after DC #1. I developed so much scar tissue that I couldn't even lay on my stomach. When I had DC #2 the doc cleaned out all the tissues and I made sure I took it easy. I healed much better.