Postpartum bleeding

Hi ladies, so I’ve reached 6 weeks pp and I’m still bleeding. I’m just curious, when did you completely stop bleeding?

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Hmm maybe like 9 weeks? My heavy bleeding stopped after a few weeks but around 4 weeks and 7 weeks it got from spotting to slightly heavier but not quite period level. I did get a real period at week 10 and since then officially no more bleeding!

The 6 weeks is a joke and many midwives told me the majority of women don't stop bleeding for weeks after that 6 week mark

I can’t remember what week I stopped bleeding fully but my midwife said you can bleed for up to 12 weeks. I’d go through phases where it stopped and then got heavy again. Midwife said that’s normal too, particularly if you’d be doing lots of moving around. Remember you’ve got roughly an 8 inch wound where your placenta was, it’s gonna take time to heal

i stopped bleeding around 5 weeks, i’m jus dealing with more discharge now

I only bleed for about 3 weeks now it’s just discharge/mucus 👀

Stopped around 4 weeks, then started again at 6 for a few days and now I've started bleeding again at 8 weeks 🙄

in our community

Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

TIA 🙂

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7

Sex post C section

Hi ladies I’m 4 weeks 5 days postpartum and I had a C section. I’m not bleeding properly anymore just some brownish discharge stuff that starts on and off. I’d like to do the deed with my partner; is it okay to do so or shall I wait the full 6 weeks. I feel up for it but also worried because the advice is 6-8 weeks.

Pumping advise

FTM to a 2 week old! I’m breastfeeding and then giving one formula bottle last in the evening before bed. I want to start expressing milk to give me some breathing room and also allow my partner to be more involved in feeding. I’m finding the idea of introducing pumping into my day quite overwhelming though. I don’t want to take milk away from my baby by pumping if he needs it during the day when being breastfeed.

Can anyone advise how I start pumping and when to do it? Thank you!