Consultant care - 2nd pregnancy- first birth blood loss

When I was in labour with my first, I had a lot of bleeding and lost 1.5 litres of blood for a natural unmedicated birth.

I’ve now received a letter from the antenatal clinic for a consultation when I’ll be around 20-22 weeks pregnant.

I’ve been informed it’s because of the blood loss by my midwife.

Has anybody experienced this before? Or can shed some light on what to expect?

If this is your 2nd+ pregnancy, do you know how much blood you lost with your first? Apparently natural you should lose 500ml and c-section 1L, anything more is classed as a PP haemorrhage, but this was not disclosed to me at the time of giving birth.

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Oh how strange. So I lost between 1.5 and 2 litres of blood during my natural birth and they wanted me to have a blood transfusion - which I declined. They kept me informed and I had to inject myself for 10 days after giving birth. I have a consultant appointment at 16 weeks, and then following up appointments. I think it’s more for your ease more than anything else

I had to have 6 weeks of injections because of the blood loss, but it wasn’t disclosed to me as a PP haemorrhage unfortunately. I then didn’t have any follow up appointments!
This is partly why I’m a little confused/concerned, as it seems quite underplayed until I’m now pregnant with my 2nd and they listed the concerns they have now.

I had my Midwife booking appointment on Monday and I’ve been told I’ll be Consultant led, which I knew from my last Pregnancy.

I laboured at home for a home Birth for 70 hours, however, ended up having an emergency C-Section which had a lot of complications included myself and my Daughter nearly dying, I lost 2.5L of blood and have a ‘T’ cut C-Section which is why I need to be Consultant led!

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