Bleeding for ten days!
Hi ladies, I’m 7 weeks postpartum and wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.
My postpartum bleeding had mostly stopped around 4 weeks, and after that I only had discharge. On 18 October, at about 6 weeks postpartum, I started noticing very light spotting. It continued lightly on Monday, then seemed a little heavier from Tuesday onwards. It’s still light enough that a liner has been fine, but it has gradually increased. I’ve also had some abdominal pain.
I saw my GP today, and she’s arranged a pelvic ultrasound to check what’s going on. She said it could possibly be retained tissue, or it could be my period starting, but we don’t know yet.
Has anyone had similar bleeding around this point after giving birth? What did it turn out to be?
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Both my cousin and I had our periods right at that 6 week post-partum mark. Glad you got it checked out. My period was a bit heavier and a bit more intense than I remember but ultimately, it ended up going away
I got my period at 6 weeks PP and i’m also breastfeeding! breastfeeding usually delays it, just my luck 🙄😂
like 5 days. this second time around is heavier, first period was way lighter than this one!
I was bleeding 14 weeks, but long story short they fucked up me in hospital.. pull placenta and pushed hard on my belly. That was with my 1. 2nd I did at home. Less than a week.
After my first one I bled for 5 months 😬 in and out, with few days breaks... never had time to get it checked.
With second one I was bleeding for maybe 10 weeks. Hopefully it's over.
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