Blood loss following section

loopylou · May 12th, 2009, 13:07 PM

Hi all

Just a question re blood loss. My gorgeous son is now 12 days old. My loss has been a bit on and off - not too heavy til today. The last hour or so I have had to change pads after feeling it trickling ( sorry ! ) out of me.

I am breastfeeding and baby has been hanging off me for past 24 hours so am hopin its just my uterus contracting and not a post partum bleed...

I havent seen any clots, just bright red blood..

Has anyone else had similar???

krissie1234uk · May 13th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Mine did this, although I didnt manage to bf. It seemed to have settled down at about 6 1/2 weeks and then a few days later I started bleeding bright red blood again. It felt like it was pouring out (sorry tmi). I phoned the docs and they prescribed antibiotics. I don't know whether it was an infection or not, but it stopped completely at about 8 weeks.

lissaloo · May 13th, 2009, 17:38 PM

hi are you over doing things abit ??? i bleed for 6 weeks it eased off then came back and i was told that i was overdoing things x

nataliecn · May 14th, 2009, 06:30 AM

I found sometimes after a feed I'd get more blood, as well as if I was doing a bit too much! I'd go a few days with basically no bleeding at all, and then I'd get some red blood, etc.
I spoke to my OB who told me that it's not really off too much concern unless you're losing a LOT of blood, and clots the size of golf balls.

Try taking it easy and see if the blood slows down. Then you know you're just doing a little too much!

May 12th, 2009, 13:07 PM	#1
loopylou Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Wales Posts: 114	Blood loss following section Hi all Just a question re blood loss. My gorgeous son is now 12 days old. My loss has been a bit on and off - not too heavy til today. The last hour or so I have had to change pads after feeling it trickling ( sorry ! ) out of me. I am breastfeeding and baby has been hanging off me for past 24 hours so am hopin its just my uterus contracting and not a post partum bleed... I havent seen any clots, just bright red blood.. Has anyone else had similar???

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May 13th, 2009, 04:10 AM	#2
krissie1234uk Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,799	Mine did this, although I didnt manage to bf. It seemed to have settled down at about 6 1/2 weeks and then a few days later I started bleeding bright red blood again. It felt like it was pouring out (sorry tmi). I phoned the docs and they prescribed antibiotics. I don't know whether it was an infection or not, but it stopped completely at about 8 weeks.

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lissaloo Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,162	hi are you over doing things abit ??? i bleed for 6 weeks it eased off then came back and i was told that i was overdoing things x

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May 14th, 2009, 06:30 AM	#4
nataliecn Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,874	I found sometimes after a feed I'd get more blood, as well as if I was doing a bit too much! I'd go a few days with basically no bleeding at all, and then I'd get some red blood, etc. I spoke to my OB who told me that it's not really off too much concern unless you're losing a LOT of blood, and clots the size of golf balls. Try taking it easy and see if the blood slows down. Then you know you're just doing a little too much!

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