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10-5-2008 - The things no one tells you no.16 Bleeding after birth.

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It goes without saying that blood is involved when giving birth and that you bleed a bit after birth. The thing I was not aware of when I had my first baby was that straight after birth you can bleed quite heavily and it was hard to know if this was a normal amount to lose or if I was haemorrhaging. It seemed to gush out at times especially when I moved, much more than having your period. No one was concerned at the amount I was losing so I guessed It was all normal and it was, each baby has been the same since.
Pads are essential and they need to be really good thick absorbing pads and an incontinence pad on the bed was essential also.
Clots can also form and I had times when the bleeding had slowed and then a large clot would pass and the blood flow would start again. If you are continually passing large clots followed by great gushing of blood then you do need to get it checked out or if you are soaking through pads in minutes of putting a new one on.
Lastly on this topic, you can bleed for up to six weeks post baby. During those six weeks the bleeding will gradually ease off and change colour from red to pink to a brown and may even stop for a few days and then start again. It pays to keep wearing pads for a while after your bleeding stops just in case it does start to flow again.

4 Comments on The things no one tells you no.16 Bleeding after birth.

babyduche - Wednesday, 16 Jul
My bleeding wasn't that bad at all, I was actually expecting a lot worse then what I had. Maybe I overly prepared myself for the bleeding. I know I was thankful for the netting undies and those pads from the hospital!

mississippi - Tuesday, 15 Jul
I didn't know what was going on..there was so much blood after I finally made it to the restroom.The nurses that escorted me there didn't seem to notice it and just kept pulling up my huge pad and underwear...noone told me about that.

jwinters05 - Thursday, 10 Jul
The bleeding is definately something I wish someone had told me about. I had a spinal and my legs were numb for hours after giving birth. I didn't get out of the bed for almost 7hrs. The nurse then sent me to the bathroom and when I got there, everything that had pooled up inside me broke loose and left this huge puddle of blood on the bathroom floor. I thought I was dying and yelled for the nurse who then told me it was perfectly normal.

youre.in.my.system.baby - Wednesday, 9 Jul
HAHA! Oh my god - I remember after I;d given birth to my son - my first and only child to date. I was 18 and had just had 9 absolutely blissful months with AF. I had diamorphine through the birth and also an epidural and gas and air, so I was a little high still, to say the least. Anyway - I naievly didn't even contemplatye blood loss after birth - and about half an hour after being put back into my own cubicle for some rest I whipped back the covers and it looked like somebody had been murdered down there! I seriously thought I was haemorraging. We called a nurse who repeatedly told me my 'lochia' was well within the norm.. how embarassing though - someone should have at least prepared me for it!!

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