First period after childbirth...

[Sugarplummy84]

It's arrived 6 weeks after 4.5 months of breastfeeding and it's painful, heavy and lasting forever (6 days still heavy and counting.) is this normal?!

[Sugarplummy84]

No one? X

[Halfpastthelegofmyshirt]

Yes, sounds normal! If you feel the bleeding is going on for too long a time then see a doctor. I think my first post birth period was reasonably normal but my first post miscarriage period was very heavy compared to usual.

[NickyEds]

Mine came 4 weeks after stopping bf (when DS was 6 months) and it was very heavy and painful. DS was back to back so I felt all of my contractions in my lower back and that's exactly where the period pain was. Hoping that the next one's easier

[beckiebee04]

I had two periods in one month when baby was1 month old... It'll settle down

[CulturalBear]

I had this too - from what I now understand thanks to google it's fairly normal. My first was 8 days long, massively heavy. Second was very heavy, also 8 days, third was heavy, but tailed off by 7 days.

In my case it's harder to tell as I had a copper coil put in 12 weeks pn, but I didn't get my period back until DS was 10.5months due to breastfeeding.