Bleeding after birth

[JoyfulJoyful]

Hello all

I had a baby exactly 7 weeks ago and bled continously for abour 4 weeks. After 4 weeks I stopped but started spotting for almost a week and a half then stopped completey for about 5 days only to see blood again and it's fresh. I discussed this with the Dr and she said to keep an eye on it which has made me a bit worried.

Does anyone have any experience of this and I know it is not my period.

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Go back and ask again, and keep going back if you are worried.

[MolotovCocktail]

How do you know its not your period? Are you bf? You can still have a period when bf.

FWIW, I had this after my ELCS last April. I had lochia for 6w, had a 2w break, then a period which lasted for 6 weeks I ff after a few days so knew it was a period but ffs, a 6 week period? Quite scary. I went to the dr was suspicious about retained products; I didn't have any other symptoms for this, though.

I was referred for blood tests and a scan. Bloods revealed a low lymphocyte count (white blood cells) - to this day I don't know if that was anything to do with it. Didn't need the scan as I stopped bleeding before the appointment came through ...

For me, it was frightening but turned out to be nothing. Hope it's the same for you :)

[JoyfulJoyful]

Thanks ladies. I will be going to see my GP and pushing to get a scan.