16 day period?

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Sorry if this isn't the right place, but I'm on day 16 of bleeding. It's my second period since giving birth to DS2 (he's now 20 months old, I'm breastfeeding).
First period was "normal" - 5 days.
This is the second. Took a long time to come (42 day cycle, and now I've been bleeding for 16 days). I'm not sure whether to wait it out or go to the doctor?

I assume this is my body regulating hormones etc. this never happened with my first so not sure what to do! Did anyone else have this?

It needs looking at. I remember my second period being like blood bath, but it did calm down eventually and they were fine after it.

@DustyLee123 thank you. Do you mind if I ask did it settle down naturally? Or were you given something by the doctor to help?

I remember sitting on the toilet on the Friday, with blood dripping out of me, thinking that I’d call the GP on Monday if it was still as bad. Luckily it had calmed down by the Monday, and then my other periods were fine. It was weird how it was the second period after birth, you’d have thought it would have been the first one.

How are you doing op?