Lochia - not much bleeding day 2?

[Thirstysomething]

Hi, I have just had DC4 yesterday and my bleeding seems really light. It is pinky red, no clots, and I am only changing the pad every 4 hrs or so, not really needing to. I am having horrible after pains and back ache.
I am not seeing a midwife till day 5 (really shocked by this) and haven't been looked at since birth. My tummy is still very round.
I do think my bleeding has got lighter with each child, but this seems oddly light - not knocking it, it is great! But is it normal?

My bleeding was quite light after ds2 but got heavier a few days later.

If you're concerned, call your midwife or the delivery suite and ask them, especially as you're having abdominal pain. Could be fine but no harm in asking.

Thanks x

I would consider getting checked, but more because of the abdo pain really. I had retained product after DD, and went from stupidly light bleeding to losing over a pint in half an hour, so do please be careful

I didn't have much bleeding with mine, definitely not the intense bleeding I had expected. Lasted about a week and then didn't need a pad.

My loss was initially really heavy with DS1, then almost disappeared and then came back with a vengeance, really heavy & loads of clotting. I also had some cramping / tenderness round abdomen and it ended up being an infection so I'd def give mw / GP a ring.

Just to close thread, now on day 7, still not a lot of blood, midwife says uterus where it should be (afterpains doing their job) and placenta obviously just came away very cleanly, so not to worry, sometimes there just isn't a lot of blood. Hurrah!