Post-natal blood loss; how long?

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Mad how this didn't even occur to me! Had baby Wednesday & had normal delivery. Passed 2 large & 2 small clots & have what resembles light period bleeding. How long will this last?

I have cuts which need to heal but wearing maternity pads just makes it constantly warm & moist. I want to pee without it stinging again! Haha

It can last a few weeks, sorry. Congrats on your new baby

With DC1, vaginal foreceps delivery was about 7 weeks I think (after retained placenta removed) but Dc2 was much longer, about 11 weeks. Although that was a traumatic one with complications.

8 weeks or so for me. I don't even know if having an episiotomy, tears and a 400ml blood loss has anything to do with it, but... yeah, by the time it finished I had rashes from the towels and wanted to rip my vagina off myself if it hadn't already kindly been done for me!

I saw the blood loss afterwards as though it was just helping with the healing, tbh. I took baths to soothe me down there with tea tree oil in. I hated not being able to have bubble bath and soap!

Mine lasted about six weeks, but settled down to a much more manageable level after about two weeks

Congratulations!

Bout 3 weeks with DS. 1 week in with DD and it's very light, but then I did lose 1500ml of blood on the day so I think most is out. It will all heal and will feel better in a couple of days, I have a few stitches down there but feel ok now. Change pad a lot, and if you've got no visitors park yourself on a towel and let yourself air dry if you see what I mean.

I had post partum haemorrhage with DS so presume I lost most of it in one (quite scary) go! I had very heavy for 2-3 days (big clots and pads needing changing every couple of hours) then a medium/ heavy flow period type for approx 1 week. Then got lighter for 10 days after that. 3 weeks in total I reckon

Regardless of method of delivery, pph etc, lochia lasts between 4 and 6 weeks on average. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter.

I had a pph and an emcs (so a hoovering out post delivery) and still bled for 7 weeks. There's a lot of stuff to lose and a wound the size of a dinner plate left by the placenta. It just takes a while to heal.

Wow, I never imagined the placenta would leave an internal wound. That's interesting!

I think I bled for about six weeks post EMCS. Heavily for first week then pretty light from then on.

2 weeks for me but I had surgery to remove the placenta and they gave me a really good clean out during the surgery to ensure no placenta remained. It was really light as well.

About 2 weeks for me after foreceps delivery.

About 2 weeks but I had a c section which can make it lighter

2 weeks for me following a fairly straight forward labour with 2nd degrew tar. Boota do an ultra slim maternity pad which is a little more comfortable when the bleeding lessens. After a week I switched to normal thin sanitary towels.

Wow, interesting stuff thank you all.

Definitely going to 'air dry'. My cuts are teeny but just awkwardly placed. Have figured out some spectacular peeing positions which a pro contortionist would approve of. Even tried a peeing like a man/squat/forward bend sort of thing, if you can imagine how ridiculous that was haha

Try using a jug to pour water on yourself when you pee, then dry well and change pad at most loo stops.

When at home try drying your foof with a hairdryer on cool or low after peeing and showering.

I was swimming by 5 weeks pp, so it must have stopped by then. The first week was pretty hefty, and anytime I did any exercise after that it got heavier.

I think around 8 weeks for me. I found changing towels super regularly helped with staying comfy. Agree with PP about tea tree oil in the bath

Junosmum, the cuts are internal so the water misses it! I mean forward & touch the floor to make sure no wee gets near them :)

Do NOT use a hairdryer. They harbour all sorts of germs. You must also avoid blowing air up there due to the risk of air embolism (tiny risk but extremely serious).

I was bleeding for almost 3 weeks then after that coloring changing discharge. 6 weeks pp tomorrow, and im pretty sure my period has just started (TMI ? Sorry lol)
Im gonna put a post up about it actually hehe

10 days with DC1 and 6 weeks with DC2 (mainly just light bleeding after 2 weeks)

4-5 weeks with ds, 2-3 weeks with dd but with dd it was much heavier, I think due to the after pains which were like mini contractions when I bf her. It surprised me too op!