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A delightful lochia question.....

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vallinnapod · 13/10/2016 11:16

This may be a bit daft....

I am PG with DC3 and with my previous 2 pregnancies my lochia probably lasted the normal 4-6 weeks but with my second PG they thought I may have some retained placenta as I had red bleeding for several weeks afterwards I was almost certainly doing too much.

I want to be able to take DC2 swimming still. Hopefully from a fortnight or so after the birth. I know tampons as a rule are a no-no but for the 45mins we are there would I be OK?

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LivinOnAChair · 13/10/2016 11:21

Personally, I wouldn't. There was no way I would have been able to go without a pad (let alone get in a pool) two weeks after giving birth, aren't you quite vulnerable to infection until the lochia stops anyway? Pools can be pretty gross as it is...

ShowOfHands · 13/10/2016 11:23

No. There's too much risk. Can somebody else take her?

Alabastard · 13/10/2016 11:24

I wouldn't. The risk of infection is too high.

Imnotaslimjim · 13/10/2016 11:26

Nope, definitely not. Tampons can't be used because everything inside is still misshapen and it can move and get stuck. I don't think you'd be able to go swimming without anything at all, the loss would be too heavy still.

milkyface · 13/10/2016 11:26

My bleeding wasn't heavy at two weeks but I still wouldn't have gone anywhere near a pool. Big chance of infection.

Can someone else go instead?

welshweasel · 13/10/2016 11:27

You shouldn't really. I've always wondered how people manage to take their brand new babies swimming when they are a couple of days old, I had visions of doing it but hadn't really thought it through!!

Purplefrogshoes · 13/10/2016 11:36

I didn't use tampons but I got really unwell and readmitted to hospital with an infection 4 days after elcs. I really wouldn't risk it

Fluffsnuts · 14/10/2016 09:57

I'd stopped bleeding by 10days, but the thought of putting a tampon up would have filled me with dreadful.

Get someone else to take her- and stop trying to do to much already!

Abetes · 14/10/2016 11:47

Really wouldn't go swimming that soon after the birth as the risk of infection is too high.

sianihedgehog · 14/10/2016 11:51

No. I asked specifically about this as I swum regularly before having my son. It's definitely not safe.

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vallinnapod · 15/10/2016 22:46

Thanks all, will give it a miss for a while :)

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Couchpotato3 · 15/10/2016 22:53

You're right. This is a bit daft.

BoffinMum · 15/10/2016 22:56

Wait 6 weeks, seriously!

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