Period or still bleeding???

[dillydallydollydaydream7]

After my first ELCS in 2019 my period returned exactly 6 weeks later. I had my second ELCS on 28/10 and my bleeding stopped after about 3 - during this time I needed to wear maternity pads/sanitary towels but it was never massively heavy, it was just like a period. The blood went from bright red to pink and the pink stopped and started - never needed to wear pads, just used to keep some tissue in my knickers incase, but it was really only when I wiped after going to the toilet it would come out on the paper iyswim. Then the following week I had discharge that was browny/pinky tinged. That would be there when I wiped, too, and occasionally i would feel 'wet' down there so when I checked it was always this browny/pinky discharge that I'd felt come out of me. Ive always since kept tissue in my knickers incase. Since yesterday I've noticed that there's red blood there now - it's not always there when I wipe. I woke up this morning after having tissue there and the tissue had some red blood on it ( not loads, not soaking through) so I'm wondering if this is the start of my periods returning and the discharge was ovulation? I'm 5 weeks and 3 days post ELCS. I also had antibiotics for a water infection about 3 weeks ago - horrible back ache, smelly urine and signs of infection when the nurse dipped it. I feel like I do when my period is on its way - I have occasional back ache, have period cramps and feel emotional. I'm also wondering if this is the calm before the storm as so many posts I've read have said how awful their first period was post-birth!

Hi. I was about to post almost exactly this.

With 1st emergency section I had blood then lochia for about 5 weeks but lighter pink then yellow and def lochia smell.

I am 3 weeks post elective section. Bleeding after the first 2 days was light, then pink then yellow and not a lot and stopped after just over a week. I would then go days with nothing then a little more so kept pads in. At 2 weeks I got proper blood again. Quite dark blood to begin with and googled this which said it could be the placenta scan coming off the lining of the womb. It has continued for a week and been bright red like a period. Enough to wear a pad to catch it but def blood and fresh looking blood not lochia. No signs of any infection though and no period symptoms like cramps. It mainly comes in a wee rush when breastfeeding which is probably causing uterus to contract.

I am assuming this is normal? Or is it a very light initial period after 2 weeks post birth?

Hi @Sheera1 how strange that you have it too!

After my first ELCS I remember the lochia after the bleeding very well, I remember googling it because I wasn't entirely sure if that was normal either!

I'm wondering if what we're both experiencing is possibly our bodies gearing up to some sort of period - I've noticed tonight that every time I wipe it's red/pink and it's also stained my underwear. Nothing that would go anywhere near a pad which is the strange thing