Spotting 12 weeks postpartum

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Hello, was wondering if anyone has any advice or similar experiences to me that they could share!

I gave birth 12 weeks ago (assisted vaginal birth) and was bleeding until about week 6, then came back in week 7 which I thought was a period but wasn't that heavy and didn't last long. Then week 9 had what I think was my first proper period, heavy, lasted about a week etc but I have now been spotting ever since and it's really getting me down. So that's two weeks of spotting now and I just feel like I haven't stopped bleeding since the birth. It's not heavy at all, doesn't smell, no pains or anything so GP ruled out infection and she looked at my cervix and said all looked normal - basically told me to ride it out and hopefully my body will just settle.

I just feel like I can't get on with my life at the moment and was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences?

I had bleeding after DC1. Came and went, varied between light and heavy. No obvious signs of infection. After 9 weeks I was referred for an ultrasound. There was a tiny piece of retained products (thumb nail size) that they said my body was still trying to flush out hence the bleeding. About 10 days later I had a D&C and 2 weeks later the bleeding eventually stopped.
It did seem never ending at the time. If it continues trying asking for an ultrasound to check if this could be the issue. Also watch your iron levels as I had to take a supplement for a bit.

@Fresh01

I had bleeding after DC1. Came and went, varied between light and heavy. No obvious signs of infection. After 9 weeks I was referred for an ultrasound. There was a tiny piece of retained products (thumb nail size) that they said my body was still trying to flush out hence the bleeding. About 10 days later I had a D&C and 2 weeks later the bleeding eventually stopped. It did seem never ending at the time. If it continues trying asking for an ultrasound to check if this could be the issue. Also watch your iron levels as I had to take a supplement for a bit.

Thanks for replying! For some reason the GP hasn't mentioned retained product at all and doesn't seem concerned. I think because it's only spotting and no other symptoms, she wasn't too fussed! It's so frustrating!