PLEASE HELP still bleeding 4.5 weeks after childbirth and it's getting much worse.

[Kaedsmum]

I'm a regular, just changed my name because I'm bored of the old one.

I had my baby 4 weeks and 4 days ago and obviously there was a lot of blood for about 2 weeks and then for the third week it got less. I started the mini pill on day 21 and the bleeding stopped for 2 days. Then I had sex in the morning and then at night I noticed some blood. This then got worse and worse, so 3 days ago I came off the mini pill as the doctor said she thought it was the mini pill causing the bleeding. It is still just as bad though. It's worse than it was when I had the baby.

TMI but just to let you know how much there is, I'm putting on two of the nighttime always pads at a time, and within an hour it will have bled through both, gone through my clothes and, at night, soaked the sheets and mattress.

This cannot be normal. I'm worried I'll bleed to death or something at this rate!!!

I've seen the doctor and she wasn't helpful at all. She said to see how it goes. But it's just getting worse and worse.

Anyone else got the same? Or any advice?

Yes Kaedsmum, this treatment may well help and be what you needed but if it doesn't help enough then please ask for more help. Just don't continue to suffer in silence.

What about baby's sleeping? is that improving any? This is THE problem to get sorted, then you can get decent rest too. You need to find out why baby is awake so much, it is discomfort, hunger, colic, allergy to the formula, what? Even if it turns out to be baby's natural rhythm and nothing is wrong there must be ways of managing your day so that you get some rest and so cope with life better.

iyswim.

I have no experience of formula feeding but it seems odd that a ff baby can't sleep more than an hour or so at night. I thought they tended to sleep a bit longer than bf babies, but that's maybe just me needing better educated about ff.

Betsy- I will ask for a blood test as I was anaemic at the end of my pregnancy anyway so maybe I still am?

Klaw- My brother in law goes to see his babies in special care every day and the nurses taught him how to do cranial massage and foot massage so he showed me last night. I didn't think I'd be able to do it very well but I gave it a go and baby went 5 and a half hours between feeds!!! That meant about 4 hours sleep for me after feeding and winding- which is the most I've had. I feel so much better today! So it definately does work. Baby loves it too so I'm going to try it again tonight. He's also been swapped to Wysoy so I'm hoping that will help, and he's on gaviscon, domperidone, ranitide, colief.

Oh fabulous!!! I'm sure the massage will help

Another colic remedy to try is Colocynth. Heard about it from my HV (not that my dd was very colicky but still was grizzly every evening). Anyway it's a homeopathic remedy I found much easier to administer than Infacol or Gripe Water etc. Keep it in mind if your lo has problems with colic and getting rid of wind.

There'll be good days and bad days, so just because you have a bad day/s after some good days, don't despair. Things haven't gone all wrong. It's just life being a PITFA!

I'm so glad your BIL has been able to offer the benefit of his experience, and your lo will love having the tlc from you, babies love being touched! It's a great skill to learn and it will benefit your relationship enormously.

There I go again, waffling....