period type pains 9 days after birth

[gingersarah]

Hi all - is this normal? I might have got the wrong end of the stick but I thought that after pains were in the few days after birth, and more likely with second / subsequent children. I had my first baby 9 days ago, and am feeling womb-ache / back-ache like I would associate with moderate period pain. Is this normal? I don't have some sort of infection, or anything, do I? Maybe I am a little para because I had 3rd degree tear and don't want it all to fall apart...

Thanks to all wise women of mn

As long as you don't have any kind of nasty discharge I would imagine that it is just your uterus getting smaller again. ouch for your tear by the way ,