Lochia question - how long meant to last?

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How long does it last? I'm 7 days after delivery and about a day and a half ago the lochia stopped completely. I now only have a bit of discharge a bit like show (sorry if TMI). Is this normal? Thought it should last weeks, not days.. I had syntocin after birth, have had no clots and it wasn't particularly heavy the first few days anyway (last time I remember changing the pad every ten minutes for at least a day or two..)

Anyone?

The discharge is probably lochia alba - google it. I'm jealous - 8 weeks here and still getting a bit!

Oh cool. I have looked it up bloominora and that has put my mind at ease. It talks about that starting at 10 days, and the red stuff going on for 3-5 days (it did) with the middle bit being the brownish stuff - so I'm not too far off that. I think I remember havinga couple of days where it disappeared but then came back again on previous births but I am certain it didn't finish this early! I am indeed jammy if it's all gone - woo hoo!

Happy to help!

ha, after 4 or 5 days of almost nothing it's back. Oh well.

Mine took 2 weeks, it gradually dwindled away to nothing. It wasn't as heavy as I thought it was going to be, which was good.

Mine came & went for about 7 weeks. Just when I thought it'd gone and didn't wear a pad... oops! There it went again
It wasn't at all how I thought it'd be.

Fortunatley I had a lovely HV who was v reassuring and didn't mind my detailed descriptions