Coping with major PPH anyone else had similar experience?

[lola0109]

Hi all, I posted this elsewhere but someone suggested changing thread title to get more feedback. This was my original post...

Just wanted to ask if anyone had the same birth experience as me and just to see how they coped and when they felt "normal" again etc...let me know if there is a better place to post this?

So a basic run down on my birth on Saturday, 40+6 weeks and contractions started at 2am, went to hospital at 2pm when they were 3 in 10 mins and lasting a minute, was 3cm dilated so admitted and had gas and air, no waters at this point. Took about another 4 hours to reach 5cm and they decided to rupture membranes. then took 2 hours 20mins to get fully dilated. second stage labour was 9 minutes and DD2 arrived weighing 9lbs 6oz. No tear, scratch, graze, anything! (had episiotomy 19 months earlier for DD1, 8lbs 5oz) DD2 was delivered onto my tummy and is absolutely perfect.

10 mins later room got a whole lot busier.

Next thing I'm coming round about 3 hours later.

Suffered major PPH losing 3500ml of blood and DP was spoke to about risk of hysterectomy. Was packed and had balloon inserted to stem blood loss and try clot uterus. Was transfused with 2 units of blood and bag of platelets. (my details are vague on what exactly happened although was explained to me)

The care of the hospital staff was brilliant, but got home last night as just needed to be in my own environment as was getting no rest on the ward.

I'm now home, feeling fine but quite drained and shaky. I'm on a cocktail of tablets and my midwife visited today and is going to get a copy of my report so she can talk me through what exactly happened.

I know I'm extremely lucky and I'm grateful for my healthy DD's.

I'm just wondering how long people took to recover from this? I'm taking it really easy, DP is off work for 2 weeks but will stay off longer if needed, but as he's self employed it means no income. But to be honest I was hoping I'd be a bit more myself by then.

I had a shower and dried my hair today and felt really weak for about an hour after, poor DP is doing everything and I'm taking it easy and just having him bring me DD's when they need fed/cuddled/I need a cuddle. But I really want to get up off the couch and do things properly and play with my beautiful daughters!

TIA

hiya, im amazed by how many have actually been through this ive been trying to find someone to talk to it about.
i started blleding in labour it was constant and quite alot but that loss never got measured as they just kept changing my pads and throwing them away but after having my son it started bad then and i lost 2000ml and then 4 weeks later i heamorhaged again due to having an infected womb because afterbirth had been left in me.

1. 18, small build 5'6 2)6ib 110z
2. nearly 4 stone. 7 stne 10 before pg and 11 and half at due date. although i was in size 8-10 clothes.

i looked really small, dont know what all the weight was

its me again what a pest. ive just took a test 4 days before period due and its already posative this wasnt really planned.
and im so scared because of the pph last time. is it likely to happen again?

Didn't happen again to me (have had 1 full term pregnancy since and a late miscarriage at 20 weeks) but was classed high risk for PPH, read it is more likely to happen again so they will look out for it and have blod ready. I had a senior consultant do my c section..Congrats by the way :)

thanks it wasnt planned, was just careless for the 1st time last month, didnt think i would get pregnant, but i did want another baby, i have just been so scared about hemoraging again, i was only 18 when it happend and scared me to death