Hi everyone, this is my first post and hope someone can help.
I had my second baby 5 weeks ago and had totally normal delivery with minimal blood loss and recovered quickly. My bleeding finally tapered off last week at 4 weeks, less than a week later (2 days ago) I started bleeding fresh red blood. This co incided with my baby sleeping a bit longer at night so I’m not breastfeeding as often as I was (I’m talking going from every hour to around every 3/4 hours) so I thought it was related to that. However 2 days later it’s still pretty heavy ish and is exactly like my period, I’ve even got bad period type cramps and slight back ache. I also feel generally run down and a bit rubbish. (But no fever) im not filling a pad every hour and there’s no clots or anything. I’m exclusively breast feeding so I wasn’t expecting my period to return so quick. With my first it didn’t xome back until a few weeks after I stopped breastfeeding altogether at around 5 months. Is this my period or does it sound like it could be something else??? If it continues for longer than a week or gets heavier I will contact my doctor