I had a c section for my first baby and from my hospital notes I didn't lose a lot during the actual birth but I lost A LOT postnatally, like to the point that it would drip down onto the floor as I walked to the toilets to change yet another pad. From what I recall my bleeding was checked just once while my feeling was still gone from my legs and wasn't checked again.
My baby was born in the height of covid so I was on my own for a lot of it so I just think I stupidly didn't mention the heavy bleeding, or know any better that it wasn't right, and I just wanted to get home. Bleeding continued about 6 weeks going up and down with how much blood I was losing.
I then spent the next 2 years feeling dizzy, light headed, blurred vision, tired and just not 100% and after having my b12 checked and being told it was fine, nothing really happened and I think I just learnt to live like it.
Fast forward to now I've just had another baby again born by c section but the blood loss this time was SO different, pads didn't need changing for a much bigger time gap and never really felt full. I recently went for further blood tests after mentioning the way I always feel and it come back that my folate, folic acid and vitamin d were all low so I'm on tablets for the next 6 months to try and fix myself. Is it likely that my first labour could have played a part in this, and I could have avoided 2 years of pain if I'd have just mentioned it when it happened so I didn't lose so much? Can this even cause a deficiency?
Thanks so much if you've read this and sorry for waffling x