Hi Ladies,
I am currently having my first period after I gave birth 8 weeks ago via c-section. Unfortunately my feeding journey did not go to plan due to many issues and my baby is now formula fed and I am no longer pumping. Prior to pregnancy my periods would be heavy for a couple days and then be a lot lighter for another two or three days. This period though started weeks ago, it was very stop start, not a lot of bleeding and I wasn't concerned and periods were discussed at my postnatal check with the GP. This became a proper period at least 5 days ago (time really blurs when looking after a baby right) and is very, very heavy and has been the whole time. I saw the HV on Monday and she thought it was fine but to phone the GP if it carried on for another few days. I don't want to waste the GPs time with a period and was just wondering if other women's experiences were similar. So my question is, did anyone else have significantly heavier periods after birth? If it's normal or I just got off lightly with my prior periods then that's fine, it's painful but manageable but I don't want to leave it if I should be worried. After birth I didn't want to complain and just coped with excessive bleeding and only mentioned it to the healthcare professionals when I passed massive clots and was told it was all okay. Long story short I wound up soldiering on through a massive uterine infection which required a lot of treatment so I'm a bit more weary of just leaving things now. The Internet is so vague on what is normal. Anyone have a similarly bad first period?
TLDR: Was your first period after birth much heavier than your pre-pregnancy periods?