First period postpartum- blood bath?!

[Lemonyfire]

Third baby- don’t remember this with my others. Period has just come back at 11 months and don’t I know it. My periods are usually very manageable but this is next level. Gushes when I stand, soaking through period pants and pads. Have resorted to moon cup ( but it fills up within 2 hours, plus pad and period pants). Google says a heavier period is normal, tell me I’m not alone with it being this rough?! And my god the cramps…

Yes it was normal for me. Third baby also worst!! Went to Dr for tranexamic acid as it was so so heavy.

I only have two children but have found the same both times and ended up on tranexamic acid. After 9-12 months mine lighten again and I can stop taking it.

Ok this is so helpful thank you both! It’s day 3 today and last night was horrific, was emptying my mooncup hourly as it was full and still spilling onto a pad, would you say it’s worth holding out longer or reasonable to contact GP already? I feel absolutely grim but in part that’s probably the lack of sleep ( the baby was also up hourly)

I would definitely contact the GP now as the worst that can happen is that they don't prescribe anything, but I think it's more likely that they will. It's quite possible that a heavy period like this could leave you slightly anaemic, so I'd look at buying some iron supplements too.

@MotherofPufflings thank you so much. Didn’t want to jump to being too dramatic but it does feel quite extreme even for a first period. I was anaemic during pregnancy and spent an hour last night frantically looking for my iron supplements and spatone so will make sure to restart. Will contact Dr at 8, like you said the worst they will say is no