stupid question coming... how did they know exactly how many mls you gals lost? how did they measure it? i am sure it was all over the place, not exactly straight into a measuring cup! eeeek!
i dont know how much i lost but i remember i was only about 3cm dilated and i had bright red blood (alot) and no one seemed too worried. i was freaking out. apparantly i was bearing down on an unready cervix..
They weighed all my blueys and pads ect and got me to wee into a bucket thing too to catch the clots so they could be weighed. It's only really an estimate. I lost heaps in the shower that wasn't measured.
Another thing to consider is your haemoglobin (Hb) levels before birth. Hb basically what carries oxygen around your body, it is the red part of your blood. If your Hb was low prior to birth then even a relative small blood loss can cause dizziness and be a problem.
During my last birth I waas completely freake dout, my waters had broken and I had a strong back labour and a bearing down type pressure in my bottom, each time i had a contraction I would get a big gush of water and a lot of blood, the midwives thought I was close to delivery,but nope only 3cms it ending in a CS. My previous labour was what made me so concerned about this one..it was'nt until they moved me to another bed they saw the loss!!! I had an epi so could'nt feel it myself, but i could see the midwifes eyes and before I knew it the room was filled, I really don't remember much of what happened, its all a bit of a vague fuzzy memeory, but i ended up with 4-5 bags of blood over night and felt very sick. What that equates to I have no idea, I just would'nt like to repeat it.
I think my notes said 600ml+. Was one of the reasons the midwives urged me to stay over night - I was previously very keen to get outta there!!
In regards to amount, I think midwives are very good at estimating the mls lost. I know as a nurse I'm pretty accurate with my estimations of fluids.
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