I had PPH with my first - about 800mls. My second bub it happened again, this time around 1000mls. Third bub - nothing. No hemorrhage. My first birth I had epidural and pethidine, second birth no drugs except gas. The common factor between my first two births? They were both induced. Third birth was completely spontaneous - no induction, no drugs except gas, no hemorrhage at all. Post partum hemorrhage is actually one of the listed side effects of using the induction drug - syntocinon - to bring on labour. So I am convinced that it was the inductions that caused me to bleed the first two times. I agree with Glamourcide - if you can avoid being induced, I think that may help reduce the likelihood of it happening again. And like Sarah said, your chance of hemorrhaging will not be reduced by having a c/s - in fact, c/s itself carries a risk of hemorrhage, even if you didn't have a history.
ETA - my first two babies weighed 7lb 9oz and 7lb 10oz respectively. My third baby weighed 9lb 9oz. Her size didn't create any problems at all - it was the least problematic of all my births.
Last edited by bon; August 18th, 2009 at 04:34 PM.
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