I'm over wearing pads non-stop. I have chaffing from pads. ARGH. How long does this go on for again???
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I'm over wearing pads non-stop. I have chaffing from pads. ARGH. How long does this go on for again???
:hug: mine lasted 6weeks, although minimal by the end, then I got AF at 7weeks
This too shall pass
hopefully not too much longer hun :hug:
Just under 6 weeks for me.....
Did you have a CS or VB hun? It does suck, but then hopefully you will have a nice long holiday from any bleeding :)
Mine lasted for 5 weeks.
Three days no bleeding.
Then AF arrived. Baaahhhhh.....
Janie - VB.
My bubs is 12 days old and I have already had like 4-5 days with only random bleeding for like 10-20mins or no blood at all!! I am onto normal or overnight pads so not wearing the huge thick maternity ones which is nice!
My VB lochia last longer than my CS, it was more than 4 weeks. It does suck, but it you really appreciate it when it stops.
MrsB - I went all the way down to "medium flow" pads, and then had a huge bleed while shopping, had to buy new undies and stuff :( So now using overnighter pads all the time and it's driving me batty.
I do have a selection of cloth pads, but the "wings" on them, the snaps, are rubbing my thighs too :(
Nickle - this may sound silly, but how did you know the difference between lochia & AF?:
6 to 8 weeks if i remember right. hope it buggers off or at least eases for you soon.
The lochia was dark/brownish blood and had a particular mmmm... odour to it. Not offensive, but quite earthy. AF was bright, a little clotty and came with some cramps. The odour was quite different and smelt like fresh AF blood. Sorry...TMI. The two bleeds were very different.
I used Poise regular pads for my lochia. They are slim (not chunky) but because they are designed to absorb urine they had no trouble at all even with heavy bleeding. They also seemed to work wonders at absorbing the odour and I never felt concerned that I might be a bit whiffy.
Maybe 6-7 weeks? But I needed surfboards for most of that, then very thin liners would have sufficed for the lochia side of things.
Re the chaffing, have you got some exercise shorts or bike pants (not lycra though!) or thin gym pants or similar that you can wear, so nothing other than the thin material is between your thighs and anything else? may reduce the chaffing ...
Kazbah :hug: it sux! The chaffing is awful and it just seems like its never gonna end! Mine lasted 6 weeks with a VB.
Yep 6 weeks here.