restarted bleeding

hi!

so my bloodloss (after and despite my PPH) was all good, did exactly what it was suppose to, started bright, went dark, got less, went to spotting, turned to yellow loss etc.. and by 5 weeks I didn't need to wear a pad anymore.

I'm no 6 1/2 weeks post birth, and today I started bleeding again. and really, it is exactly like a period, same colour, consistancy etc. just what I would class as light to moderate. (before I was preg, my day one I would be heavy, this is like my day 3 or 4).

I'm not sure, cause we all say 6 weeks is it, after that you shouldn't have anything. and it seriously can't be a period can it??

I did have my post natal appointment with the dr today, and he didn't even bat an eyelid or comment when I said i have started bleeding again today, just went on to say have my hB rechecked in about a month because of my PPH...

umm...so yea, any ideas? should I be worried and get it followed up further? what has happened with everyone else?

TIA

The same thing happened to me this time. I had never had it happen before but mine continued on and off just as you've described until about 8 weeks. My GP said it wasn't abnormal. She was firm that if it hadn't stopped but 8 weeks that we were going to scan for retained products though. But it did so it was all good.
Pain huh?
:hug:

It could be your period. bummer.
with DS my bleeding restarted due to a uterine infection, so it is something you might want to follow up on, just in case.

This happened to me both times, and it was the return of AF. I went straight back into a regular cycle, despite full time breast feeding.

I stopped bleeding with DD at 6 weeks, and at 8 weeks I got a bright red bleed lasting about a week. Wasn't sure if it was the PP bleed finishing off, or AF. Either way, I didn't get AF again (or at all, who knows?) until I was about 6 months PP.

i bled for 6 weeks then got AF at 10 weeks PP with DD. I got a bigger break this time :leap:

With Dd I get AF at 6 weeks. This time I got it just after 5 weeks :(and I'm breastfeeding two!!!!

It could be AF, mine returned at 6w this time despite tandem feeding :( hasn't missed a beat since!

After DD's birth, exactly the same thing happened to me. And it was AF, because every 28 days on the dot, she rolled in again. I was exclusively b/f too.

Could be retained product. I had it with dd and ds2, thankfully both times it wasn't enough to need a curette and after being on antibiotics for 48 hours it completely stopped. I would go to your gp just in case.


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I'd go to the docs just for peace of mind. We have enough to worry about! Might give you a break in the waiting room if someone can look after bubs for you too (every minute counts hey!)

loulabelle ~ did you have any other signs? eg pain, fever etc ??

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I got my period 6 weeks after DD2 was born and I was exclusively BF!!

With DS, i got my first period about 5 weeks after his birth and it was super duper heavy. Like a pad an hour. I went to ED but they didn't give a hoot. They do samples of the loss and didn't care to tell me that I was still passing decidua. It eventually settles.

Next cycle was heavy again. Only this time I pass a small piece of placenta.

All that time the only symptom I had was the heavy blood loss. No fevers, chills or anything. I put that down to the 5 days of IV AB's I had after DS's birth.

I'd say if it's light, it's probably you're first period. If the bleeding gets heavy or you develop signs of infection, go to your ED straight away.

No other signs, just the sudden bleeding. It was mild, The ultrasound both times only showed a small piece of what they thought was membrane with fluid. I don't want to scare you as it very well could be a period but it's always better to be sure.


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I bled for over 12wks after DD1 then AF arrived about 2 weeks after it stopped :(

It could easily be AF but if your worried just keep an eye on it & report to your GP again.

I had scans & even tried AB's but it didn't make a difference and they said there was nothing remaining to cause issues.


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I bled for 10weeks after DD2 , had a scan and no retained product. I have had what seems like a period fortnightly since then (now 14 weeks pp). Dr advises only going on the full strength pill will stop it but will reduce milk supply and I'm not prepared to do that just yet. It's super annoying, hope yours sorts itself out quickly.

It could be af mine was back by the 6 week check up each time, it was only 4 with ds and I was fully bfing.

Thanks for all your replies girls. So that bleeding stoped about 5 days after it started, so thought wow it could be AF...
but I'm now 8 1/2 weeks and I started again! Thing is, this time it started after DH and I DTD... and its bright, has been going for nearly 2 days now... The fact it seemed to be triggered after DTD makes me concerned... would it be something is still healing and we just stired it up or what??

You could have an internal graze or slight tear that you're aggregating by DTD maybe.

Have you had it looked at?

The contraction of your uterus (orgasm) could be expelling more product. When I asked my MW about sudden returned bleeding, she asked if I passed any clots that might have formed a plug. Now that the plug was free I was bleeding again. Make sense?

thats what i was thinking (hoping) PZ..
no MadB not yet... suppose a gp is the place to go... the mach nurse is coming on thurs for DD think she might have ideas?

that does make sense M, but would that still happen as late as 8 weeks? (no clots either)

I've had like 2periods since DS and I'm Bf two so MW has told me to go see GP so have to do that soon.