Seeking Recovery Tips after PPH

[Cassius2]

so I take it rest is the key oh gosh this is going to be hard as DH starts back at work today...great timing...

i do have my placenta pills to take, but have to wait for the infection to pass (PPH was due to infection in uterus). so will get back on those babies in 10 days hopefully.

I have both liquid iron and iron tabs. maybe it is a good idea to go on the hard core ones for this first week and then back to the floradix one later?

the lactation cookies are a good idea. my supply has dropped off, but i do tend to have oversupply in normal times so might wait out a week and see how that goes.

i dont have much of an appetite at all ATM which is sooo not like me, so will have to choose what i eat well to get the most iron. but now that you mention capsicum that is all i want

thanks guys for these tips! i feel so flat out with the pill popping regime (for the infection) and worn out by the PPH and a very sad baby with a crook belly from the ABs.

Another quick question...

with probiotics and antibiotics...when do you take the probiotic? do you take it at the same time or wait a bit between the two...so one at breakfast and then the probiotic an hour or two later? or doesnt make a difference??

[RhiChiChi]

Whereabouts in Melbourne are you hun? If you are near me I can drop in and help you out x

[Trillian]

bone broth is super awesome for rebuilding iron and blood stores as well. Don't take the probiotics with citrus though, kinda cancels out the good effect they have and avoid caffeine for the same reason. Depending on how bad it was, I really would have been pushing for a transfusion because otherwise it can take months and when you have 3 kids and minimal support at home (in terms of a husband who works so you can't rest as much as you need to) it just makes it seem that much harder and take longer to get you back to 100%. I had a transfusion after mine and I still felt wrecked for a good few weeks afterwards and still needed heavy doses of iron for about 8 weeks. Coupled with you having an infection, there is just so much going on in your body right now that it's not going to be easy.

[Olive]

id take the probiotics a few hours after the ab's

i dont know how i would have been had i not had a transfusion