Cass_Blob... glad it has finally stopped for you!!!

I'm 11 days post c-section and am totally freaking out about blood loss! As if my birth experience wasn't traumatic enough (unwanted c-section but bub was breech, terrible time in postnatal ward cos i told them my bub didnt seem quite right and they told me i was paranoid and sent me a psychiatrist... and bub then ended up in neonatal intensive care cos she WASN'T WELL - thankfully home now!)!!

Obviously i was very sore post-surgery and had trouble with movement and walking/toileting etc for the first 2 days, but then felt pretty ok afterwards. Bleeding was average, like a normal period, sometimes not even that much - only needing maybe 2 maternity pad changes per day. 2 days ago i got a severe pain in my left side and some dull period like pain in the tummy and back. Thought this must have been 'afterpains'. Went to ED and they just gave me pain relief. Then yesterday i started bleeding bright red blood, like someone had turned a tap on... seriously, i thought i was going to end up with a hysterectomy or something because it was so bad.. thinking my uterus had ruptured!! I was changing maternity pads every hour, the blood would pour out when i stood up, but i had NO pain. Went to the ED yesterday and they said i had a uterine infection and prescribed me antibiotics (and the speculum exam absolutely killed... then every time i went to the loo it hurt heaps too) and have to go for ultrasound tomorrow. Bleeding continued all yesterday - no clots until last night. Because i was bleeding so much i couldn't see, but when i went to the loo i felt what seemed like a massive clot (bigger than a 50c piece) pass. I was really worried, but today there has been no bleeding or pain. It seems to be all ok. Not sure what the ultrasound will show tomorrow, but considering the pain and bleeding have all but stopped, i am hoping that continuing on antibiotics will be enough (especially since my little precious only came out of hospital 2 days ago and i have spent the weekend back and forth from the ED so i have had little time to spend with her - thank god for my wonderful DH).