For women's eyes only. Question about first period after giving birth.?

Question

My baby is now 6 weeks old and I started my first period. I am bleeding way to much I think. I am wearing 2 heavy duty pads and an hour and a half later it is soaked through to my underwear. When I gave birth to my baby, there was a hemmorage scare that I had put the nurses through. I do have clots but not very big. Should I be concerned? Is this normal? Any opinions or advise would be helpfull. Thank You.

Answer 1

I went through this after having my youngest (10 months old). It seemed to last forever, but after about a week it finally started to slow down. I had to change my heavy duty pad every half-hour to hour as well. I would, though, call your doctor and ask if everything is normal (only because you had a hemmorage scare). The blood clots should not get bigger than the size of a half-dollar and if they do definately go to the ER.

Answer 2

I didn't bleed horribly after my c-section 6 weeks ago, my lochia lasted about a month, then I went a week and then had a small cycle, but I had the clots. I just read another answer to a different question and someone else had a lot of blood afterward, she said in her answer that she went to the emergency room and they told her it was normal for the first period after a birth to be extremely heavy. If you're concerned, I'd just call the ob/gyn office and ask a nurse or prenatal coordinator, if your doc has one. They are used to questions like that and will know your medical history, and be able to decide whether or not they want to see you, just to be sure after the hemmorage scare you had. Good luck and take care!

Answer 3

You need to at least put a call into your doctor. Bleeding through two pads in an hour and a half is way too much(especially with the history you gave) After delivering all 3 of my babies it was a heavier than normal bleeding but not that much different.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Your cycles may change after giving birth, this is common. If you have concerns that something is wrong you should call and talk with your doctor's nurse, do not, however, call and talk with the receptionist like someone had said, receptionists are not trained to give medical advice. It is important that you make sure your doctor at least knows that there has been an increase in the flow of your cycles for future reference so I would definitely call and if they think this is a matter that should be taken care of immediately they will have you come in to make sure you aren't losing too much blood and to make sure nothing is wrong.

Answer 6

I would call your Dr. office and let the receptionist know what is going on, they are usually very knowledgeable and have heard it all, so they can advise you as to whether it is normal or not. I did not experience bleeding that heavy even within the first few days after birth.
Good Luck

Answer 7

My Period was very heavy, but it didnt soak through and i didnt go through a lot more pads than normal. If your calves hurt also, then you should def. call the doctor, but call him anyways and let him know about the clots, they say that SOME are normal, but not always.

Answer 8

It probably seems worse than it is. the doctor should have told you as long as the clots are smaller than a regular silver dollar, than you should be fine. If you are having pain, weakness, dizziness with it, I would call the doctor. Try to limit how much you have to move, walk, lift, etc.

Answer 9

Your first one after you give birth is different after all the changes your body has gone through. It can even take longer than your regular ones. I wouldn't be concerned with the first one, but if it keeps on happening, make sure you see a doctor.

Answer 10

I am a nurse and you need to call your Dr. 2 pads in an hour & half is too much blood. You need to contact your dr and he/she will advise you on what you need to do.