Has anyone hemorrhaged during or after delivery?

Question

I recently gave birth to a healthy baby girl, but the delivery was complicated. Immediately following the delivery of my placenta I began hemorrhaging b/c my uterus would not contract on its own. I lost a lot of blood and had to have an emergency D & C. Apparently this is somewhat rare. Has anyone else experienced hemorrhaging during birth? If so, have you had more than one child? I would love to have another child but am afraid I would hemorrhage again.

Answer 1

A friend of mine does with every pitocin birth she has. If she does not have pit, she is fine. She has had nine children!

Answer 2

This happened to me too. I had my daughter, who was healthy, and after the placenta came out I started bleeding really bad. My doctor looked at the placenta and realized that it was ripped. They gave me pitocin since my uterus was no longer contacrting, and my doctor had to do a D&C because a piece of the placenta ripped inside me and wouldn't come out on it's own. It took 2 nurses to mop up the floors afterwards. I'm trying for #2 and I'm scared, but my doctor said not to worry, because there is no evidence to suggest that it would happen again.

It's not as rare as you think. lt's actually the number one cause of maternal death during delivery, especially in some poorer countries where they don't have skilled people helping with the delivery.

Answer 3

With my last delivery 9 years ago, I had hemorrhaging after I delivered and they almost had to do a blood transfusion, but the meds they gave me stopped the bleeding. I never did find out the exact reason but I do know that I was anemic and had low platelettes and wasnt treated for it. I am now pregnant again and due in September. They know the past now, so they can monitor it to make sure it doesnt happen again. If you want another child, I say go for it and just make sure they watch you closely. Congrats on your little girl :)

Answer 4

it can happen Be sure to mention this to your CNM or doctor for a future pregnancy so they will be prepared just in case you have a tendency to repeat that. Otherwise its just part of the risks of having a baby. Things that increase that risk are such things as having a large baby, having had 4 or more kids before that, having a very long labor with Pitocin helping the contractions along,having twins,having a very rapid birth,etcetc. It helps also if you are well fortified with good food and iron supplements before the birth.If you go in with a low anemic blood count you are putting yourself at risk. It takes many months to build up your blood count if anemic so dont rely on taking the vitamins and iron in thelast couple weeks or month or two to get fortified. While you are growing in pregnancy the fetus drains you of your stores of iron.
Make sure the next time you ask questions about it and even if in hospital as k the nurse or CNM midwife attending you if she has a medication very closeby(like even in her pocket when birth time is within the hour) that would be given to quickly stop excess bleeding from uterine relaxation-it oul dbe ordred by the doctor or CNM at the time needed but it delays things if not immedicately available. Currently that medication is called misoprostil or also called cytotec and is given rectally after birth to control bleeding. There may be newer better drugs later on so keep asking when that time comes. Haivng the medications ready and your attendants aware and skilled goes a long way to keeping you safer. Best of luck.

Answer 5

If your uterus was not contracting on it's own it could not deliver the placenta which means the attending PULLED it, which by any medical text is a huge NO-NO. After my first I was not officially "hemorrhaging" but was almost given something stronger because I was bleeding so heavily. Spent a lot of extra time in recovery until my body got itself under control.

Answer 6

My mom hemorrhaged with me. She had to have almost all of her blood replaced, and the Dr. couldn't believe she lived through it. She went on to have another child. The Dr.s knew about what had happened, so they just planned for it ahead of time. They gave her a shot or something immediately after to prevent bleeding, and something to make the placenta come out. You can have more children! Good Luck!

Answer 7

i gave birth to my son 6 wks ago and i also experienced some hemmorhaging after birth. it was a long delivery, i pushed for 3 1/2 hrs because he was face up instead of face down and didnt want to come out. when he was born, the placenta came out at the same time as he did so i didnt need to push or anything after he came out. then she was pushing on my belly and i guess tons of blood just kept coming out and wouldnt stop. i dont really remember how long she pushed on me for, but it was a while (that whole period is a little hazy; i was exhausted and losing a lot of blood) anyways she called the specialist in to get me prepped for surgery to fix it and i couldnt believe i had just had my beautiful baby boy and i was expected to be put under anesthetic and have surgery!! but about 2 minutes before the specialist came, the bleeding finally began to slow on its own. i lost a lotttttt of blood, my color still hasnt fully come back, and the pictures for the fist 2 wks after the birth i look like a GHOST, im super pale.

Answer 8

OMG, what an experience you had! I'm so glad things turned out okay, my oh my! My experience doesn't even come close, but it still freaked me out at the time: I was given the epidural and was waiting for it to kick in. The doctor, L&D nurse and my hubby were off to the side talking and suddenly I felt VERY tired, cold and clammy. I could barely move. It took all my energy to whisper in a teeny voice to the three of them "um, I'm not feelin' very good over here." The doc took one look at me and I've never seen anyone act so fast (my hubby said I looked gray). He gave me some sort of drug and within seconds I was feeling on top of the world. Guess my blood pressure plummeted. And whatever he gave me, should be sold on the street, LOL! I had to have an episiotomy and they had some student stitch me up (it was a teaching hospital). They said the epidural would numb the pain of the stitches. Ha! As soon as the first stitch went in I jumped. I said "I CAN FEEL THAT!!!!" So they thankfully have me some local anesthetic. Sheesh! Anyway, in the end all was fine. I have birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl.

Answer 9

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