Postpartum recovery

babybumb1229

Well so far my recovery has been good but I got sick with chills then fevers headaches my bleeding was less then after the third day of getting better from being sick I started bleeding agian a good amount I feel the blood gush(sorry if it's tmi) and having blood clots are like as big as golf balls at times and a good amount of bleeding and feeling cramping like period cramping I made an appointment for Friday I'm a bit worried I'm 5 weeks postpartum recovery. I want to ask if anyone one else has had this happen and what did it end up being ?

tracij12

Is there an advice nurse you can talk to before your appointment tomorrow?

Minus the sick part, this happened with my first and sadly it was my first post partum period. I literally got like 1 week with no bleeding

babykitcat

This happened to me!!!!! I went into the emergency room last Thursday. My fever was 39.5 Wednesday night and we monitored it at home and was still 38.2 Thursday morning. It turns out I had a little bit of placenta left in me and an infection starting. The ordered an ultrasound, X-ray, blood work and urine. I didn't have to have any of the physical tests (hand in me searching for placenta or surgery) they saw enough on the ultrasound to diagnose the issue. They gave me a prescription that shed the remaining placenta. The prescription caused heavy bleeding for a day...now Im feeling so much better and my flow has almost stopped!

One word of advice - GO TO THE HOSPITAL!!!! If you wait you could hemmoroge (Im not a doc but it's what I was told, or the infection could get a lot worse and you wouldnt want to be hospitalized with a new baby) and as I hear this usually results in you waking up in a pool of blood. Treat it now while it's a minor issue. I did the same. Debated going to the hospital but I'm so glad I went!!!

Your issues could be completely different then mine but seriously better to be safe then sorry!