TMI: Freaky period

JLG95

I just want some reassurance that I'm not bleeding to death.

I'm on the mini-pill and I've been nursing for the last 14 months.  We're weaning and I expect to be completely done with nursing in the next 2 or 3 days.

I got my first postpartum period last month, it was a little heavy, but normal duration 5 or 6 days.

This month, my period was about 5 days late and it doesn't seem to have any end in sight.  I'm on day 13.  The first 5 days were heavy, it's been pretty light the last 8 days, but it just won't go away.

Is this normal????  Maybe my hormones are messed up from weaning?  And don't tell me to POAS, I did that the day before this period started.

avbliss

I would get a home pregnancy test ASAP! If it's positive call your DR and possibly go to the ER. Last time I had a freaky period just like you're describing I had an ectopic pregnancy and they had to do laparoscopic surgery, and I lost a tube because I waited two weeks after the period started and I was in severe pain when I finally called my DR. It's probably just a hormonal thing, but take the test to be 100% sure. Weird periods are nothing to mess around with. Ts&Ps your way that it's nothing.

AbsoluteLM

I've had two periods since starting weaning (we stopped completely yesterday) and both periods have been super heavy (like, leaking out of tampons like I'm a teen again heavy) and super long (10-11 days). I don't think you have anything to worry about, but it couldn't hurt to give your gyno a call just to make yourself feel better. GL!