How long did you bleed for after labor?

smoosh_girl_1 · March 2009

I had an episiotomy (no idea how to spell it!) and I'm wondering how long it will take for my stiches to disolve. I'm also nursing so does that make me bleed even longer? Just wondering how many more packs of pads I should stock up on!!!

jess1984 · March 2009

My sitches where healed about 14 days they figured... but I was checked at 7 weeks pp and I stopped bleeding around Christmas which was about 5.5 weeks. I had a 1st degree tear and a stitch... It will heal up soon.

Gabe&Dana · March 2009

I had one small skin tear (2-3 stitches) and I bled for 8 LONG weeks.?

bnljane1988 · March 2009

I had a 4th degree tear and bled for 5 weeks.

ameliadaisy · March 2009

I am still bleeding, but I hope it stops soon! Smile

littleittybitty · March 2009

I bled heavy for 1.5 weeks and just light spotting for 5 weeks. Nursing is supposed to help bleeding... so i have read.

cyndelgrace · March 2009

heavy for around 5-7 days and light to spotting for about 6 weeks

KarBear · March 2009

5 weeks...both heavy and light days

almostabuck · March 2009

2 weeks? Then spotting for another week. I had a 2nd degree tear, but the bleeding wasn't from that.

betsnup · March 2009

I had a 2nd degree tear and bled for a full 6 weeks.

ncbelle · March 2009

I needed pads for about 3 weeks and then needed panty liners for another 3-4 weeks. The last few weeks were very light and off and on.

Mrs.BLG · March 2009

I had an episiotomy too. I have no idea when the stitches dissolved. I know I could feel them for about a week. So I don't know if they dissolved after that, or if I just got used to them. I bled for exactly 6 weeks after delivery, but I don't BF.

Mrs.AKP · March 2009

i only had one stitch. i bled for about a week or two after delivery. i only used the hospital pads for one or two days after i got home, and then just regular thin maxis for a week or two. then pantiliners for probably about a month.

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