If you've given birth before (PP bleeding question) edited

ColleenS629 · October 2011

How long did your really heavy bleeding last? I'm trying to figure out how big a package of gigantic pads I need vs. smaller pads.

ETA: Thanks for the answers so far! During your heavy bleeding, how many pads did you go through in a day?

racampbell1 · October 2011

I had pretty heavy bleeding for about a week, week and a half, then lighter spotting for another 2-3 weeks. I had a vaginal birth, if that helps. FWIW, I've heard from friends that C-section deliveries tend to have less pp bleeding, due to the doc cleaning everything out for you

So it might depend a bit on what type of delivery you end up with. HTH.

LoriJ11 · October 2011

I had pretty heavy bleeding for at least a week if not longer. I had a stage 4 tear though, so I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. I bled for a good 6 weeks. Booooo

UsafWifey09 · October 2011

i would get the biggest pack they have you will need a few of those.. Mine went from heavy to light to heavy to (TMI) to dark to red to pink to white. It did that both times. And I bled for about a month. I changed my pads every time I used the bathroom because they recommend you to squirt yourself with the water squirter bottle they give you so you heal good.

luvmyducks · October 2011

I had heavy bleeding only for a little over a week. I used the pads provided by the hospital when I was there for the 1st 4 days. After that I didn't even use a complete package of pads at home. The first few days at home, I did use depends--sooo much better than those mesh panties

I would get lots of pantyliners. I'm still wearing those every day.

HBaylies · October 2011

I had a c/s for DS and I have heard you bleed a little less since they are able to clean out the uterus better. I think that may be a load of crap. I bled heavily, a pad every couple hours, for about a week, luckily 4 of those days I was in the hospital, so pads were provided. After that it was like a regular period for at least another week and a half, then maybe spotting another week. No matter how hard I tried, I ended up with many, many pair of stained underwear, so I was glad the hospital let me have a bunch of those disposable mesh undies. I think I had bought 2 large packs of supers, 2 packs of regular, and panty liners. I still have a pack of supers and a few panty liners leftover.

kathymarie · October 2011

I bled for 7 weeks total.

About 2-3 heavy, 2 medium, 1-2 light.

I HIGHLY recommend Always Infinity. I put them on after I got home from the hospital and they are so much more absorbent (and comfortable) than the gigantor pads the hospital gives you. I wish I brought the overnight ones with me to the hospital.

Junebug060609 · October 2011

I used the infamous mesh panties and giant hospital pads most of the time I was in the hospital. I probably could've moved on to regular sized pads after about day 3 or so though...it was more a case of I was there and they were convenient. Plus I knew I could make use of the regular sized ones they provided at home with AF down the road.

FWIW, my bleeding has always been less than I figured it would be. It was pretty heavy for a few days (probably 4-6 mongo hospital pads per day) and then tapered off to a med-light flow. Its already stopped and you can see how far pp I am in my siggy.

I'd recommend getting a couple of packages of your favorite big and small pads...and taking as much home from the hospital as possible. Whatever you don't use for pp time can always be used for AF.

NY-allie · October 2011

I had a vaginal birth with DS. I went through 1.5 packs of the gigando pads (The larger sized pack from walmart. One thing I would recommend is to get the extra long pads. I bled for ~3ish weeks and then I had browish discharge for another week or two (it seemed to last forever). One nice thing is that if you are BFing you don't get AF for a while - it helped to think of that when I was still bleeding. (I didn't get mine until DS's 1st birthday).

VampyAuthor · October 2011

I went all natural and bled for a weekish. The heaviest wasn't bad at all and I went through maybe 6-8 and used the best over night I could find for sleeping.

Karen1998 · October 2011

lissasue3:
With both my previous birth experiences I never had heavy bleeding. It was medium flow for a few days then light.

I forget but I may have changed the pad every time I went to the bathroom just to keep things clean down there. With an episiotomy and a tear I didn't want to risk any type of infection.

ETA: I gave birth vaginally.

All of this. I was shocked that I didn't have heavy bleeding too as I normally do with my cycle.

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