A postpartum bleeding question...

MothyrGrimm · October 2011

I was just reading online around 4 days bleeding should taper off to pink, but every now and then maybe once a day I still get bright red bleeding. It'll gush for a while then taper off again... Anyone else go through the same thing or know if this is normal? TIA!

MrsClark8109 · October 2011

My bleeding has never been heavy ( I used the hospital pads 1 night, then switched to Always pads and by 2 weeks out was only using panty liners) however I'll still ocasionally see some bright red on the liner---for me it tends to coincide with activity. If I've gone for a walk or something it will be red about a half hour, 45 minutes later. I was told only to worry if I pass a clot bigger than a half-dollar.

AKBrideinMD · October 2011

I bled red for a lot longer than 4 days...maybe a week or two.

ASmallWonder · October 2011

4 days? No way. I mean, sure, for some people it could happen but I think most people bleed red for quite a bit longer than that - a week at least.

sarteratops · October 2011

AKBrideinMD:
I bled red for a lot longer than 4 days...maybe a week or two.

Same here. I was seeing red until about a week ago. Looking back, it was on the days that I was more active (taking walks, doing laundry, etc.). It's nothing to worry about unless you're bleeding through a pad.

eltoothman · October 2011

I bled for 10 weeks and it was always a gush or bright red. I never had it be light pink or any other color.

ethanandashlynsmommy · October 2011

I had a csection with both of my children and I bled until close to 5 weeks with both of them . It wasnt heavy the whole time but it wasnt light either .

dlast09 · October 2011

I also had a c-section also. I bled pretty constantly for the first week and a half, and its just now starting to slow down. So its been about 3 weeks, and still going, just very lightly, and light pink. Everyone is different.

eltoothman · October 2011

Guess I forgot to say i had an emergency c-section

MothyrGrimm · October 2011

Thanks a bunch ladies! I thought it sounded a bit funky since you're supposed to have like 50% more blood and 4 days didn't sound too realistic to me to be losing that much blood. We were pretty active earlier in the day too, so that sounds like the culprit as well.

mandyhall2882 · October 2011

I'm sure it's normal.

I bled and had mucous discharge for almost 5 weeks. It would come and go until it finally stopped altogether.

Phil413 · October 2011

The hospital nurse, right after giving birth, told me to expect to see blood for 4 weeks, not 4 days. That's exactly what it was, about 3-4 weeks of bright red before it tapered, and a week of heavy clotting at first. You should only be worried if you see clots bigger than golf balls! Then it bled a little bit after major activity, or sex with DH. Now I'm 11 weeks out and got my period so bleeding again!

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