Not a STM but was advised 4 to 6 weeks as well and I was a c/s. Mine has been super light the entire time which is super irritating because it's just teasing you that it could be done soon!
With all of my babies (3) I've usually bled for about 2-3 weeks. I'll be 3 weeks pp on wed and really haven't been bleeding for the last 2 days...which probably means I just jinxed myself and will start bleeding again. Lol.
With DS1 I had a c/s and bled for 4 weeks, then it stopped for a week, then started again and lasted another week.
This time I had a VBAC and it's already tapering off a fair bit, so I hope it might be done by 3 weeks, but we'll see. I'm hoping all the pain of PP cramps helped my body clear itself out quicker this time.
I bled with DS for almost six weeks. With our angel, I bled for four weeks. I'm 2.5 weeks out from having DD and have slowed down a lot on the bleeding, but I still have some heavy moments.
Last time about 4 weeks. This time also about 4 weeks but extremely light after the first week.. Only needed a liner but it just took a while to completely stop.
FTM but 5 1/2 weeks out. I am still spotting and have reddish brown discharge on some days, but not necessarily still bleeding per-say. I'm surprised it hasn't completely cleared up, tbh, because I never had heavy bleeding so I assumed it would be done by now.
Our Baby Girl, Emma, changed our lives forever when she was born 12-19-13
I have a related question... I know overdoing it increases bleeding, but can stress? I don't think my activity level has changed but I went from barely anything to needing a pad again just since lo's diagnosis.
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
I'm apparently a freak of nature and only had two real days of pp bleeding. I wore a pad for about 5 days thinking it would open the flood gates if I chanced it, but it never happened. I wore a liner up until 2w pp for the discharge but nothing now.
With DS I bled for the full 6 weeks. So far with DD, I had bleeding off and on and we are at 12 days PP. The past couple of days it started up again, but I was doing a lot of walking and lifting DS into his car seat!
Re: PP Bleeding
DS1 born 11/3/06 * DS2 born 3/29/08 * DD born 3/15/11
Scarlett Mae born 1/14/14 Our family is now complete!
bfp#1-10/29/12,EDD: 7/3/13. nothing found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 12/10/12. "Bean"
bfp#2-5/10/13! EDD: 1/18/14. "Peanut" Arrived 1/13/14. Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis
bfp#3- 9/26/14. EDD: 5/7/15. no heartbeat found @ 1st u/s, natural mc 10/23/14. "Little Bug"
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