Postpartum recovery like your usual period?

RebekahP14 · June 2014

Hi Ladies, just wondering from any of you who have been thru this, is the post delivery bleeding like your usual period or much heavier? I don't get a heavy flow with my period, am I delusional to hope for light bleeding, and not the horror I've been warned of?

Jennyanydots26 · June 2014

I normally have a very light and short period (go through maybe 3 tampons in a period?). My postpartum bleeding was much heavier than that for about a week (like heavy pad that needed to be changed frequently) and then tapered off a lot after that. I ditched the pads after 2 weeks probably?

Plan and expect a lot and then maybe you'll luck out with less.

francined01 · June 2014

much heavier and longer than normal period. weeks rather than days

jnnfrrose6 · June 2014

francined01 said:

much heavier and longer than normal period. weeks rather than days

This. I also don't usually have a heavy flow, so don't be surprised by larger clots you may not be used to seeing in the mix either.

Ceridwen21 · June 2014

Much worse than a period. Heavier, longer and more painful. Plus if you tore and needed stitches, plenty of stinging when you pee! YAY.

brownie123 · June 2014

Definitely longer and heaver than a normal period.

Justabean3 · June 2014

My first lasted 11 weeks but pretty light. The first week I needed heavy thicker pad and then just a slim and a then a panty liner by 9 weeks...

2nd baby I barely bled at all and it was over by 8 days, returned with a giant gush at 6 weeks (I thought I bled out, haha) and then stopped after 3 days. They said I must of had a clot

argonne · June 2014

I had heavy bleeding for about 1.5 weeks PP. It wasn't anything like a period. It was very, very heavy (heavier than my heaviest AF days) with clots (lochia).

darkangel42 · June 2014

Like a period in that it started heavy and got lighter and lighter but it was heavier in general and lasted for weeks. Also blood clots, I was not expecting those things to be as big as they were!

I found it very uncomfortable but not overly much worse than period pain but apparently my periods used to hurt more than the average anyway. It also hurt and bled more towards the end/after each feed (BFing) because BFing 'pumps' your uterus.

RebekahP14 · June 2014

Lovely. Thanks for responses to my query, wasn't expecting so many. Will definitely plan for the worst and hope it won't be that bad in the end. Everyone goes thru it.

Michelle N · June 2014

I hate to break it to you - the amount you bleed will be the least of your worries in your pp recovery (unless you bleed for months on end like I did..)

sorry!

carriemckinnon · June 2014

Much heavier and longer than the average period! Get three different types of pads - heavy overnights , regulars, and panty liners. Everyone is different, so no one can tell you how much or how long, but you will be glad to have the "pad" options when you come home and post recovery.

spacepotatoes · June 2014

My bleeding was heavy for the first day or so and then it was like a normal period. That continued until about 2 weeks post partum, then it got light. I switched to panty liners around 3 weeks post, and am still wearing them now for spotting (4 weeks).

In terms of pain, the only pain I really had was from the tear and hemmorhoids. I had some cramping when breastfeeding but it felt more like bad gas pain than period cramps. That all lasted for the first week and then tapered off.

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