PP bleeding ?

victoriaaa1 · August 2015

Some of us have been there before and are again or will be, but I have a question .

Most of us are different but unlike others I feel perfectly fine . I literally feel like I never had a baby And come one else gave birth for me . Which is great . I will be 4 weeks PP on Tuesday and since the day I gave birth I've hardly been bleeding , maybe since about a week in a half to 2 weeks PP whatever's coming out isn't even blood anymore but it comes and goes .
I'm curious as to if you can tell when you're going to be done or if it just kinda stops ? And can it last longer then 6 weeks ?

Like a period , you know when you're close to being done because the bleeding gradually stops but what about PP bleeding ? It isn't bothering me for some reason since it has been 4 weeks of having to wear a pad Kinda for no reason but I'm dying to just be done since like I said I'm not even bleeding and what is there will stop for a day or two then come back .

Baby2HG · August 2015

It depends. It could be like that for another few weeks. It all depends women to wome but I'm the same right now. This time around I didn't bleed as much as I did with my first. I'm down to panty liners now and I'm three weeks pp. I also had a c section.

breezymeema7 · August 2015

I had pp bleeding for 4.5 months last time. So, yes, it can go longer then 6 weeks but should be checked out by your Dr if so. Try a panty liner if it's just spotting.

skatie8191 · August 2015

Yep, I've been wondering the same thing. Actually the day after having her I was only spotting.. And I agree, I really didn't feel like I had a baby. I was a little sore and I got sore after doing kegals at first but other than that I'm fine. I even pushed her out in fifteen mins..
The only thing is I did tear on my urethra and some on the inside.
I'm 3wks pp.

prpl11butterfly · August 2015

Also 4 weeks pp tomorrow. Mine will stop for a few days then be bright red again for a few. I wear a liner through the day and check it frequently. I have had a few close calls on those days where it suddenly picks up again. Always a pad at night cause I hate dealing with those night time surprises!

deviduke412 · August 2015

Mine has been the same. It will act like it is stopping for a couple days and then it will start back up for a couple of days. It's hard to read and understand exactly how close I am to being done. I am three weeks postpartum today.

kettlekitten · August 2015

deviduke412 said:
Mine has been the same. It will act like it is stopping for a couple days and then it will start back up for a couple of days. It's hard to read and understand exactly how close I am to being done. I am three weeks postpartum today.

Yes- same here at two weeks PP, I don't remember it being like this with my first baby either.

victoriaaa1 · August 2015

Ugh this never ending cycle That I see no end to sucks !

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I want to enjoy no pad or liner wearing for a little bit one last time before my real period comes again . (Which I'm SO not looking forward to when it does)

Lalala2326 · August 2015

Same here. 3.5 weeks PP and it just keeps coming and going but is rarely heavier than spotting and seems to have more just discharge mixed with it than I remember from my first. I had a c-section with both. I'm thinking part of it is that I keep overdoing it. I was able to rest a lot more with my older daughter.

victoriaaa1 · August 2015

Yeah all I've had is discharge coming out for the past few weeks , I just hope instead of coming and going it just leaves !

victoriaaa1 · August 2015

breezymeema7 said:
I had pp bleeding for 4.5 months last time. So, yes, it can go longer then 6 weeks but should be checked out by your Dr if so. Try a panty liner if it's just spotting.

Omg 4.5 months ? Holy cow
X_X
Let's hope that doesn't happen now .

heatherxbergeron · August 2015

I was bleeding pretty normally. I'm 4 and a half weeks postpartum and about a week ago I stopped all bleeding/discharge completely and now I'm not even wearing a pad, panty liner or anything. I had a vaginal birth with only one stitch, and I gotta tell you, this is a great feeling

Flurison · September 2015

Debated on whether or not I should share my PP bleeding story but maybe it will help someone else. 10-11 days PP my bleeding appeared to have stopped altogether. 12 days PP I was standing in my kitchen and felt a gush and thought I had pissed myself. Went to the bathroom to find that the pad I had just put in was completely soaked through with blood, put another one in and shortly soaked through that one too before it slowed down. Called my OB and they had me come in for an ultrasound later that day. They said although my placenta appeared intact when I gave birth in the hospital it appeared that I had some retained tissue and they scheduled me for a D&C the following day. After I woke from the procedure the doctor said they removed a blood clot the size of a large grapefruit. I would have happily dealt with PP bleeding for a couple of months than to have had to go through that but happy to have everything sorted out. I would be mindful of bleeding that starts and stops or that has any foul smell; the latter should have been a dead giveaway that something was in there that shouldn't have been. But hindsight is 20/20, hoping I'll be more aware for next time.

nininou19 · September 2015

I think it smells stronger than a period though !!! Def not the same smell for me. Not horrible but different. Anyways I am the same it kind comes.and go but it is very light I never fill up a pad now

bhargrave88 · September 2015

Lol i wondered the same thing.. What qualifies as "foul"? Because this smells almost like amniotic fluid in mine .. But at the same time I use menstrual cups and don't know what a period smells like lol

mothernorth · September 2015

I thought about posting something similar to this, I was much like you, felt pretty good after having baby, not much bleeding, tapered off to just an odd yellow discharge, then BAM, 3 days ago (I'm now 4 weeks PP), I was hit with a bleeding frenzy that would rival the prom scene on Carrie and it isn't showing any signs of letting up =/ I have no idea when this flood is going to stop and I hate it. I think it may be my first PP period perhaps? Or maybe the birth control pills I was given prompted it? There are too many factors in my situation to really know for sure I guess, I just want it to be over!

dkizz82 · September 2015

Mine comes and goes. It has been very light as well. I'm 5 weeks pp and it's gone now but we'll see if it comes back.

Flurison · September 2015

@bhargrave88 this was way beyond "smells like a period" or amniotic fluid. It smelled just like rotting fish, it was absolutely awful. "Foul" was putting it lightly. I'm a FTM and didn't know what to expect so at the time I thought the smell might just be one of the other joys of motherhood. It was only afterward that I found out it was not normal.

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