Delayed postpartum bleeding...?

[redlipz]

I'm am 8 days postpartum and bleeding had pretty much stopped.
Well I just got home and went to change into my pjs and as I took off my pants I felt a gush kinda like I was peeing so I ran to the bathroom and I had a pad full of bright red blood and a toilet bowl full of bloody water as well. Is this something to worry about? I don't remember this happening before. Has it happened to any of you? I'm going to call the on call nurse and see what she says.

Sorry for making a whole post for this, I'm just a little worried and hoping for quick responses.

[wegrowsheep]

I felt like that happened with baby #2. But I recall a nurse telling me it was from not taking it easy... Sorry I'm vague, that's all I've got.

[sugarbean17]

It can be from not taking it easy but it could also be from having a small bit of placenta still in there. It can happen but it's rare.

[redlipz]

I got on dr Google and let's just say I shouldn't have. I'm starting to cramp quite a bit now. I'm waiting on a call back. I do have 2 other kids so hopefully that's all that happened, that I over did it.

[gilder40]

I had post-partum bleeding for about 8-10 days after delivery. I stopped, and now I've got bleeding like I'm starting my period. Someone told me it was normal, and that a lot of moms experience this and it's your body making sure everything is clean. I sure hope thats it. I'll feel super cheated if I am starting my cycles again already....especially since I'm breast feeding!!

[gilder40]

redlipz I'll be thknking about you. Hopefully Ifs nothing major! Keep up posted friend.

[Deleted]

I'm 12 days postp and I'm still having bleeding on and off. It's worse if I do a lot of walking that day. So I'll have no bleeding if I'm lying down or sitting but if I go to the grocery store it comes out more.

[redlipz]

They haven't called back yet. It just scared me because of how much it was. It literally felt like when my water broke. I used the restroom again and I'm still bleeding though not as much.
gilder40 it crossed my mind that maybe it was my period too but dang that would be soon. As long as I don't fill a pad in an hour I'll try n not worry about it too much till they call.
@poppyc8 my bleeding had completely stopped, there was just really light brown fluid or something but no red blood at all, caught me by surprise.

[tulips114]

8 days seems really fast for it to stop, so my guess would be that it's normal PP bleeding. I seem to recall the same thing happening with my second, where I'd go a day or 2 with nothing and then have a little more bleeding. This time I've gone hours with nothing and then have a little "gush", but it's definitely not stopped.

ETA- it's good that you called though. Let us know what they say.

[redlipz]

They said I'm over doing it and that I need to just relax, stay in bed for the next two days and that if it increases at all that I need to go in.

[txngrl31]

Mine tapered off and changed color around 10 days pp, and then yesterday I had a light flow of rd again. The past two days I have been over doing it, so I'm thinking that's the cause. This pp bleeding is no bueno. I'm relieved to hear I'm not the only one that's experienced different flows and colors of bleeding.

[silv3rlining]

With DS I would get it if I overdid it. Just saw your doc said the same thing. I also think it varies by person.

gilder40 I can't remember exactly how old your LO is, but I know (as much as it would suck), that's it's not entirely unheard of for your cycle to return 6-8 weeks pp (even while BFing but rare). FX that's not the case for you though

[mirage86]

Thanks for bringing this up! My bleeding has been very light since a few days after delivery, but this morning I had a blood clot and that caught me off guard. Glad to know I'm not the only one having weird pp bleeding. I had always assumed that it would be like a period, starting heavy and then getting lighter until it stopped. I guess not!

[gilder40]

Jun 15, 2015 6:42:17 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

With DS I would get it if I overdid it. Just saw your doc said the same thing. I also think it varies by person.

gilder40 I can't remember exactly how old your LO is, but I know (as much as it would suck), that's it's not entirely unheard of for your cycle to return 6-8 weeks pp (even while BFing but rare). FX that's not the case for you though

She's 6 weeks old today. I hope it's not AF returning. That would be a major bummer lol.

I can't remember how long I had PP bleeding. I thought it was about 8-10 days, but it might have been longer. All my days run together, and I didn't keep track.