6 week bleed

[stinybean]

I know this has been discussed here and there on the board. Can STM+ weigh in on what they know about the 6 week bleed? I don't go back to the dr for another two weeks to ask and don't deem it worthy of a phone call, but I still want to know.

Do you think/know the 6 week bleed is a real thing or is it a period?

[tiffbot]

I don't know anything about it, and hadnt heard of it before people on the board starting mentioning it.

With DS I hadnt quit bleeding from delivery by 6 weeks. It was gone around week 8 and I didn't get my period back until I quit BFing.

This time, I haven't bled for a few weeks now. I'm just over 7 weeks PP and didn't have any bleeding start up again.

So, that's maybe not helpful, but it's my experiences.

[billyhorrible]

Jul 24, 2015 9:44:58 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

I don't know anything about it, and hadnt heard of it before people on the board starting mentioning it.

With DS I hadnt quit bleeding from delivery by 6 weeks. It was gone around week 8 and I didn't get my period back until I quit BFing.

This time, I haven't bled for a few weeks now. I'm just over 7 weeks PP and didn't have any bleeding start up again.

So, that's maybe not helpful, but it's my experiences.

Similar experience, but I had stopped bleeding by 3 weeks. I got my period back after I stopped pumping at 12 months, and I'm just under 7 weeks with no recurrent bleeding.

[Widget123]

I do think its a real thing, at least for some, but that being said my increase in bleeding came earlier, around the 4-5 week mark. At the time i thought it was related to my stitches. I dont remember experiencing anything with my first but i had a lot more drama going on in my life back then

ETA i consider it extremely unlikely that mine was a period because i am a serious milk machine and it took me more than a year after DD was born to get my cycle back.

[txngrl31]

So, I too had never heard of the six week bleed until this board. With that being said, I had light bleeding for six days around the 5 1/2-6 week mark. I called the nurse hotline and they said it is probably my period since I stopped bleeding around 3 weeks pp and I'm not bf'ing. Welp, I started bleeding heavily 16 days later at 8 weeks....I'm on day 5 of it and it has slowed down. This is definitely my period!! So, not sure if the original one was my period or not or just so,e last minute "cleansing" postpartum bleed.

[ThePalindromicOne]

I had stopped bleeding for 2 weeks and started again at 6 weeks pp. I was pretty convinced it was my period returning even though I'm exclusively bf-ing. My OB yesterday wasn't sure though... she said women can bleed on and off until 8ish weeks as part of recovery. Mine lasted 4ish days... I think it was my period but we'll see!!

[bendherova]

Jul 24, 2015 9:44:58 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

I don't know anything about it, and hadnt heard of it before people on the board starting mentioning it.
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ditto.

[sully326]

With DS I bled for the full 6 weeks but I also had some record very complications so I'm not sure if that played part in it.

This time I stopped bleeding at week 3. Then at week 5 I got my period. It just stopped yesterday. I know it was my period because I had all typical symptoms leading up to it. Bloating, Fatigue, increased appetite, mood swings.

[wegrowsheep]

EBF here, and LO is 7 weeks today. Bleeding had all but stopped until today. Pretty sure my period started. Sad day. You would think with this insane amount of nursing (<2hr intervals all day, and at least 3 feedings each night) a girl could delay that bs a little longer. I haven't even had my 6 wk appt yet!

[belle0720]

I've never heard of this!

I'm 4.5 weeks postpartum and haven't bled at all for a few days. Guess I'll see if it starts up in 1.5 weeks..,

[tulips114]

With all 3 of mine I mostly stopped bleeding around 4 weeks but had on and off light bleeding or spotting until about 6 weeks before it completely stopped. Then my period didn't return until I stopped nursing.

[dmoney]

I will be 7 weeks pp tomorrow. I had my post surgical appointment on Thursday from my dnc. My OB said it is very possible to still be bleeding up till 8 weeks. She also said since I have been cleared to workouts gain becoming more active can cause me to bleed as well. I thought I had finished with all of that but I have noticed that since I have started working out again I am bleeding a bit more when I went 1 full day with nothing. So if you are bfing it could just be pp bleeding or it is possible that you have started your period. But most likely it is just pp bleeding.

[stinybean]

Thanks ladies. This definitely doesn't feel like a period, but pp bleeding seemed to stop at week 4 & then this just started up again this week at the end if week 6.