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Re: increased chance of postpartum hemmorhage? Attn:KB

From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:52:24 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks! nice to see someone else who has 4 kids! People seem to think you're nuts these days if you have more than 2! At Sat, 05 Jul 2003, Kris wrote: >
>Lisa wrote:
>
>> Wow, quite the response!
>
>I hope in a helpful way ;) I'd just hate to see you worrying about a
>platelet disorder for nothing-- especially when you shared that
>everything is in order for your results.
>
>> My labor last time was 4 hours,
>
>Could be a combination of a quick delivery (4 hours is pretty quick!)
>and it being your third baby.
>
> > We don't know why I
>> had the slightly excessive bleeding after.
>
>You know, sometimes things happen. After I had my fourth baby, I had
>more bleeding than anyone would've liked, so I had the injection
>followed by an IV of pitocin before it got under control and replace my
>lost fluids. I have a history of large babies (8#12, 10#2, 11#5, and
>10#) and labors about 12 - 24 hours long so that has to factor in as a
>uterus working harder than it has to in order to get those babies out ;)
>
>> I do know that it stopped,
>> and I didn't have any trouble when I went home, other than a huge clot
>> on the 7th day, followed by some heavy bleeding that didn't last long.
>
>That also can be pretty normal.
>
>> watched the video of the birth again, and it was a very brief timeframe
>> (a few mins) and I responded to whatever injection was given to me. I
>> imagine they will just wait and see what happens, but I was slightly
>> alarmed at the midwife's particular concern over it when mentioned.
>
>Maybe she was alarmed because it wasn't recorded on your chart before
>now? Who knows ;) It's good that you're thinking about it because you
>can also be aware of what happens immediately postpartum. I bet
>everything will be just fine afterward.
>
>KB

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