Re: Postpartum bleeding

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Best of luck, Dr.Amit Sengupta, MD,Ph.D.

>----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH <pregnancy-birth@talk.obgyn.net> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 2:00 AM Subject: Postpartum bleeding

> I delivered my fourth child on 10/26/99. Now it is almost 7 weeks later
> and I have not stopped bleeding. The discharge changed to more brown
> for a while, but now I am having red blood again and it has actually
> gotten heavier the past couple of days. My activity level has been
> pretty much the same-- I don't see a relationship between activity and
> the amount of bleeding.
>
> I forgot to ask my Dr. about this at my 6-week check-up because the
> bleeding was lighter on that day but had been heavy again the two days
> before the checkup. I started the mini-pill after that visit. Is it
> normal to bleed this long after birth? I don't think it is a period
> because it has taken 4 months for my period to return after my other
> children were born. Could the mini-pill be causing the bleeding to be
> prolonged?
>
> --
> Melissa
>

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