WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2002: Re: Excessive bleeding 6 months after giving birth

Re: Excessive bleeding 6 months after giving birth

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:35:19 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 14 Nov 2002, angel wrote: >
>I started my monthly cycle yesterday, but this morning at 5:00 I awoke
>to go feed the baby. I felt clots and more clots. Once I got him fed,
>I had to put him down, and I was bleeding all over the place. I thought
>just a heavy period. So I put in a tampon, and filled it in an hour. I
>have just filled another one in an hour. I super absorbency one at
>that. There is no way it could be a miscarriage, because we ahve been
>using protection, but I remember my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage
>and I do not remember losing this much all at one time. Anyway, Sorry
>for TMI. What do you all think? I now have gone through 9 of them in 9
>hours. I have called my OB and he said it was completely normal for a
>breastfeeding mother. I am 5.5 months postpartum and have been
>menstruating for 4 months.

Trust your Dr.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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