WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 1999: Re: After the baby...

Re: After the baby...

From: GREEN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 13 May 1999 21:51:52 +1000

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I would get her checked out, I am not a DR, just a mother myself. I had very heavy bleeding after the birth of my son and it can last up to six weeks, but I never had bleeding this much. (as in a pad every 15 minutes!)....I was STRONGLY advised not to use tampons so soon after giving birth.....Please urge your cousin to go to her DR. This does not sound `normal' although it might be for her, as everyone is different!

I wish her luck, and she is lucky to have someone who cares so deeply about her....good luck...

Michelle Green :-) -----Original Message----- From: CK <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH <anonymous@obgyn.net> Date: Friday, 14 May 1999 8:48 Subject: After the baby...

>My cousin had a baby almost 6 weeks ago. At first, she was bleeding
>quite heavily and passing many large clots but would not see the doctor
>for this problem. She commented yesterday on how she was so happy that
>her bleeding is finally slowing down...she is down to 1 pad every 2
>hours whereas when she had her first child, she had to wear the
>maternity pads for a year. I thought this was very abnormal and told
>her she really should see a doctor. Today, she walked her oldest child
>to school and in the two minute walk around the block she managed to
>soak a maxi pad. Her son's teacher asked her if she was OK, if she had
>fallen or something. She had blood all over her. She was soaking a pad
>every 15 minutes today. She still thinks this is normal for her. I
>believe she really needs to be checked out. I've never had a child so
>I'm not sure what "normal" bleeding is after a baby is born...I know it
>shouldn't be any more than 1 pad per hour. I did not realize though
>that the bleeding lasts this long (6 weeks now). I also know that she
>had been wearing tampons along with a pad for a few weeks...could the
>use of tampons so soon after the baby have anything to do with this?
>What is the normal amount of bleeding that should occur and how long
>should this continue?
>
>Thanks in advance for any answers.
>
>Char ;^)
>

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