postpartum bleeding

tyggrlili25 · #1 July 10th, 2011, 03:25 PM

I am getting really sick of it.
I gave birth 4 weeks ago and it seems to taper off and turn brownish pink..then it will start up with the red again..I feel like its never going to go away. I HATE pads with a passion and really want it to go away already. I figured I would be spotting by now but this is really annoying and more than spotting.
Anyone else still bleeding beyond what you thought it would?

ThatsMumma2U · #2 July 10th, 2011, 03:27 PM

I bled for 4.5 weeks. And now I'm starting to get light period bleeding. It sucks.

Babybear4 · #3 July 10th, 2011, 03:37 PM

i bled for 5.5 weeks. it would start then stop but i was still getting random gushes. It suuuuucked!

nak

Kierasmom · #4 July 10th, 2011, 04:14 PM

I haven't had much in the last week, and none today. Hope this is the end of it but I expected it to last longer.

snlemon · #5 July 10th, 2011, 04:16 PM

I bled the full six weeks with my first...everytime I thought it was over, it would start back up again. I noticed if i did to much I would bleed more...like my body telling me to slow down.

This time I am 3weeks out and its pretty light almost spotting. I thought I would bleed more with running and going back to the gym but its stayed the same....

angelsailor288 · #6 July 10th, 2011, 04:17 PM

I've stopped and just had brown discharge, except when I do any sort of exercise then I'm back to bleeding for like 2 days. Its getting old though and my skin is really getting irritated from using a pad so much. My periods are only 2 days so I'm really not used to using pads like this.

Amber1279 · #7 July 10th, 2011, 04:41 PM

ugh, I am so tired of bleeding

It will be 4 weeks on Tuesday. I wish it would stop.

81 Bubbles · #8 July 10th, 2011, 04:55 PM

still bleeding will be 4 weeks tomorrow

nak

Peace.Love.Pepsi · #9 July 10th, 2011, 06:34 PM

yep, the more active i am the more i bleed. Ill totlly stop for 2 days, not even discharge, and then ill do something and start bleeding again.

tyggrlili25 · #10 July 10th, 2011, 06:42 PM

yeah I dont remember the start stop thing with my first and I know it didnt last this long either..or at least it was starting to stop by this point. I just never know what I am going to get from day to day..
Ashley yeah the irritation from the pad is awful too:-/

mommy619 · #11 July 10th, 2011, 07:08 PM

The part that's really annoying is the stopping and starting of the bleeding especially I don't remember this with my other 2. I hope it goes away soon..

ProjectMama · #12 July 10th, 2011, 07:32 PM

I got pretty lucky with bleeding. I only really bled for a week and a half then I went to spotting for about a week and since then I've just had discharge (I'll be 5 weeks PP Wednesday).

Hoping you all finishing up your bleeding soon!

itsmemaggi · #13 July 10th, 2011, 08:20 PM

Mine will taper off and then start back up again if I do too much, like walk or clean a whole lot. I noticed this more during my first week postpartum. I'm almost 3 weeks pp; I bled with DD for 3-4 weeks so I'm hoping I'll stop soon, now.

MamaRN · #14 July 11th, 2011, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tyggrlili25

I am getting really sick of it.
I gave birth 4 weeks ago and it seems to taper off and turn brownish pink..then it will start up with the red again..I feel like its never going to go away. I HATE pads with a passion and really want it to go away already. I figured I would be spotting by now but this is really annoying and more than spotting.
Anyone else still bleeding beyond what you thought it would?

I could have written your post! My pattern is exactly the same and I will be 4 weeks PP tomorrow. I had a section like with DD and with her I only bled a couple weeks but AF. Returned at exactly 4 weeks. Ugh!

NAK

beckiethedoula · #15 July 11th, 2011, 09:06 AM

I'm not quite 2 weeks pp and my bleeding seems to be slowing a lot... I'm hoping it only lasts a couple more weeks but with my 2 ds's I bled for a full 6 weeks after.
This time I used shepherd's purse tincture immediately post partum and it seems to have made my bleeding less in general... (I'm also taking my placenta capsules which is supposed to help with pp bleeding as well...)

I'll see what happens I guess...

yoyomama · #16 July 11th, 2011, 10:36 AM

Yeah its getting a lil annoying , im 2wks pp and mine had stop but the min i started cleaning our house , nothing to active like it was just simple things like vacuming , picking toys , washing dishes or mopping , i started bleeding again , i honestly dont think i cannot be active for 6wks , but i do want this bleeding to stop , so im trying not to doto much but the things i think are not to much cause me to bleed. ugh...