I am 4 weeks post partum. i had stopped bleeding for about 4-6 days.and now i am cramping and passing blood clots and bleeding today in about a 6 hour period i went through 4 large pads. should i be worried?
If the heavy bleeding continues, you should seek medical attention. Heavy bleeding can come and go the first six weeks postpartum, however, it should not persist for more than a day at a time. If you are looking pale or feeling very weak, you should get checked out. The next time you see clots, you should look them over carefully and make sure it is just a clot and not a fragmented piece of your placenta (this would look and feel like an actual piece of tissue, not all gummy like a clot is). If you are seeing tissue, you definitely need to get checked out and may possibly need a D&C. Usually the whole placenta comes out, no problem and the doctor gets whatever is left, but sometimes, rarely, pieces are missed and they cause bleeding because that site has not had a chance to completely heal.
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Have you been doing a lot of stuff? If you do too much you can actually cause yourself to start bleeding heavily. Your best bet would be to either call the hospital and see what they think or call your doctor’s answering service to see what your doctor wants you to do.
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It was normal for me, it seems. Just make sure you are taking your iron and vitamin c supplements (vitamin c ensures that your body abosorbs the iron), and if you become worried, talk to your doctor. It shouldn’t last long, but it’s not even abnormal to bleed for a full six weeks or sometimes more. Certain women, depending upon the number of pregnancies, and sometimes even with the first, will develop clots. Sometimes these "clots" are actually parts of the lining and have just taken their time to leave the body.
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If the heavy bleeding continues, you should seek medical attention. Heavy bleeding can come and go the first six weeks postpartum, however, it should not persist for more than a day at a time. If you are looking pale or feeling very weak, you should get checked out. The next time you see clots, you should look them over carefully and make sure it is just a clot and not a fragmented piece of your placenta (this would look and feel like an actual piece of tissue, not all gummy like a clot is). If you are seeing tissue, you definitely need to get checked out and may possibly need a D&C. Usually the whole placenta comes out, no problem and the doctor gets whatever is left, but sometimes, rarely, pieces are missed and they cause bleeding because that site has not had a chance to completely heal.
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Three years as a labor and delivery RN in her 33rd week of pregnancy.