First period after childbirth

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-05-2004
First period after childbirth
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Thu, 01-08-2004 - 11:04am
Is it normal for my period to last more than 2 weeks. I just had my baby Nov.7,2003. I had the usual bleeding after I had him for like 3 1/2 weeks. I got my period Dec.24 and I'm still having it. Is this normal?
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2003
Thu, 01-08-2004 - 11:22am

I'm not sure since I've never had a baby but let me direct you to a couple other boards to post this.


Ask the Midwife:


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppmidwife


Ask the OB/GYN:


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppobgyn


Hopefully some other ladies here will be able to help too!


Kristin

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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2003
Thu, 01-08-2004 - 7:40pm
I had a smilar thing happen to me after my second son was born. I bled for six weeks almost (off and on- it would get worse after a busy day). If I recall rightly, my Dr said it was relatively normal.They didn't say or do anything to me so it musn't have been to big a deal. How quickly you return to mensruating is affected by whether you breastfeed or not too, nursing delays menses. And it can frig them up once you get them becuase it affects your hormone levels.

If the bleeding is still heavy or still bright red frank bleeds you might wanna talk to your Dr. just to be sure.

HTH.

Churtie