Post Preggo Bleeding

[SmackYouTwice]

Hey,

What are some good pads/panty liners you ladies recommend for the bleeding after baby? And do most bleed A LOT or is it similar to a typical medium/heavy flow period... that lasts longer?

When does the regulated period usually come back into play? I haven't been regular for years, and was actually in the process of trying to figure out why when the results of an ultrasound showed I was 7 weeks preggo! SO, I wouldn't mind not having regular period again, lol, as long as I can still have another baby if I want to.

 

[RoseofLima]

The first day the flow is very heavy-- heavier than your heaviest period....they will give you special pads in the hospirtal. After that first (at most second day)- you can just use whatever pads you use regualrly. I like the ultra thin ones with wings.

When your menses returns will depend on lots of factors. Typically if you are nursing your menses will be delayed longer than if you are bottle feedin, your menses will be delayed longer if you withhold artificial nipples, if baby is not sleeping through the night, if baby hasn't had colds. However- even with all those things your menses can retun anywhere from 4 weeks to around 18 months.

 

[~Mrs. A2J~]

First couple days are heavy for me then it's just like a regular period. My menses returned after 14 months with my first and 11.5 weeks with my second. Both exclusively breastfed on demand and night-nursed.

 

[KillerV]

My post pregnancy bleeding was heavy the first day then went down to a low bleed,but I was done bleeding after a week.
As for periods I can't help you out much,I got mine almost a year later I guess due to breastfeeding.

 

[ChristianMama84]

No periods for up to 18 months after the baby? Ooh!! I'll say a prayer from here until I get mine back. That'd be nice, I always have hated that mess!

 

[RedTulipMom]

i think everyone is different. For me i had extremely heavy bleeding for a few days, then i had like bad period bleeding for a couple weeks, then it went down to lighter bleeding...i bled for 7 straight weeks after the delivery. My period came back when my son was turning 4 mos old and i was breastfeeding..lol..i dont know..some are luckier than others i guess.

 

[-~Truth_N_Trust~-]

i bleed heavily for about a week, then lightly for about another week, it was gone by 3wks, then some light spotting came back for another week... not too bad.
I didn't have a period until my daughter was almost 11mths old, i b/f until 8.5mths. A friend of mine got hers 28days from the birth of her children (3)!! Just depends on the person!

 

[Linnis]

I used the big gigantic ones at the hospital, overnights the first couple days home, then regular ultra thin with wings. I bleed for a month.

6.5 months into nursing and no period.

 

[seamonster]

I used the hospital pads while I was in the hospital (4 days) and for the first day or two at home, then just used regular pads & pantyliners. I had a c-section and bled for four full weeks.

 

[ChildByGrace]

no-one told me you could bleed for so long after having the baby lol oh well can't do anything about that now!!!!

I don't mind if my period comes back sooner rather than later. The longer my period stays away for the longer we'll have to use condoms for - yuck lol

 

[chrislife]

Mine was like a heavy to normal period for the first three weeks, then it tapered for the next three weeks to very little. As for the return of menses, with my first four, I returned 6 weeks after birth and with the fifth, about 3 months. It did turn out that I was low thyroid, so that might have slowed it down. They were all breastfed, most of them exclusively and all of them on demand...

Really, everyone is different.

Some women on a pregnancy board somewhere else recommended Depends for the first few days home. They didn't want to have to worry about trying to fit right back into their old undies, or about staining them.