Question about bleeding after C-section - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Indianchick72 · 03-23-2006, 01:16 PM

My planned C-section will be 5 weeks ago this Friday (Mar 24).

This may be a stupid/naive first time mother question, but I was wondering if it is normal to still be bleeding bright red blood after 5 weeks. It's not a constant flow, maybe one or two 'squirts' (sorry, don't know how else to describe it) a day.

I also get some pain on my lower right side, which I know is supposed to be from the suture knot. But it sometimes feels more like it's on my hip bone than where the incision is. I also get radiating pain where it feels like the inside incision is, and when this area hurts a lot, that seems to be when I bleed more.... it's nothing I can't live with, but all the same disturbing to me having never had any surgery before. I'm just afraid I guess something may happen from the surgery to prevent me from having any more children.

I just want to get some other c-section patients input before I call my Dr.'s office...

Thanks for humoring me...
Rochelle

Noel's girl · 03-23-2006, 01:26 PM

I had my section 7 weeks ago and it was my first also. The only thing that I had was my insides felt tender for a while. I Bled for about 3 weeks and tehn it started slacking off. My dr did tell me that I could start af, could that possibly be it? I would suggest calling the doctors office, it will not hurt anything.

Indianchick72 · 03-23-2006, 06:16 PM

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to call my Dr.'s office tomorrow. I just was looking to see if anyone else has had the same thing happen.

I'm not sure if it's AF...if it is it isn't a normal cycle since it's been happening ever since the surgery. After about 2 weeks it stopped for a week and then started up again, but that was when I started getting the sharp pains.

Again, thanks for the reply,
Rochelle

roxyfoxy · 03-23-2006, 08:42 PM

I bled spots of red until about 6 weeks or so. It wasn't much but it was still there and I had to wear a pad.

friday13 · 03-23-2006, 09:25 PM

I bled for about 6 weeks too - more so (squirts) or sometimes it felt like water just coming out of me (but that is when I was doing TOO much)... you need to listen to your body - and you will bleed more when you are doing too much. and yes the side pain is kinda normal but the radiating pain I haven't had that ...