Re: This Ever Happen to Anyone?? (childbirth ment)

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Many of us, after resection or having a baby (which both produce wounded

endometrium), can restart bleeding after exertion. Lots of women have

renewed fresh, red lochia even weeks after giving birth just from walking up

and down stairs doing more housework than usual. The usual advice when that

happens is to slow down.

With resection, the pool of experience is smaller, but I'm sure something

similar to your story has happened, though probably not quite so

dramatically.

And may I say that I felt exhausted just reading that you ran 5 miles at a

pop? (I am a creampuff--I freely admit it :-)

The uterine lining takes 8-10 weeks to return to normal. The normal healing

response is an inflammatory one, and it seems logical that bleeding is more

easily provoked--much as a picked scab bleeds easily. your doctor's theory

about bulked-up endometrium also sounds very plausible. In any case, I

think your body is sending you a message.

The normal pattern after resection is for bleeding to be watery and last a

day or three, followed by two weeks of clear or yellowish serous drainage.

I had estrogen after my first resection, and when my menses returned, the

flow was *incredibly* copious!

Take it easier, now!

Beth

SU resected x 2

Teddy 12/3/02