Re: Bleeding after birth..----Ivy

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Hi Ivy,

Glad that you are okay! What a scary experience. Though the majority

of post partum hemmorhages happen within the first few days (the

first 24hrs specifically), it is a risk up to 4-6 weeks

postpartum...Sounds like you had excellent care! Make sure you

follow up with your family Dr with regards to hemoglobin, etc,

especially since some post WLS women have problems with anemia,

etc...

Glad all is well with your little guy too!

Hugs,

> Hello everyone.

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> I had the scariest experience last Friday early morning. I

delivered my

> baby 8/21 and after the first week had very light bleeding and

then by

> the next Wed/Thurs it was down to nothing at all. I was pleasantly

> surprised; I thought I was lucky that it stopped but really it

wasn't a

> good thing! I awoke at 3:10 am last Friday morning to a feeling

like

> when my water broke; there was blood everywhere and I couldn't get

into

> the bathroom fast enough. I sat on the toilet feeling as though I

would

> bleed to death. I was by myself (my husband was away for work) so

I

> called my neighbor to come over and she called the hospital for me.

> They said to call 911 right away so we did. I ended up having an

> ultrasound and they saw that I had a retained placenta (if I

remember

> the term correctly!). It was the scariest thing I have ever gone

> through. I was in the ER for over 4 hours and the bleeding still

hadn't

> stopped, they weren't as concerned as I was I guess but I couldn't

even

> stand up without the blood gushing out all down my legs & the

> floor-sorry if TMI! The nurse I had was awesome; she said to

me, " It is

> okay honey, that is what a mop is for!! " They were surprised that

this

> happened almost 2 weeks after delivery as the doctor said

typically if

> it happens it is in within the week after delivery. They ended up

> giving me a shot to make my uterus contract after waiting for it

to stop

> on it's own (hello-I was soaking a pad every 10-15 minutes) and

about 1

> hour after that was administered; the bleeding started to lighten

up

> thank goodness. I was then on oral meds (the same as the shot)

for 3

> days. They said if I didn't stop bleeding with the shot I would

have a

> D & C but it didn't come to that; I was able to go home after about 6

> hours. I think back now and remember how I didn't have any of the

pain

> like with my son 10 yrs ago when my uterus was contracting after

birth

> or even when I was breastfeeding my son. So I am now back on-

line when

> I can be. my little is thriving and is a blessing! I just

keep

> wondering how I got SO lucky twice. I now have him and my 10 yr

old son

> Jake.

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> I have been trying to get through some of the emails but it is

> overwhelming at this point so I am going to just wish those who are

> close to delivery good luck and welcome to all the newcomers, too!

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> Take care everyone and I will try to catch up on posts over the

weekend.

>

> Ivy Nielsen

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> DOS 11/7/00

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> Jack Nielsen 8/21/04; 8 lbs. 2 ozs.

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> Jake 9/25/04-PROUD big brother!

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