I had my baby and the placenta did not deliver, it had to be manually removed. It has been two months..I still have bleeding. CAlled the dr and made an appointment to see them next week but looking for some peace of mind. Could I still have placenta after two months and not have more symptoms? I am breastfeeding so from what I was told, I would not have a period, but still using pads nothing too heavy but still a flow. Now after talking to dr my back hurts(dull ache) but I think I am freaking my self out...
Went to Dr., they are sending me in for a D&C tomorrow morning. She said there is a little mass on the ultrasound they would like to remove. Not to happy about having to go in but I guess once this is done, there should be no other issues...I hope! Thanks to all of you that helped!
I didn't have an issue with the placenta, but I bled heavily for almost 12 weeks after. No joke. My doctor just said that people vary in the length.
That happened with both of my pregnancies, and I hated it.
I was breastfeeding, too.
While I did not retain any placenta after the delivery of my son, I had a heavy flow for a little over 8 weeks after he was born, enough to use about 4 Kotex overnight pads a day after the first week. I nursed my son exclusively to 13 months, and did not have a period until he was 14 months old (after that initial 8 weeks of bleeding).
Your doctor will hopefully be able to set you at ease.
I had a c-section (obviously the Dr. took placenta out) I bled for ~10 weeks and I strictly breast food too. Everyone is different, but hopefully the bleeding will be over with soon! Good Luck
I had bleeding up to almost 8 weeks, and I didn't feel "normal" till around 3.5 months --I delivered the placenta.
Wait a few more weeks and see how you start to feel.
I, too, had placenta accreta and I had bleeding for a couple weeks. After the second week, I really think my bleeding was associated with not following the doctor's orders of the need to stay off my feet for that first couple of weeks (which is soooo hard to do with a new baby). It really is so important to kick back and enjoy that baby and relax a bit. If you are breastfeeding, this is even easier. It's a time when you are not getting a lot of sleep and you are trying to make up for it, during the day, by getting as much done as you can. You really need to rest when your baby is resting. The "other stuff" will eventually get done.
Please call your doctor because your bleeding should not be going on this long. They may do an exam but.. .if you are physically doing a lot, please consider relaxing your body by putting your feet up because your body has been through a huge trauma.
Don't freak out. Just give yourself that time to heal. Enjoy that baby and your husband too. Don't be too proud. DELEGATE! It's the hardest thing a new mom needs to learn. Let your husband take over some of the chores over the next two weeks.
Congratulations and enjoy your family.
Rachel,
Please get your levels checked...hopefully it is nothing but, it could be something. My friend had some similar problems and actually has cancer. I don't want to freak you out but I would get moving on this matter.
L.
this happened to my sister, it was about that much after that they discovered a partial piece of placenta still in her. She was sick by the time they figured it out, high fevers and infection. Have them do an ultrasound to make sure nothing was left in there!
I had that, too...where the dr had to pull out the placenta manually. I bled for a month afterwards and ended up having endometriitis, which is an infection in the lining of the uterus. After the dr found that out, he gave me an antibiotic which cleared it up and the bleeding stopped. Just thinkin' that may be a possibility.
Rachel,
I used to be a surgical tech in Labor and Delivery. With a manual removal of placenta, the doctors will check the placenta to make sure it is intact when they do remove it. I would think if you still have pieces of placenta attached to your uterus, you would have a lot of cramping along with bleeding. For your piece of mind, go to you doctor and get examined. Good Luck!
If they had to manually remove the placenta they are usually very careful to be sure they have all of it. It is possible that you have some placenta inside but that could possibly cause other issues like the uterus not shrinking as much as it needs to, infection, and milk supply problems. I would also be curious how long they waited for the placenta before removing it- some providers have a longer threshold for waiting than others. There is no real established "normal" amount of time for the placenta- some people wait 30 minutes, others 1 hour, others even longer.
Everyone is different in the amount they bleed after giving birth. 2 months is not outside the realm of normal, but is on the longer end of normal.
Your doctor should first of all address your concerns and consider an ultrasound to rule out problems in the uterus. Everyone is different and some people will have periods while breastfeeding and some won't.
Hi Rachel,
I think every woman is different. I had my placenta manually removed after my first daughter was born. I bled for 8 weeks afterwards; had a couple of "free" weeks and then my first cycle after which I got PG with my second baby. You are doing the right thing to see you doctor, he/she will be able to let you know what is going on. Until then, enjoy your new baby & try not to fret. Have a great evening! - M.
PS: Both of my girls were breast fed for almost a year each, not sure if that makes a differenct :)
I had a retained placenta with my first, and had severe hemorraging and had to have a d&c. Even after the d&c I bled for close to 3 months and I was not breastfeeding. You can have the retained placenta up to several weeks after giving birth. I would check with your ob just to be safe.
I had this with my second pregnancy. Turns out she was only able to get about half the placenta to deliver and about an hour after my daughter's birth.
After eight weeks of telling the dr's something wasn't right, I insisted on an ultrasound. Sure enough. The ultrasound tech said she had never seen so much undelivered placenta.
Rest assured though, I had a D&C at 11 weeks post-delivery and all was well.
Insist on an ultrasound when you go to your appt. if you want a definitive answer.
good luck.
hey there,
well, about the breastfeeding, it's USUAL that if you are doing this FULL-TIME and not supplementing any formula (at all) you would not have a period...right away...it really depends on several factors when you would get it back... ie: are you on a birthcontrol, how often does the baby feed, etc.. So, there is no gurantee on when you would get your period, ok? I have 5 kids, b'fed all of them, but getting my period back every time was different. About the bleeeding and the back pain...did you ask your dr. if you may in fact need a D&C? Also, back pain...did you have an epidural at the time of delivery?
Good luck and try to stay calm for now...ok? Next time should be much easier for you:)
I would get checked to make sure you don't have any retained pieces. It is possible you do and best to make sure one way or the other. By "bleeding" do you mean red blood still? Or is it more yellowish now? If it's still red, definitely get checked.
