Been told off for over doing it but didnt think i was!

[PeaPod]

After spending over 48 hours in hospital to have my little man i really didnt want toi come home and become house bound so every other day we have gone out for a few hours, done what i consider a little bit of walking and had lunch or coffee. However today, after registering Fraser we went to Wagamamas for lunch to celebrate his one week birthday.
As our food turned up, fraser decided it was lunch time too so i popped him in the sling and started feeding him...... cue me getting a weird sensation of something coming out of me in my knickers! At first i was worried id peed myself but my pelvic floor is quite strong and ive had no problems with this before. I decided to let Fraser finish feeding before i got up but as he fed i could feel more coming away. I hurried to the toilet and found my pad fully soaked with fresh blood and it had gone through to my knickers. When i wiped there was a clot about the size of 10p and loads more blood came away (i know it wasnt as much as it looked but the toilet was a mess). I cleaned myself up as best i could and put 2 pads on to cover my knickers then i tried to clean up the toilet with wet tissue! All i wanted to do was cry!
Got back to hubby and as calmly and quietly said that we needed to pay and leave as i was bleeding. As we were leaving in such a rush the waitress looked concerned so i told her what was happening and apologised that she would need to clean the toilet. She was really lovely and was asking if i needed help but all i wanted to do was call the midwives and get myself checked before i gushed all over the floor!

Spoke to MW and was advised to pop into maternity ward to get checked as we were close to the hospital. As in typlical fashion, the bleeding calmed down by the time i got there but they were lovely and said that it was probably due to me doing too much and that i should be resting more and not be out and about so much. Also they did advise to call them or my gp if i have any more concerns. The bleeding has started up again but now i know its normal i suppose i'll just have to keep an eye on it and wait for it to settle down.

I now feel knackered, achey and emotional and really dont want to stay in doors all day but don't want to over do it either. I just really want to get back to some sort of normal. How have you other ladies coped with the recovery period and pacing yourself?any recomendations on what i can do to build up exercise level without over doing it? My brain feels like mush and i just cant think at the moment!

 

[Jaxx01]

Unfortunately I was the same...i came home from hospital and went straight to Sainsburys!! My initial bleeding went after 5 days but I over did it and it returned a few days later and lasted a couple more
weeks..I also overdid it on the spd side and thought I was fine but ended up on crutches at 8 weeks


The only thing i will say is those early days go sooo quickly its not a bad thing to be told to sit down relax and enjoy your baby xxx

 

[Hope81]

Are you breastfeeding? That will make your bleeding slightly worst while you do it's because of the release of oxytocin and your uterus shrinking down.
I was told to not panic if I feel blood goosing out while I bf.
Also I was warned that after the whole bleeding seem to stop it will temporarily become worst before it becomes better due to the site of where the placenta was attached and the healing.

I was out and about at Chinese restaurant 24 h after I gave birth...
3 weeks and I am still bleeding though now it's more like spotting or light bleeding. I already went haking and for a couple Long walks.
I would say just take it easy and see how it goes.
The bleeding will way off soon.

Good luck

 

[mrz85]

awww must have been scary ,have plenty of rest x

 

[Lolly85x]

I BF for the 1st 5days and bled quite heavily when I did. I bleed quite heavy. I was fine tho, I still went into town. Lunch. Supermarket shop. I'd of went mad stuck in the house.xxx

 

[Little_angel]

Surely, provided this is lochia rather than a post partum haemorrhage (which is why it was wise to get checked out) then it doesn't matter whether you rest up or go out and about. This is like a heavier period, the shedding of the lining of the womb and any waste products. In some ways, you have a certain amount to come out and the sooner the better.

Providing you feel well, I would just go with how you're feeling

Admittedly, you're ahead of me, so I haven't actually experienced this yet, I'm just going on my understanding of the theory xxx

 

[babyem]

I bled more when I overdid it and when I started to do more. It's goes fairly quickly the first few weeks. I'm only just starting to get out a little bit after my section so know what the 'cabin fever' feels like!! I know you feel trapped when you shouldn't do much, but I would just take it easy and pretty much do nothing, so you recover quickly and can get out and about sooner.

 

[Jayjay027]

I had 2 incidents similar to that and I didn't think I was over-doing it either. Except I felt something sliding out and when I checked, the clot covered my whole pad! The 2nd time it fell off the pad and made a big splash in the toilet - that's how big and heavy it was.
I got checked and was normal so I guess everyones bleeding is different x

Tapatalking from my blackberry!