Planned c- section, do you bleed from down below after?

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Im booked in to have a planned caesarean section on friday at 38wks due to concerns about my health.

Its highly unlikely that I will go into labour myself and there is no sign of a loosening plug etc so will I bleed from down below like you do in a normal labour and delivery or do they remove everything from your uterus while in theatre?

I have tried asking for info on c sections but the responses I got were off people who had emergency sections and had already lost their plug and waters. Thanks.
 
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sorry i lost my plug and waters before having my section but head never engaged. I bled lightly for about a week, but I lost a lot of blood in theatre from complications. I think you can expect to have a heavy bleed still cos its your uterus contracting back to normal size after the baby is out.
 
Had an emerg section too but had heavy lochia for about 5 weeks so u would say expect heavy bleeding. Good luck hon! Xx
 
I had a planned c section, and hardly bled, they told me they removed most in theatre, it was like a very light period for a week
 
Rósa;2341376 said:
I had a planned c section, and hardly bled, they told me they removed most in theatre, it was like a very light period for a week

Ditto my second birth was a planned c-section and i hardly bled at all, until i started to get more mobile but it certainly wasn't as bad as an emergency c-section.
 
I had planned sections each time, and always had heavy bleeding for a week and then normal period onwards for at least 2-4 weeks, each varied, first section was heavest for me.

I Breastfed this last time, and i bled heavest right after feeding as you feel your womb contracting down during each feed, then bleed as a result after, maybee helps to get it all out

Good luck
 

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