Finally stopped bleeding on Tuesday.. 4 days ago. It seems that the bleeding was an abnormally heavy period and the birth control was successful in managing the crazy hormones. My ultrasound on Monday came back normal. No fibroid, no placenta remnants.
I am now back to normal... and have no more excuses to not exercise and lose this 10lb of baby weight in my over stretched belly.
Also, my hemoglobin levels were at 11.7 ...and NOT 7 like I thought I had heard on the voicemail. ha.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Postpartum week 3-4
I started to rebleed at 3 weeks postpartum the day after sex. Started out like the beginning of a period, just light red bleeding that gradually increased within days... and just got really really heavy and stayed heavy for over 5 days!!! In the morning I would change my pad every hour. There would be a constant stream of pink water in the shower. As the day progressed, I would have to change my pad every 2-3 hours, but I was losing a lot of blood.
My OB was out on vacation, so his partner who was extremely overbooked finally agreed to fit me in between appointments... and told me that she suspected my period had come... which means that I ovulated right after giving birth... since period arrives 2 weeks after ovulation. That's pretty crazy. But why the hell is it so freaken heavy? She gave me a physical exam and told me that she felt a fibroid in my uterus. WTF is that?? A benign common TUMOR... which could explain the heavy bleeding. Life just gets better and better.
She prescribes some birth control bills for me to regulate my hormones, which is supposed to reduce the bleeding. This is my second day on the pill and it seems to be helping. I'm no longer changing my pad every hour. Seriously, I bought a 32 count box of regular pads on 12/27 and have used all but 5 in four days. That's about 7 a day.
I got my complete blood count results and apparently my red blood cell count is good, however, my hemoglobin has dropped another 2 points...from 9 to 7. Normal levels are 12 for a woman. I've lost so much blood from this entire pregnancy. The massive bleeding episodes from the blood clot while pregnant, then the hemorrhage after birth, and now this. I'm so discouraged right now and finding myself extremely depressed tonight.
My OB was out on vacation, so his partner who was extremely overbooked finally agreed to fit me in between appointments... and told me that she suspected my period had come... which means that I ovulated right after giving birth... since period arrives 2 weeks after ovulation. That's pretty crazy. But why the hell is it so freaken heavy? She gave me a physical exam and told me that she felt a fibroid in my uterus. WTF is that?? A benign common TUMOR... which could explain the heavy bleeding. Life just gets better and better.
She prescribes some birth control bills for me to regulate my hormones, which is supposed to reduce the bleeding. This is my second day on the pill and it seems to be helping. I'm no longer changing my pad every hour. Seriously, I bought a 32 count box of regular pads on 12/27 and have used all but 5 in four days. That's about 7 a day.
I got my complete blood count results and apparently my red blood cell count is good, however, my hemoglobin has dropped another 2 points...from 9 to 7. Normal levels are 12 for a woman. I've lost so much blood from this entire pregnancy. The massive bleeding episodes from the blood clot while pregnant, then the hemorrhage after birth, and now this. I'm so discouraged right now and finding myself extremely depressed tonight.
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