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Severe bleeding after giving birth
Postpartum hemorrhage is a condition where there is excessive bleeding after the baby's delivery.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 20-year old female asked:
Still Bleeding 7 months after giving birth what is wrong?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Will I have postpartum bleeding immediately after giving birth?
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A 43-year old asked:
I'm scared heavy bleeding a month and 1 week after giving birth?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can i get pregnant again after giving birth even im still bleeding?
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A 38-year old asked:
What bleeding is normal after giving birth?
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A 33-year old asked:
Why am i bleeding for 3 months after giving birth?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why am i still bleeding 12 months after giving birth?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it normal to still be bleeding after giving birth 16 wks. Ago?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Wife bleeding from urinal bladder after five days me giving birth.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Can i fall pregnant if i'm still bleeding from giving birth 3 weeks ago ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have been bleeding for 3 months after giving birth nonstop. It is light but i want to know if its normal. I'm also on the depo.
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A 21-year old female asked:
Would you say it's average to bleed for 19 days after giving birth? Is there an average window for bleeding? My friend just had a baby 3 weeks ago.
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A 26-year old female asked:
I'm bleeding quite a bit when opening my bowls since giving birth to my daughter in 2011 how can I stop the bleed everytime I use the toliet help?
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A 29-year old female asked:
After giving birth i had 5 weeks of normal bleeding, but 1 week after my check up i started bleeding and haven't stopped since and its going on 3 months.
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A 27-year old male asked:
What can a woman do to stop continued bleeding months after giving birth? And is it normal?
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A 24-year old female asked:
On the nexplanon birth control & severe bleeding after sex
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A 25-year old female asked:
Is it normal to pass a bigger blood clot after a few days of giving birth and bleeding heavy?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Had sex 5 weeks after giving birth. I had no tears or sutures. I began bleeding again right after sex and have not stopped bleeding since. Nursing.
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A 24-year old female asked:
Dr thinks I have endo. He gave me birth control pills so i wouldn't bleed this month. I'm bleeding anyway and the pain is severe meds aren't helping?
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A 39-year old asked:
I've been bleeding for over 7 weeks after giving birth it seemed to slow down initially after 4 weeks then it got heavy. Is this normal? Or my period?
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A 28-year old female asked:
After 4 month of giving birth I've been having very heavy vaginal unusual bleeding. Very excrutiating pain. My doctor can't explain why... Please help?
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A 21-year old female asked:
6 weeks after giving birth stopped bleeding red at 3 weeks but ever since then I've had brown stringy discharge im exclusively breastfeeding ?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can I fall pregnant 3 and a half weeks after giving birth / I havnt had a period yet I am still slightly bleeding after I gave bith not much tho ?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can I get pregnant 6 weeks postpartum if I did not get a period but stopped bleeding 4 weeks after giving birth?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Im bleeding since yesterday. I gave birth last july 23 via cs. Is this normal? Menstruation aftr 2 months of giving birth?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What would cause me to bleed on and off for 4 months after giving birth? I'm bleeding heavy with clots now and i'm exhausted all the time
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A 37-year old female asked:
Told going thru change. Severe pain w/heavy bleeding off/on every 2 wks. Take progesterone birth control too. Is the pain & bleeding pattern normal?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I had sex before 4 weeks after birth I am now 4 weeks 1 day after giving birth and am bleeding. Not heavy but Its a dark red could this be my period?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I am currently on birth control.I took the 3 month injection.Since being on the injection I have been experiencing severe "period" pains and bleeding. I bled for 1 month straight with continuous pain it stopped for awhile and has returned.
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A 25-year old female asked:
I switched to mercilon birth control. Everything's was fine until week 2 when I got severe diarrea from an infection and took over the counter drugs to fix it. Then I started heavy spotting while on pills. Now I'm anxious bleeding won't stop after pl?
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