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Severe bleeding after giving birth
Severe bleeding after giving birth
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Postpartum hemorrhage is a condition where there is excessive bleeding after the baby's delivery.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge
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Internal Medicine
39 years experience
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Is a type of:
Pregnancy complications
How long it usually lasts:
Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)
How common is it?
Rare
Body locations
Baby / fetus, Pelvis
Medications
Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Severe bleeding after giving birth
Carboprost
4.2
14 reviews
Oxytocin
4.0
28 reviews
Methylergonovine
4
8 reviews
Misoprostol
3.9
10 reviews
Hemabate
Pitocin
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Still Bleeding 7 months after giving birth what is wrong?
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Will I have postpartum bleeding immediately after giving birth?
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I'm scared heavy bleeding a month and 1 week after giving birth?
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Can i get pregnant again after giving birth even im still bleeding?
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What bleeding is normal after giving birth?
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Why am i bleeding for 3 months after giving birth?
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Why am i still bleeding 12 months after giving birth?
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Is it normal to still be bleeding after giving birth 16 wks. Ago?
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Wife bleeding from urinal bladder after five days me giving birth.
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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:
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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 member 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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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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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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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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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 male asked:
Why would a dnc be done after giving birth? After giving birth to my son, i lost about 4 pints of blood. Although a little fuzzy, i remember the dr saying if they can't stop the bleeding, i'd have to have a dnc. I just remembered shivering and being col
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