Someone help! Postpartum question????

melinda326

Okay, so my dilema is that I am wondering if anyone has or is going through this. My son is my 5th baby and he is 8 weeks old today. I had a vaginal, all natural delivery, no tears or anything. I bled for about 4 weeks and then it stopped for a little over a week. Around 6 wk pp I had brown blood for about 3 or 4 days and only needed to wear a pantyliner and by the 5th day it started to become red and then full period blood. It lasted for about 8 days or so and ended. I now just started yesterday having brown blood again, not enough to even need a liner, just seeing it when I wipe, but last night and today it is still dark brown, but also some of it looks like bloody discharge (TMI) , but mostly brown. It makes me think that I am going to start another period within just days after ending what I assume was my last period. Which just ended about 5 or 6 days ago. I've already had my pp check up last Wednesday and he said I am back to normal, and here two days later I get this. I am not on any birth control at all, and I am exclusively breast feeding. Anyone know if this is normal. My 4 other babies I had normal periods after them. Not having this back to back so close, not even a week. Ugh! I am hoping it all goes away. Anyone have any ideas, maybe hormones or something that I haven't thought of. And there is no bad odors or anything abnormal. @HomeBirthAdvocate maybe you have an idea. Thanks in advance ladies for your help, sorry its a bit long.

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That happened to me this time and the brown went away until my next period, it was just brown spotting but I was also on birth control. Sorry im not more help hun

melinda326

@MommyOfTwoPrincesses Thank you! If I was on birth control then yea I'd bl;ame it on that. Thats what is reminds me of. You'd think after 5 babies I'd have all this down pat, but nope. Everytime can be different. Maybe its just hormones. Thank you for your help all the same. :')

BkE913

Totally normal. Your body is just adjusting to having a baby. I have had like 7 periods off and on and I'm almost 15 weeks PP.

melinda326

@BkE913 Really?! Oh my goodness. I don't want that to happen. It leaves your body to be pretty unpredictable, just not knowing when its coming. I wanna be regular again, lol. Thank you, I hope you get a regular periods soon.

survivormommie3

to me, i would say it's just your body getting it's rhythm back

melinda326

@survivormommie3 Thank you. I sure hope so.

BkE913

It's starting to become regular, but I think getting my tubes tied at 6 weeks pp threw my body for an even bigger loop. But yeah, I think its totally normal. I hope it mellows down and aunt Flo gets back on track...because having a period is already horrible enough, but to have her toy with your emotions makes you hate it that much more.

melinda326

@BkE913 yea tell me about it. Oh I hope it does. Thanks and glad your is starting to regulate itself. ;-)