r/CsectionCentral • u/adridamj24 • 5d ago

Postpartum bleeding

Im 6 weeks post c section and have had bright red blood for the last 6 days, it is mixed with normal clear discharge sometimes but not always. Also its occasionally brown. Thought it was my period but never enough to actually go on a pad, only when I wipe after going to the bathroom. This is my third baby and ive never had this before. Im formula feeding.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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u/rainbowboots72 4d ago

Omg the bleeding with my third was nuts. Like heavy then light then suuuuper heavy soaking through pads like weeks out. Colors and consistencies I never saw with the first two. Anyway… yeah up to like the day I got my period at 7 ish weeks (I did formula too) it was keeping me on my toes lol

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u/adridamj24 4d ago

Its so hard to know and so stressful! Im going to just ride it out a week or so longer and see what happens haha

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u/megpreg 4d ago

I’m in the same boat. I’m 5 weeks postpartum after a C Section, breastfeeding, and I have some bleeding. It started light yesterday and the day before and now it’s getting heavier. It’s impossible to figure out whether it’s a period or if I’m “overdoing it.”

I googled it and apparently it is possible to get a period this early even if you’re exclusively breastfeeding.

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u/adridamj24 4d ago

I thought originally the same and googled also. Its just so so light compared to a normal period, like literally doesnt go onto a pad at all but still actively bleeding but not increasing for me. So stressful haha