Post Partum Haemmorhage

Great info.

I was at risk with each bub but was lucky to have no problems.

Great article Kayla.

Amanda xxxxx

i did this with charlie. the stupid midwife pulled on on my placenta and it tore. i didnt have a transfusion but for 8 months afterwards a ihad to take iron tabs. i still have my iron count looked at regularly.

Hugs and thanks for sharing ur story

Excellent advice and information Kayla

Just take care of yourself

xxx

Hi Kayla,

This is another GREAT article, well honey.... Losing large amounts of blood is very scary and is something that I personally hope I never have to go through again . .

Thanks for your very informative article and I hope that you are recovering well . .

Cheers Kellz

This is an excellent article, very well written and informative! Will help many mum's out there....the better informed you, the safer you are.

Cheers Janice

I had a PPH with my first born and although the blood loss was the same for my second child during delivery it was a totally different experience.  

With my first the loss was after the birth and was just dripping everywhere!  I had to ask if that was normal being my first baby, they said no and managed to 'push' the haemorrhage out.  It left me so drained and white for about a month afterward.  I didn't realise how draining it was until i had my second child, which was a breeze even though my records stated that i lost about the same amount of blood.  My third was a c-section and not much blood, they said this is because they mop it up with gauge and it reduces it, but obviously a haemorrhage can happen at any type of delivery.

Good article. I lost a lot of blood after I had a c-section with the twins. It was insane. I was in the room with my doctor massaging my uterus (pressing down on my tummy area) to stop it and in the meantime blood was dripping all over the floor. I never saw how much blood there was, but I heard it. It sounded like someone was pouring water on the floor. My husband was in the room the whole time and I really don't know how he kept his cool and I'm so glad for it.

My hemoglobin level dipped down to below 5, but I refused the blood transfusion (I had an allergic reaction as a baby when I had a transfusion).  I've been wanting to write an advice about it, but just haven't figured out how to write it without making it so long.