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Originally posted by lisa85 lisa85 wrote:


Really? I thought that they would suck up the blood as well but after my elective I was bleeding for around two weeks. The first week was super heavy! Maybe something went wrong


as someone said before, where the placenta breaks away leaves a big wound, the wound has to heal, and the pp bleeding will be different for every pregnancy just as every birth and every baby is different

First CS I had uneventful lochia that lasted around 4 weeks, this latest one I had 2 episodes of massive clots (which came out in one lot about 1/2 a litre one morning - argh!) but mostly was uneventful as well..

with the first CS my husband watched the whole procedure and he said when my waters were broken it was like a fountain, they gushed upwards before outwards    sounded pretty funny! I guess even with CS you can be a trickler or a gusher haha!
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we watched a video in college of a c-section and when the broke the waters it gushed out like a huge water fountain! So maybe it's another thing that's different for each surgeon and patient.

My weird question was about contractions...does the uterus still contract while they are getting bubs out? Can they see it? Do they wait til the contraction has passed before cutting or repairing? *shudder* maybe I just shouldn't think about these things lol!





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OMG I LOVE that question mummytobe!! I was contracting for 90 seconds + each time, with a 40 second gap between them, when I went into theatre and that would have been really interesting!!!
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Ooh I actually asked my ob that question about the contractions- he said once they cut the uterus it stops. But almost immediately the fibres start to mend which is why you still get afterpains while you're feeding. Bleeding- fairly light with first 3, heavy for first few days with #4 (fist-sized clots- Placenta accreta though so bad wound) then gone in a fortnight. With this last one it was heavy on & off for 4 weeks, but with 4 older kids I haven't exactly taken things easy.
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Originally posted by tictacjunkie tictacjunkie wrote:

Ooh I actually asked my ob that question about the contractions- he said once they cut the uterus it stops.


must be something to do with all the hormones changing around huh - no more baby in there, no more pressure on the lower segment... isn't the body amazing?!!
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A contraction suddenly stopping is one of the major signs of uterine rupture which is why they like to monitor vbacs, though the chances of rupture are very, very, very slim. Not saying the body's not amazing though, it definitely is!
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