[header] How to recognize the signs of a postpartum hemorrhage [title] Watch how often you soak pads. [step] While it is normal to bleed for a few days after childbirth, you should not be bleeding excessively. Start monitoring your pad usage once you go home from the hospital.
[header] How to recognize the signs of a postpartum hemorrhage [title] Watch how often you soak pads. [step] While it is normal to bleed for a few days after childbirth, you should not be bleeding excessively. Start monitoring your pad usage once you go home from the hospital.
If you soak more than 1 pad an hour for 2 or more hours in a row, seek medical care. The pad is soaked when it is saturated with blood from front to back. Take out another pad to see if it stays wet immediately following your delivery. [substeps] Try to use pads to help after birth. [substeps] Typically the first signs of a postpartum hemorrhage in adults and women less than four weeks of age are a series of brief amounts of bleeding that have decreased in severity. The bleeding will be mostly colorless, and, in rare cases, spread to the uterus. This monitoring may be clearly indicated by the directions on the side of the bottle. The end result of this monitoring should be that the bleeding subsides within a week.