Still heavy bleeding and passing clots after removing retained placenta
Hi mamas! Would love to hear if any of you have had similar experiences or if there’s a RN or OBGYN that can help advise me what to do.
At about 5 weeks pp I started having episodes of gushes of blood and passing clots but the size was more like a golf ball or smaller. It happened a few times and I notified my OBYYN. Got an ultrasound, they found retained placenta and I went under anesthesia to get it removed the week after.
I’m now 7 weeks pp and it’s been a week after my operation and I’m having those episodes again but this time it seems more intense and happening in the middle of the night or when I get up to nurse my newborn. The blood is super intense and I’m passing a lot of big sized clots.
I went to the er yesterday morning because I was bleeding through pads and passing big clots, the on call OB works with my OB and mentioned that she saw the images from the hysterosopy and that she’s certain the retaining placenta is gone. I get sent back home.
Last night at 3am, the bleeding starts AGAIN and this time I’m passing two clots at a time the size of plums. I’m constantly bleeding through pads! The bleeding chilled out after an hour and then I was able to go back to sleep a bit but I’m so confused. If it’s not the retaining placenta, what can it be?
I called the clinic this morning asking if I can go in for another ultrasound. I just want answers and I’m terrified something else is wrong!
Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!!
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