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Cramps With Heavy Bleeding, Not Breast Feeding, On Levora Birth Control Pill Post Partum. Is This Normal?

I am 5 weeks and 4 days postpartum. I am not breastfeeding , am currently on Levora birth control pill and had stopped bleeding mostly at 3 weeks besides the occasional spotting. Today I was out and about with my 2 small kids and was carrying the car seat with my infant in it. I noticed when I got home that I was feeling crampy and when I went to the bathroom there was a good amount of bright red blood when I wiped and it has been like that now for a couple of hours. Is this normal? Could it be because I over exerted myself? I did have a hemmorhage right after I gave birth and am scared to have another one.
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Hi, what you experienced is called breakthrough bleeding most likely due to the birth control pills you are on currently. At 5 weeks post delivery you are less likely to haemorrhage again. Though it was not exactly the result of over exertion you should try to avoid lifting heavy weights till 6 weeks post delivery and resume normal activities slowly.
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Cramps With Heavy Bleeding, Not Breast Feeding, On Levora Birth Control Pill Post Partum. Is This Normal?

Hi, what you experienced is called breakthrough bleeding most likely due to the birth control pills you are on currently. At 5 weeks post delivery you are less likely to haemorrhage again. Though it was not exactly the result of over exertion you should try to avoid lifting heavy weights till 6 weeks post delivery and resume normal activities slowly.