I experience abnormal bleeding episodes in my postpartum period. Why?

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Irregular bleeding post delivery can have various reasons. One of the most common ones is retained products of conception. This can also be a focus for infections. The other reasons can be any vascular abnormalities in the uterus or a pregnancy-related cancer problem called gestational trophoblastic tumors. Or sometimes it could be even pre-existing fibroids causing this irregular bleeding, in case, we consider this as resumption of your menstrual cycle. Usually, when breastfeeding, the periods do not resume until six to nine months post-delivery but in some women it does. This will need a thorough evaluation of your bleeding episodes (if you had noted down the dates from when to when you bled, that would be helpful). Also, you need to get an ultrasound to look for the cause for this unusual bleeding. Also, check your urine pregnancy test once, if you have not been using any contraceptive methods.

I hope this helps.