Q: Good morning Doc! I hope that you are OK. Sorry Doc, I have a problem. I delivered two months ago, and decided to use contraceptive injection as a means of family planning. However, I started seeing my menstrual period, but the problem is, it is 11 days now and I’m still seeing it. Is that a problem or it is normal?

A: Congratulations on your new baby. Different women report different changes with their menstrual periods after child birth. Some report longer periods. Others report shorter periods; some others report less pain and others observe absolutely no change at all 😀

There’s really nothing wrong when you experience prolonged menstrual periods after having a baby. Remember that the baby in your womb had stretched your uterus (womb) and so there’s a lot more surface available for the bleeding to come from. It should normalize after a while. However, if you feel uncomfortable, see your gynaecologist just to be on the safe side.

Be sure to go through with your plan of contraception. Remember that prolonged bleeding does not mean that ovulation is not going on. And so, it will be ‘extremely dangerous’ not to have any means of contraception in place 😀 The result might be a pregnancy before you’d planned for another.

Have a good night, y’all 😀