First period after birth

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Had my baby Oct 8th . I believe I just started my first real period . I was wondering if anyone has yet and noticed it’s extremely heavy? I’m soaking through pads like 2-3 every hour! I had to get up in the middle of the night a few times as well bc it legit felt like I peed myself. I’m going to call my dr and make sure when they open I was just wondering if any of you had the same situation and what happened.