So I saw a post on Facebook saying that you bleed more than you’d ever expect after giving birth

I googled normal postpartum bleeding and it showed normal vs abnormal

The abnormal one was “soaking an entire overnight pad in an hour or less.”

My periods are worse than abnormal postpartum bleeding. I’ve woken up covered in blood like I had been stabbed when I had no idea my period was coming. I kid you not, I have woken up to blood puddles. I have literally cleaned my period blood off of my neck because I bled so much in my sleep that it just went up my back. Hell, I have bled up my back side whilst sitting up. I have bled so heavy that I dripped blood all over the place going from the shower to the toilet. I have cleaned so much of my blood off the toilet and bathroom floor.

These hell periods lasted up to 19 days. It would stop for a week and come right back. They made me anemic.. It was a constant heavy flow with no mercy.I did not understand how I had that much blood in me. A tampon and an overnight pad would last me an hour if I was lucky.

I found out about 2 years ago I have endometriosis and this is the reason I bled like that. I have birth control now so my periods are panty liner light and last 2-3 days. I always imagined postpartum bleeding so be so severe, and my natural periods are actually so much worse.

Thank god for birth control because I couldn’t live like that.