Post-partum Haemorrhage (PPH)

One of the complications after my son was born was Post-partum Haemorrhage (PPH), i.e. excessive bleeding.

Earlier this week I spoke to volunteers at Home Start in St. Helens and was asked for more information about it.

From the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
http://www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical-guidance/prevention-and-management-postpartum-haemorrhage-green-top-52

Written for doctors but useful to the non-trained too!

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Post-partum-Haemorrhage-%28PPH%29.htm
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/796785-overview

Experiences of some mothers
http://experience.patient.co.uk/discussion_list.php?d=997

Post-partum haemorrhage after a home birth
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/pph.htm

Prevention of PPH
http://www.pphprevention.org/

I know that many mums tell me one of the best ways of coming to terms with almost any illness is to share experiences of what happened to them. I cannot find a forum with much on PPH but there is one set up at
http://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Have-Postpartum-Hemorrhage/99265
Perhaps if you have a tale to tell, it could be here?
There are links to some videos and books here too.

At the Marce Society conference in Australia in September 2008 I heard a paper looking into links between PPH and the risk of PND. I will track it down for progress.


Elaine Hanzak
www.hanzak.com