My sil's both passed postpartum blood for 6 full weeks after delivery. One had 3 vaginal births and the other had 2 c-sections. The one that had c-sections passed clots, much like you're describing. She also had the misfortune after her 1st c-section for the dr that did the surgery to leave some of the placenta in her, which her body ended up passing in pieces. She was also put on blood thinners because of the continuous passing of clots with the regular blood.

I sincerely doubt it's your uterus falling apart. It's most likely either blood clots or pieces of your placenta.

I sincerely doubt it's your uterus falling apart. It's most likely either blood clots or pieces of your placenta.[/quote]

i am just agreeing with the above post.. Lol I dont think it is your uterus either.. More likely pieces of placenta :p congrats on your baby!

This is what I was told- if the clot breaks apart easily- like if you poke it, or if you squash it, then it's just dried blood. (if it is in the toilet, it should break up if you stir the toilet water around vigourously, or bash it a bit with the toilet brush)
if it does not break apart easily or at all, then it is probably something more serious, and you should definately get some medical attention asap.
Keep the clot/tissue so they can examine it.

It could just be the fact that your bleeding is starting to slow down, and stop, so by the time you see the blood, it's dried a bit.
Try not to freak out unless you get one of the "unbreakables".

sandra hit it dead on, I had a bad infection and had to have my cervix dilated just to make sure there was no more pieces(ouch) with my second I had another infection but im just infection prone lol! Get it checked my iron level dropped to caca with the infection cause I bleed over 6 weeks and that is how they found out I thought it was normal to bleed so long!

Think of your recently-pregnant uterus as having an open wound - the area where the placenta was attached is like a giant internal wound that needs to heal (picture ripping a scab from a burn on your skin). It takes longer to heal since it's inside, and longer still if you overdo activity after childbirth, as many new mothers do.

Pieces of the placenta left behind would quickly turn septic, the placenta should be all gone during the third stage of labor, shortly after birth, when it's expelled. The midwife or ob should have checked the expelled placenta to make sure it was complete.
If you feel generally ok, no fever , chills, etc, it's probably not retained placenta.

The uterus does not just "fall apart". As it contracts back to the pre-pregnant size, the extra dead tissue has nowhere to go and it gets expelled. Again, it's a wound, healing from within. Don't panic.

My doc says you can have the postpartum bleeding for up to 2 months. That includes the clots.

ok, that's horrifying. Lol

Nice images there! :s