No higher risks after heavy postpartum bleeding

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who bleed heavily after giving birth aren’t at any higher risk of most complications during their next pregnancy, according to a new UK study. Postpartum hemorrhage – when a woman loses at least half a quart of blood – typically occurs when the muscles in her uterine wall don’t contract correctly after childbirth. Although that much bleeding can be scary, researchers said the new findings are “reassuring” for women hoping to have another child after a first-time hemorrhage. “Intuitively, that would have been what I would expect also,” said Dr. …