Gyuh, probable retained placenta

[CalaRei]

So, I'm 10 weeks pp after a c-section with my twins, and I've been having waves of bleeding on and off, so I went in for an u/s.

It showed a rather large (to me) piece of tissue in my uterus. About the an inch diameter or a little bigger. It was clear even from an external u/s. It didn't have blood flow to it, which apparently usually indicates placental tissue. It's apparently sitting right above the endometrial tube, and sort of blocking it.

They scheduled me for a D&C and scope next week, and I'm sort of hoping it'll improve my milk supply. I have a decent supply, but I still supplement. My refluxy babe really does better on breastmilk than formula, though. Unfortunately he's got a weaker latch, and is smaller, so we really can't rely on him to exclusively nurse right now, and I don't pump enough milk for all his supplements.

I'm hoping that even at 10 weeks pp, it'll help things a bit. I was even just researching acquiring some dom, but I might wait now.

Anyone have any experience here? With retained tissue so late? Or any other experiences with what it could be aside from placenta?

[elanorh]

My retained placenta was identified at around 10 weeks I think. About three days after the D&C, (or maybe two), I started dripping milk much more (would be changing a diaper and it would just be FLOWING).

For me, I continued to have supply issues but I think that was mostly a result of dd1's reflux and the fact that she had learned to limit feeds to manage her pain. Once we got her allergies, reflux, etc. under control, I was able to work with my LC and build my supply back up to a full supply and nursed her 'til she was 2 1/2. And have since nursed another babe, full supply, no issues.

If you are diligent about taking advantage of things in the first few days afterwards, I suspect that your supply will build up to FULL. Good luck!

ETA: My flow, which had been still going on during most of that time, also stopped on Day 3 I think. And never came back. It was really nice!