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1 Your lochia is still bright red four days after your baby's birth. 2  Your lochia has a foul smell or you come down with fever or chills, which can be a sign of a postpartum infection. 3  You have abnormally heavy bleeding (saturating a sanitary pad in an hour or having blood clots bigger than a golf ball).
Lochia is the debris remaining in the uterus after the delivery of the fetus and placenta. Lochia is classified by its appearance and is an indirect i Lochia is the debris remaining in the uterus after the delivery of the fetus and placenta. Lochia is classified by its appearance and is an indirect indicator of the healing of the placental site on the uterus. Lochia is classified as: Rubra: dark red in color and contains epithelial cells, erythrocytes, leukocytes, bacteria, shreds of decidua and occasionally fetal meconium, lanugo or vernix.