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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).
How can I tell whether my postpartum bleeding is abnormal? All new moms have vaginal bleeding and discharge, known as lochia, as the uterus sheds its thick lining of tissue from the pregnancy. Lochia is normally bright red at first, but it should get progressively lighter in color and amount over the first few days.