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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).
Call your midwife or doctor if you develop the following symptoms, as you may have an infection: Occasionally, bleeding that's much heavier than normal lochia can occur between 24 hours and six weeks after birth. It is called secondary postpartum haemorrhage. It's thought that fewer than one new mum in 100 experiences it. It may be caused by an infection or a piece of placenta that has been left inside your uterus.