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Heavy Menstrual Periods
Sometimes periods are heavy when they restart after childbirth or during the months of breastfeeding. Since you recently gave birth, heavy periods are not necessarily a cause for alarm.
Contact your health care provider to discuss your symptoms if your heavy periods continue for three months or more.
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