TAH: Upcoming hysterectomy: Bleeding after surgery?

my TAH is scheduled for December 8th and I'm really excited and ready to get it done. I know I'll have a catheter after surgery, but will I be bleeding down there too and if so, how do you wear a pad with a catheter in?

I bled a very small amount. And kind of just stuck a pad in between my legs since I was in bed anyway. I did go for one walk with the cath in and no pad, but there was so little bleeding that I just wiped when I got back to bed.

I had absolutely no bleeding after my TAH

I had no bleeding after my TAH either

Chris

Thanks ladies!

Huh. I know I had a catheter during my three-day hospital stay. I also know that I wore the mesh panties the hospital gave me, that there were pads involved and that I had a small amount of bleeding. I know that I walked laps around the ward with the catheter in place while wearing the panties and pads.

I just can't for the life of me remember how it all went together. And that's not because I was stoned the whole time, I was only stoned the *first* day after surgery! *grin*

If I don't remember having problems with it, I'd suggest that it's not important enough to waste time worrying about.

The pads they use are the giant maternity ward type. I had very little bleeding, had a giant pad in the hospital, pantiliner the next two days, and nothing since. Ymmv, my nurse said it's not unusual to bleed for two weeks, so don't freak out if you bleed longer than other ladies.

In the hospital they just had it wedged in between my legs around the catheter. No mesh panties for me. I walked with it and the catheter between my legs the first night, and it stayed in place. I was sort of out of it, but kept nagging the nurses to let me walk, so I'm not really sure how that worked out. I may be misremembering and they had me walk without the pad. The next day when they removed the catheter they still used the giant pad, but I wore my own boyshorts. The pad was overkill at that point, but the hospital doesn't have a lot of selection lol.

I had a TAH BSO.

I had a catheter in for about 24 hours after surgery, and did have bleeding - small amount. I had a pad with mesh panties. I continued to have bleeding and discharge while I was in the hospital. In addition, my doctor told me to expect, and I did have, discharge for six weeks after surgery (ugh!). The discharge was clear, and sometimes yellow-waxy. I used the ultra-thin maxi pads and changed twice a day.

Everyone is different, but that was my experience.

Thank you all for your replies. I'm so anxious and I keep trying to play out everything in my head.