[Magic_Mikki]

I had my membranes stripped again yesterday, and this time it was obviously more successful than the first time a couple weeks ago! I bled and bled at the doctor's office, and he and the nurse insisted that that much blood was normal. (My cousin said the same thing, and that she bled that much when she had it done.) Well, I woke up about 3 times in the middle of the night because it felt like I was having my period!! And this morning, same thing. TONS of blood! (TMI). I just sit there and wipe, and wipe, and wipe! And it never seems to go away! Most of it is bloody tissue, but some of it is bright red, and just blood- no tissue. Kinda scary! I've soaked up pad after pad, (well, not really soaked up, because the tissue stuff doesn't really soak in that well). Also, I've been soooo crampy! I know the crampying is totally normal, but with all this blood and cramping, I thought I would have gone into labor by now! Doc said that if it's gonna work, it's gonna work within the first 24 hours. By 3pm, it will have been 24 hours. Last night I thought for sure I was in labor, but I fell asleep and the contractions stopped! Dang it! Anyway, back to my topic... for those of you who had their membranes stipped before, did you experience this much bleeding??? It seems like so much, but I don't want to call the doc because I feel like he will think I'm over reacting!