Hey guys this may b TMI, but I gotta question. I delivered my baby boy this past Thursday, April 28th. I delivered him vaginally and they had to do an episiotomy, bc he was a 9 lb 1.3 ounce baby and I was struggling to deliver him. My question is how long does it take for the heavy bleeding to stop and/or at least slow down so I can stop wearing these big ass maternity pads and go to wearing at least big maxi pads. And how long before I'm not so sore down there. When I sit I have to sit a certain way so it doesn't hurt. I looked down there and it is extremely bruised like my inner butt crack and vagina r like purple bc of it being so badly bruised. And one more question when I go to change the maternity pad there is a lot of blood and there is also like a thick brownish-red jelly like discharge on the pad too. What is the jelly like stuff and is it bad that there is a lot of that along with a lot of blood? TIA for any answers y'all may have. Have a good night!