While educating a class of postpartum patients before discharging home after delivery, one woman asks "when will I stop bleeding?" How should the nurse respond?
A) The bleeding may continue for six weeks
B) Bleeding may occur on and off for the next two to three weeks
C) You should stop bleeding and have no discharge in the next one to two weeks
D) The bleeding may slowly decrease over the next one to three weeks, changing color to a white discharge, which may continue for up to six weeks
Ans: D
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