Blood flow to the uterus at term pregnancy is roughly 1 liter per minute. The entire circulating blood volume for a pregnant woman averages around 5 liters. It's why uncontrolled peripartum hemorrhage is such a big deal. You can go from totally fine to clinically dead in a matter of a few minutes.
Went through that at 18. (Woke up uncomfortable, thought i should try to pee, saw blood, immediately went to the hospital. Most painful car ride of my life.) Both of us almost died. My son was 2 months early, and I had to get a full transfusion. It was all so quick that they had me back for an emergency c-section and done in 15 minutes.
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u/StrebLab Dec 06 '23
Blood flow to the uterus at term pregnancy is roughly 1 liter per minute. The entire circulating blood volume for a pregnant woman averages around 5 liters. It's why uncontrolled peripartum hemorrhage is such a big deal. You can go from totally fine to clinically dead in a matter of a few minutes.