Purity after Childbirth
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Question
Hi, I gave birth on 22.11 and started counting two weeks after giving birth (I had a daughter). I started checking when I would be clean (7 clean days), but until now it hasn't been clean, I have yellow and brown discharges. I wanted to know if these stains are considered pure? And can I already start counting and immerse, with God's help, after 7 days?
Answer
Hello and congratulations
Yellow stains are pure. Brown stains are pure. However, sometimes they tend towards red, and then it is impure. [I was unable to upload the attached file]
This is the answer to your question.
But I must emphasize 2 additional points:
A. It is very common after childbirth for the blood to come in 'waves', meaning even after a week without bleeding, new bleeding may very well appear again.
B. It is not recommended, neither medically nor halachically, to immerse immediately after childbirth. The great poskim recommend not immersing before five weeks after childbirth.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 188