A Thai actress and mother of two, Panward Hemmanee, 39, recently opened up about a scare with bloody breast milk.

Breast milk had blood clots in it

This is Panward with her kids:

And in an Instagram video uploaded on Aug. 5, Panward showed a bottle of breast milk that was completely tainted red with her blood:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B02MBBOJI9V/

Her Instagram post also included a photo of a blood clot on a dish, which has been censored as it is a graphic image but an uncensored version can be found below:

Spoke about incident at media event

On Sept. 4, Panward opened up about the experience at a media event, saying that the reason behind the bleeding was because she had been using a breast pump incorrectly.

According to translations provided by AsiaOne, Panward thought that pumping her breast milk using the strongest pressure would prevent clogging.

However, she had inadvertently caused her capillaries to burst and her nipple to crack instead.

A little blood in breast milk is actually quite common.

It is also normal to experience some pain and discomfort while pumping breast milk initially, but the pain should not be intense nor constant.

Panward told the media that she didn't realise that the pain she was experiencing was not normal and there's "a lot of things (she doesn't) know yet" as a mother.

Under her doctor's advice that it wasn't a serious problem, she has continued to pump breast milk.

Warning: If you do not wish to see the blood clot, do not proceed further.

Here's the photo of the blood clot:

Ouch.

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Top photo via Instagram/ppanward

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