Bleeding significantly almost 9 hours after extractions

21F, I’ve posted on this forum so many times in the last week because of my extractions.

I had 5 teeth extracted today (2, 4, 15, 19, and 30) around 8am. I have sutures in the extraction site for 15, 19, and 30. My mouth bled excessively and almost uncontrollably for hours after the procedure. We tried gauze and tea bags and nothing was helping. We called the surgeon around 2pm and he suggested we come back in so we did. He re-numbed my mouth and packed each of my sockets with something (not sure what it was but it ended in X). He said it would help stop the bleeding and help the clots form fully (he said I had clots in every socket but I was bleeding around them). It hurt like hell but it helped and the bleeding stopped. They packed my mouth with gauze as a precaution and said to change it every 20 minutes if the bleeding started again. I came home, took out the gauze after 20 minutes (bleeding was Very minimal and not worrisome), took my pain killer, very carefully ate some cold applesauce, and sipped on some ice cold water per the surgeon to help my clots form and stay in place.

It is now maybe 2 hours since I got home (it’s 6pm) and the extraction site for tooth #2 is bleeding significantly again and tooth #4 and #30 are bleeding slightly (my other extraction sites are fairly dry). It started pretty slow so we packed the gauze and followed the directions, but as time went on it picked up. The hygienist said a little bit of bleeding is normal, but if it looks like a faucet dripping (for top teeth) or a sink filling up (for bottom teeth), there might be a problem again. Tooth #2 has a “faucet drip” (not as bad as earlier, but still concerning), but teeth #4 and #30 haven’t gotten that bad. Also, when they were packing the sites, the teeth that are currently bleeding hurt significantly more than the teeth that are not. We’ve switched the gauze for a tea bag and if that doesn’t help, we’re calling again. I’m so sick of the bleeding and poking and prodding and just want to rest. Any advice or explanation for why this is happening?

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