Pinkish-red spotting 5 weeks

kate-expectations

I just discovered that I'm having a light amount of pinkish-red-mucousy spotting. I've read that this is normal, but I've been pregnant twice & never had any bleeding. I have a dull achy feeling in my cervix, not really any cramping. Does anyone have any experience with this?  

keiragann

I always call my midwife. They can do HGC levels.

Gizmo1231

I had this with DS2 and he was perfectly fine. FX for a sticky baby 

olivemomma

Had it with my first and all was okay! It lasted a few hours

krzyriver

I spotted off and on my entire pregnancy. DS was perfectly fine!

pebbledam

That's basically exactly what I had from 3w3d until 3w6d. My progrestone was low and my OB prescribed a supplement. Have you had your progesterone checked since your BFP?

kate-expectations

Thanks everyone - the wait until the first US is so nerve wracking!

@pebbledam that could definitely be the cause; I have PCOS & I know that low progesterone can be a side effect. Did your bleeding resolve after the progesterone supplement?

pebbledam

@kate-expectations - The spotting was almost completely gone by the time I started using the supplements, but I haven't had any spotting since. I would call and ask them to do a quick blood draw to check it. I would classify my dx as "soft" PCOS since I had most, but not all of the symptoms. My progesterone was only 6.2 at 12 DPO. They are retesting it on Thursday to make sure the added progesterone is helping (which I think it is).