Should I ask for blood work?

SarahSueBob

Last night I had some red/pink spotting - only on the TP.  Have been spotting very lightly (very) brown all day.  Also having cramps - not terrible but worse than I've had so far (I know, it's early...).

I just changed insurance and haven't ever been to a doctor with the new provider and I have Kaiser (does anyone else?) so all calls go through a call center where a nurse decides whether you need to come in.  I called and they told me to just "keep an eye on it" and if anything changes to let them know.  I'm only 5 weeks and it's my first pregnancy - they don't want to see me until 8 weeks.  They also said that having sex on Saturday morning might have been what caused the pink blood on Wednesday night (what???) or that it could have been because I was on my feet a lot (I'm a teacher).

I've been reading, though, and feel like I would feel better if they'd at least do blood work to rule out low progesterone as an issue.  I had short LPs before I started taking B vitamins, so I'm worried about that.  Should I call back in the morning and try and get them to do blood work? 

sandhyajp

I would want a progesterone level if I were you since you had the short LPs. I don't know how to get around the nurse and insurance issues though. Maybe tell them that you had short LPs in the past ? Hope the spotting stops.

citychicks

As many as 25% of women have spotting in the first trimester. Chances are it is from the intercourse on Sat. There is an awful lot of extra blood in that region at the moment, which could easily explain the spotting. If I were you I'd try to relax and focus on the positive.