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1st (and hopefully only) "over" reaction (medically)

moonrose2715moonrose2715 member
in 2nd Trimester

Tonight for the first time since becoming pregnant I went pee and had some bright red blood on the tissue.  No cramping but since I'm past the time period that I understood this to be normal, I was worried.

I figured everything was fine but knew that I was just worried enough that if I tried to wait it out I was going to not sleep all night long (probably making my anxiety even worse).

So I went ahead and headed to the emergency room.  They did an ultrasound, urinalysis and brief pelvic exam.  Everything was fine, baby was moving around and they didn't even see blood in my canal.

All the same this was my first and I hope last scare.  I know it was super mild compared to what a lot of women experience, but I was ultimately glad that I just went ahead and made sure everything was okay.

Plus since it was deemed prenatal, I didn't even have to pay for the visit!  Can I just say I love my medical coverage!?!  (Kaiser)

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  • seraroseserarose member
    Whew!  That was the right thing to do, to just get it checked out & glad it turned out to be fine.  :-)
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  • mrstarawalshmrstarawalsh member
    Glad everything is ok! But you're wrong: you didn't "over react". It's better to be safe than sorry!
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  • heatouel85heatouel85
    you didn't overreact at all! bright red blood isn't "normal" at any time IMO, i would have done the same thing!
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  • sabrina.sellers@gmail.comsabrina.sellers@gmail.com

    I've had light bleeding (red blood) off & on since I was 7 weeks pregnant.  My Dr. did an exam & found it to be bleeding from my cervix.  Since your cervix softens when becoming pregnant & you have have more blood flow down their some are super sensitive & bleed.  It was so scary!  I am currently 17 weeks & 6 days & I just had bleeding again yesterday after being fine for several weeks.  My heart drops every time even though I have a medical explanation for the bleeding!  Try not to worry yourself too much...specially if the baby was moving around & severe cramping doesn't follow the bleeding.

     

    Enjoy your pregnancy :0) 

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  • dannafofannadannafofanna
    This happened to me at about 15 weeks.  Me and my fiance' were at the movies, I took a potty break and had some bright red blood on the tissue.  We headed to the emergency room and after about a 15-20 minute ultrasound they told me I had a burst blood vessel in my placenta, that it was pretty normal and shouldn't effect the baby at all.  We're 18 weeks now and it hasn't happened again, thank goodness!
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