Yesterday, I had an appointment, but my OB had to cancel due to another delivery. So, I got stuck with the nurse practitioner. She did my internal pelvic exam, told me I was dilated 1 cm, and that the baby had dropped, etc., and I was on my way.
When I got home (a 10 minute drive), I had already bled through my pants, and (TMI) filled the toilet with bright red blood! It was shocking to see so much blood, but I decided not to freak and see what would happen. It kept up like this for a good two hours, and I actually started passing clots of blood, so I finally called to see if this was normal irritation from a pelvic exam. They sent me to L&D (sigh...). Everything turned out to be fine, baby looked good, everything pointed to cervical irritation, and it eventually let up, but man alive! The nurse practitioner really did some damage down there!
Has anyone else bled this much from an internal?
Re: Bleeding
That sounds horrible. Glad it ended well.
Never heard of that much bleeding from an exam before....