Spotting

edkacz24 · April 2018

A little back story: I’m 16 weeks. Wednesday night I had some very light pink spotting after a hard bowel movement. Thursday I went to get it checked - ultrasound was fine, cervix was measuring right, placenta in right position, heartbeat was 122. Tech and doc had no concern.

Last night I had more reddish spotting instead of pink. No clots or cramps and haven’t had anything since. Praying it goes as fast as it has come.

Any words of advice?

cjx95 · April 2018

Call your doctor and read other threads for similar symptoms from others before posting

DunkinDecaf · April 2018

Try not to worry. Call your dr if you’re worried, or if you have any more symptoms. Bleeding during pregnancy is usually not a big deal, but I get that it can be scary. Probably from your BM or sex or something.

Gizmo1231 · April 2018

@mamabearcj not sure how reading other posts would be helpful for her. She's 16 weeks which means she's further along than 75% of the board. So other posts about spotting, from what I can search were early first trimester and she's clearly not in that boat. As much as threads like this can be common, I don't remember seeing anyone this far along post about ongoing spotting at 16 weeks or into their 2nd trimester.

OP- call your doctor again if you are worried. Your peace of mind is worth everything when you are growing a baby. They may tell you to come back in or give you other advice to help ease your mind. I had bouts of bleeding with DS2 almost up until 3rd trimester but everything is different with every pregnancy. FX it's nothing!

breanneestafford1 · April 2018

With my first pregnancy I had spotting at 22 weeks. It was so bad I had to wear a pad and lay low for a couple days. The doc said I had a sensitive cervix so the littlest irritation or friction would cause bleeding. Definitely call your doc back if you would like the extra check up. That’s what they are there for. But if it eases your mind, I had something very similar with my first. ❤️

krzyriver · April 2018

I spotted off and on my whole pregnancy with Z. Definitely call your doctor and get some peace of mind, but try not to stress. Its common.

cjx95 · April 2018

I know that came off rude I posted it quick before work and didn't elaborate so I'll apologize @edkacz24 what I meant by the suggestion is by reading through other posts you would see that usually when someone asks for advice we usually tell them to call their doctor. Again I'm sorry for sounding so rude, I should've waited to go on break before posting so I could explain better. I hope whatever it is isn't serious and goes away soon

jwebbbber45678 · April 2018

So literally the same thing happened to me this morning and I am also 16 weeks. It happened at 13 weeks as well. I also remember it happening once at 13 weeks with my last pregnancy. I can link all occurrences of very light spotting to a very hard and difficult to pass bm. In my first pregnancy when it happened the doctor had me come in for a quick ultrasound and all was good. Three weeks ago I called my doctor when it happened, I have a different hospital this time, and the nurse said no heavy lifting or sex for a week, just monitor and if it increases call back. It stopped after a day so I never called back. Every time it's been light, just noticeable when wiping. I'm not calling my dr because they'd probably say the same thing. I'll call if it gets heavier. I'm thinking the pushing irritated the sensitive cervix. I get your concern though. I'm just laying in bed moping even though I've been through it before and know it's probably ok. Any little disturbance can freak us out when prego, but especially spotting. You can call your dr and let them know and listen to their advice. I'd also like to hear if other ladies experienced something similar.

lrlybbert · April 2018

I’m also 16 weeks and have had this happen with this pregnancy. I never spotted with my first pregnancy, so it really freaked me out. Spotting happened at 12 weeks and then again this week. Both times were after a BM. I went to the doctor the first time and everything was fine. Baby has consistently had a heart rate around 160. I didn’t go get checked this last time because they said they weren’t concerned unless the bleeding was heavy.

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