Spotting after sex at 5+3 with history of 3 mc's....

[caija]

Hey all, I am just a bit worried. After my fiancé and I had sex tonight I went to the toilet and had about four to five red spots of blood, I have a history of 3 mc's to my previous partner....should I be worried? I don't wanna start panicking and phoning for an early scan etc, as I had soo many with ds, almost five, n I don't think my heart could take it.....I don't have my first midwife appointment until two weeks. Can anyone advise me please? Xx

I had a tiny bit of pinkish discharge after sex in the early weeks, my GP said it was normal, something to do with increased blood flow to the cervix. At 14 weeks I went to A&E with spotting and they asked if I'd had sex recently, so it wasn't just my GP who thought it. Now 33 weeks so clearly everything was fine!

Aww that's good....so do I tell my gp or fne midwife? I'm not 6 weeks til Tuesday coming. Could be earlier....cos I think I ovulated late. Dunno tho. Dnt wanna get an early scan when there's nothing to see yet....it'll worry me more probably went to loo a lil
While ago n sorry if TMI but, when I wiped I sorta itched myself with the toilet roll quite hard, cos I was obviously itchy, n there were few bits of blood..tiny. Think I rubbed too hard tbh, what du think? Xx

Bump sorry, just worried....xx

Hope you're ok op. It sounds like you need some reassurance. If it was me, I would ring my out of hours gp service and tell them what's happened and ask for their advice.

I had similar experience with my ds1 and all was fine, although it did not stop me worrying.

Thanku Morecoffee a dunno what to do....am just scared a suppose, n am suffering terrible runs too. Have since last week, dunno what is going on...they won't be able to do anything til Monday though, will they? Plus am here myself with kids n Wouldn't be able to go to hospital xx

Did u have a scan after spotting Morecoffee ? Xx

I had spotting in the early weeks of pg with all of my mcs (4) but also with my ds, who was absolutely fine. Unfortunately it can be a bad sign or not, hence the horrendous waiting!
If you had just had sex I really would put it down to that.

Hey iggi yeah, I had spotting with my ds who is almost five, I had a mc at five weeks followed by a mmc at 8 weeks, went for 12 week scan and told the baby had died at week 8, no bleeding, no sign that anything was wrong. N then I had ds then another mmc when he was 9 months old. Even after I had seen a heartbeat at six weeks, was scanned a couple weeks later n there was no heartbeat my ds has severe special needs, I also have a healthy nearly 11 yo dd , different dad's, this pregnancy is a different dad also.....been very unlucky with men tbh, but my current partner, well fiance was Defo worth all the crap I went through, get married next July xx

hey caija :D congrats on you PG!
Sorry to hear of your previous loss
MC stays with you forever and leaves a mark

I also had the same, in my early pregnancy (before i found out) everytime we had sex, i'd be bleeding, and not just a tiny bit. I'm nearly 18 weeks now and no problems so far, i did read its normal though as something to do with thinning of the tissue and blood vessels ?

Hi again, did you phone out of hours service? I did not have scan and it only happened the once thank goodness. How are you now?

Hi caija - I think I posted on your other thread when you weren't feeling well.

It sounds a lot like the spotting has been caused by sex, which is very normal, but if you are really worried phone the out of hours doc and see what he/she says.

When I was pregnant with DS I had 2 full on period-like bleeds (11 weeks and 13 weeks). There was no reason for them at all.

I MC in October and am currently 8+5, and have had 2 scans. The first was at about 7 weeks and was unrelated to the pregnancy (to check my ovary for a cyst). They confirmed pregnancy/heartbeat while they were there, and said that they could see a very small area of bleeding (they called it a bruise) below the embryo. When I got home I started cramping really badly, and eventually spotting. The cramping (which was soooo painful!) turned out to be caused by diarrhoea, which lasted just over a week and has left me a bit fragile still - I have to be careful about what I eat.

After the spotting/cramping, I was sent for another scan on Thursday and everything was okay still. The area of bleeding/bruise had disappeared. They couldn't see any cause for the spotting. I am still spotting now and trying not to let it freak me out too much - easier said than done though.

My GP said that it was possible that the diarrhoea, or more accurately the cramps, was causing the spotting, but that it was no reason to be concerned. That the only real problem was the stress that it's causing me. She said that as the cramps were sometimes so forceful, they might just be forcing small bits of old blood out.

She said she couldn't prescribe Immodium or anything similar for me, but as it had been going on for so long she gave me a low dose of codeine instead, which has a constipating effect. She also said to keep hydrated, eat low fat foods, not to eat too many high fibre foods, and to eat little and often, so 6 small meals instead of 2 full-size meals. I do feel a bit better, so I'm hoping that the spotting will stop soon as it is nerve-wracking.

Sorry for the essay - I just wanted to get eveything in. I do hope you feel better soon. Hopefully, if you can get your tummy trouble under control everything else will start feeling a bit better.