Nosebleeds in late pregnancy

[juicyjuice]

Hi all,
I'm 38 weeks today and have very recently started having random nosebleeds- does anyone have experience of this? They just start! I've never really had nosebleeds before...
TIA

I've read somewhere recently that nosebleeds in late pregnancy are one of the common symptoms - I think I read it in the NHS pregnancy book.

I had that and was told it was because I had low platelet levels. Mine were low the whole way through but dipped quite low at the end of pregnancy and I had to be induced ( I was already a week overdue so just brought the induction forward) mention it to your midwife at your next appointment it's nothing to worry about but if your platelets are too low you wouldn't be able to have an epidural so they need to be aware you are having symptoms. Sure everything will be ok x

I had this in my last pregnancy, not experienced it yet in the one! I would just be sat there and all of a sudden blood!!!! It used to panic me senseless but after mentioning it to my midwife, I was fine. App your blood volume is huge in preg and you have tons more blood in your body, sometimes the tiny fragile vessels in your nose can't cope and burst! I never had anymore after giving birth xxx

Hi. I had it in my first pregnancy towards the end. This time I had it in the middle. No real reason and nothing to worry about. Just not great when it starts randomly!

its perfectly normal. Pp is correct, due to blood volume being doubled during pregnancy- nose bleeds can occur as the nose is very vascular and blood can pass easily.

I had them alongside morning sickness from 12-19 weeks and had the odd one every now and then since. I had them all the time as a child though so never thought much about it until my partner brought it up to the midwife and she said it's a common thing because the blood is pumping around the body faster

Thanks! I feel fine otherwise so wasn't too concerned, didn't want to google though and scare myself...