Spotting - early pregnancy. How much is bad news?

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6 weeks pregnant. Have been spotting the last couple of weeks.

Last weeks it was a couple of bursts (once after I had an orgasm ).
This week I am just getting light pink / brown spotting the whole time - almost every time I go to the loo. Sometimes if is very slight (more like discharge than blood if that makes sense).

Booked in for a scan tomorrow but do I need to brace myself for bad news.

No pain or cramps.

I had fresh bleeding with huge great dark clots at 8, 10, 14 and 18 weeks and have just put the resulting baby down for his afternoon nap.

Thanks for this. Did they know what caused it?

No, I had a scan every time and no indication what it could have been. I was in pain from other issues so couldn’t tell whether I had cramps or not.
It’s really common and is often fine.

I had spotting with my 19 year old and with my ten year old I had a lot of bleeding and my cervix began degrading no idea why but he arrived safe and well the only major issue with that one was chronic thrush didn't clear up till after I had him

Its so strange and I’m feeling like we can’t really get excited or anything while this is happening!

Not to be rude but if you're bleeding / spotting, why are you having sex and orgasming?? Surely stimulation will
Make the problem worse? Didn't the midwife tell you that?

You are being a bit rude. Everything I’ve read says sex is fine during pregnancy.

I’ve had one orgasm but was spotting before that and have spotted since.

I’m not having sex every day by any stretch!!

Well it's a bit silly if your bleeding to have sex

Okay rude in your opinion

And no the midwife didn’t tell me that!!

Common sense says if your having bleeding issues in pregnancy( and this is in the pregnancy manuals and standard midwife advice) you don't have Alex or do anything to complicate the problem

Sex not Alex 😂

I actually didn’t say I had sex, I said I had an orgasm.

Also how is it silly? When everything you read says it’s fine to have sex while pregnant.

I think an orgasm opens/tilts your cervix slightly (I remember being told when ttc it was helpful to make sure you had one) so I am guessing that it is enough to let some of the blood you are spotting come out too. It shouldn't dislodge an implanted embryo though.
I've spotted with successful pgs and also with mcs, so I'm sorry there is no reassurance but also no guarantee that it's a problem. Good luck with your scan

I’m only 6 weeks pregnant. Haven’t seen a midwife. Am not in possession of midwives manual. No where does it say in anything I’ve read that sex is an issue.

I had this with my first, irritable cervix and sub chorionic haemorrhage, not necessarily bad news

@BoomBoomBoomLetMeHearYouSay ignore the unhelpful posts.

I had bleeding in all my pregnancies, twice sadly it ended in miscarriage. But DD is currently napping

My advice would be to contact the local midwife team or early pregnancy centre if you are near one. They can guide you. I would say at this stage they are unlikely to do much but might get you in for an early scan.

Unfortunately it's a wait and see situation.

I would say whilst you're waiting to be seen maybe hold of on DTD

Iit shouldn't matter that you aren't booked with a midwife yet they will still give advice

Yes I am going for a scan tomorrow.

I was just trying to get a feel for how likely it was to be bad news before I was berated for having one orgasm.

I mean really @Gimmechipschocolateandcake if you have to preface a sentence with “not being rude BUT” then you are being rude. Useful life lesson for you there!

I had a light bleed at 5.5 weeks after sex, I phoned 111 who asked if it was heavy clots or enough to fill a mug but it wasn't or if I had any pain which I didn't. An appointment was arranged at the EPU for a scan the next day and it just turned out to be an implantation bleed.
The lady doing the scan said if I felt more comfortable to avoid sex in the 10 days until I went back for another scan, but ended up doing so 7 days in and there was no further bleeding.
Am now 23 weeks pregnant and had no further bleeding since.
Apparently bleeding is normal at the early stage and sex/orgasms can like dislodge it.

I avoided sex (and orgasms!) for my entire final pregnancy. When you've had losses you can get a bit obsessive over avoiding anything that could potentially cause harm. I know I'm not the only one to do this, though I'm not recommending it!

I had spotting every time after sex in the first trimester.

This happened to me a couple of times in the first trimester OP! Both light spotting and one big terrifying heavy bleed. The baby was fine through all of it, I'm now 16 weeks pregnant and everything seems to be going well :)

When you have an orgasm your uterus and cervix contract - this is why having orgasms helps with conceiving, the contractions help to sort of suck the sperm upwards towards the uterus. So spotting after orgasm can be just because the cervix is sensitive (thanks to preg hormones & everything starting to stretch & make room for the baby) and/or because your uterus contracting pushes out a bit of old blood that was sitting around.

It's honestly impossible to say how much bleeding is ok and how much is bad news, but bleeding is much more common than most people realise (I had no idea until it happened to me) and loads of women have some bleeding during healthy pregnancies. I hope your scan tomorrow goes well x

I've had spotting during both pregnancies due to cervical erosion been advised both times not to have intercourse as it can aggravate and cause bleeding. I found after 12 weeks it calmed last time so waiting until 12 weeks again to be safe