Advice - bleeding after sex at 20 weeks, cant contact a midwife [angry]

[mixedmama]

Morning everyone,

After sex on friday night i was bleeding, not heavy but more sort of towards the end of your period blood. I had no pain or anything. I had a bath and it had cleared up and havee been feeling the baby moving constantly since then.

This morning tried to call the midwife station at the hospital as that is the only number ihave and cannot get through to anyone.

I am 21 weeks this week so have been thinking it cant really be old blood - or perhaps it can. Scared to have sex now. Also a friend of mine had a low lyign placenta that led to placenta previa and she was in hospital for three weeks before giving birth 5 weeks early - I am petrified of this happening as I cant think why I would bleed.

Anyt advice appreciated - I will keep trying to speak to a midwife.

Hi, I had bleeding twice once right at the beginnig of pg and then at about 38 weeks, just a bit of 'end of period like blood'. If I get pg again I won't even bother going to doc after 'after sex bleednig' because I just wasted my time last time and landed up with an examination I didn't need. Don't panic, I'm sure it doesn't mean anything bad in your case. Hope you get through soon and get a second opinion.

mixedmama, have you tried the labour ward at the local hospital? If you can't get the midwife then try labour ward instead - the hospital main number should be able to put you through. From my days as a midwife (7 years ago now) I recall that bleeding after sex was a fairly common cause of bleeding and not usually anything to worry about BUT it is important to have it checked out.

The neck of the womb is well supplied with blood in pregnancy and is also a softer consistency which is why bleeding is more common. If the baby is moving well then chances are you have nothing to worry about but it's worth ringing anyway - if the bleeding has been stopped since Friday and all is otherwise well they may not even need to see you but it would be good to get some advice about what to do if it happens again..

hello

If the bleed was red, then it's fresh blood.

I THINK bleeding after sex can either be placenta-related OR cervical erosion. I had the later - bled throughout pg with ds (approx 2/3 times a week) and also a few times with dd. If cervial erosion, it's just that your cervix reacts to all the hormones by beng more sensitive/greater blood flow - it overcompensates if you like. This can lead to bleeding, but isn't a problem. At all. Apart from being scary & a PITA

You do need to see someone though - as you say, if the placenta is low lying that has some implications although not nec 3 weeks in hospital.

I would defn not have sex until someone's checked you out (& be warned - we were told no sex for pretty much the whole time I was bleeding - ie almost 7 months with ds

I'd keep ringing the midwife station, and if you can't get through, ring either your GP or maternity unit - say you're pg and have had blloeding & they tend to take you seriously.

Good luck - & let us know how you get on.

Poor you, can understand how worrying this must be. As you say, keep trying to contact your midwife but if you get no response phone your birth hospital and ask to speak to someone there. Of course if you are really worried just go there and see someone. It is probably not serious but you need your mind put at rest. Is your GP any good?

Thanks ladies, all positive repsonses thank God.

Have managed to get thru and they have said that I can come in if I want to, but it sound slike nothing, altho i should really esp if i need to abstain from sex.

Thanx so much.

Bit late to this thread but just to let you know I had some bleeding at 17 weeks, sounds very similar to yours, rang the mw and she said pretty much the same as yours. I went in anyway just to hear the baby's heartbeat. I never had any bleeding again after that - ds was early but that was completely unrelated! Glad to hear you're OK

Thanks - that makes me feel much better. I dont think I will go in since it happened on Friday and the baby has been very very active since then. Will just keep a close eyye.

Yeah, so I'm bleeding right now. I just had sex with baby daddy and I'm 25 weeks and do have a low lying placenta. I'm a little worried but my man and I are all but gental. I'm cramping a little bit, so that freaks me out but I don't think I'm going into labour. First baby so I'm just unsure. But I went to my OB 2 days ago and everything looked fine... So I'm kind of just confused at this point...

Hi I was just wondering if it was normal to bleed quite abit after sex I can’t get through to my midwife and I’m worried. There was about an egg cups worth of blood

Hi @Graceyd03
How far along are you? I'm just wondering whether you should speak to EPU or MW. Do you have a contact number in maternity notes that you can use out of hours?