Cervical Ectropion/Erosion - 21 Weeks Pregnant

[HanLoch]

Hi all, first time poster but hoping for some similar experiences or advice!
At 18 weeks pregnant exactly, I woke up to some bleeding, few small clots but not heavy bleeding and dark blood. It continued whenever I went to the toilet during the day and wiped. Next day I woke up there was a little again so I got checked out at the hospital and midwife said it was a cervical ectropion so at least that was an answer and everything else was fine.
Came home, and now at least once a week since then I wake up to a little bleeding again. It will continue when I wipe during the day and after a day or two disappear, until the next week like clockwork. I'm 21 weeks now and it's really getting me down - I can't stop wondering if there is something else causing it that has been missed?! I always seem to wake up with it too. It doesn't seem to take much to cause it to bleed, is that normal? Arghhh.
Does anyone else have experience of this and everything has gone well until the end of pregnancy???
Thank you!

hey @HanLoch - I don't have much to offer in the way of advice about the end of pregnancy as I'm only 19 weeks at the moment, but I also have an ectropian and it's caused quite a lot of stress during the pregnancy! mine's also heavier in the mornings (i've googled this but haven't been able to find out why that might be the case), but i think mine might be hormone-triggered. I'd just say that if your 20 week scan went well and the baby is happy in there, i'd hold on to the hope that this shouldn't cause too many further problems (though it is a pain and really not a fun pregnancy side-effect!)

It's nice to hear I'm not the only one although sorry you also have the stress! No neither have I, Google doesn't seem to have much info on the topic during pregnancy. Yes it went well so that's one thing ticked off I guess. Very frustrating! Hope everything goes well with your scan too. Thank you!

Hi @HanLoch, I had quite a severe ectropion when I was pregnant with my first. It caused a lot of intramenstrual bleeding when I wasn’t pregnant, and then a few scares mostly during early pregnancy, plus one hospital admission at 28 weeks (only a small amount of blood but midwife made it worse when she prodded cervix, so think they felt guilty and wanted to keep an eye on it 😂). Baby born with no problems.

I had unplanned treatment for it when I had a polyp removed early last year - apparently it bled too much for them to see what they were doing so they cauterized it - now near finishing line of second pregnancy and have had no bleeding at all so far.

Don’t know if this helps, but you’re not alone and they cause a lot of stress!

I had this with both my pregnancies. It’s scary, but try not to worry. Are you doing anything to aggravate the bleeding? I had to stop stretching & stop exercising (other than walking) as that triggered the bleeding for me.

I had it from 18 - 28 weeks. It was scary. It was at its worst around 22 - 25 weeks. I went to hospital twice before it was diagnosed by a doctor. Then I was given a separate gynaecology appointment to properly review it. I don’t think I’d be happy with just a midwife say so incase it wasn’t.

Thanks all for the replies that's reassuring. Hopefully it starts to happen less as it progresses! @DanielSpaniel I think I'm the same. I had tried a few exercises, felt like barely anything, but there was bleeding the next day so perhaps you're right with that. I've stopped now apart from walking too. Lower abdomen feels quite tender but I'm hoping that's just the stretching etc.

Thank you for the reply! I'm glad yours stopped eventually, that's great. Yes sorry there was a doctor there too who checked it which was great. I didn't get a separate appointment though but will mention it to my midwife at my next appt again and see what she says.

I’d suggest you take it easy for a couple of weeks and see if it makes a difference. A friend of mine found that hoovering made her bleed - something to do with the motion of stretching out her arm - so maybe watch out for that too. Hope it gets better for you.