Brown discharge and cramps?

[Pinkmoon23]

Hi everyone, I'm 5 weeks 2 days. This pregnancy has been really stressful and I've had so much anxiety for a lot of reasons including low (but in range) Hcg levels. Just looking for a bit of reassurance if possible. But since Saturday I've been getting brown discharge, yesterday it turned verrrry slightly pink for one wipe but went back to brown. It's light brown and I've only had the tiniest bit come out on a pantyliner. Otherwise it's only when I wipe up inside (sorry tmi!). Last night I was getting some cramping/aching pain near and around my right hip and had a bit of a freak out about ectopic. The pain has pretty much gone today and I haven't bled or anything.

So yeah just looking for other people who had this, how long did your brown discharge last and did you have cramping one sided? Please only positive stories as I've scared myself silly reading about everything possible that can go wrong. Thanks so much.

I started bleeding last week with brownish -pinky blood (at 7 and a half weeks). Turns out I‘ve got cervical erosion - totally harmless to baby but just a bit bleedy every now and then! Had a scan and baby was fine. I’ve had cramps on and off too, more generalised rather than just on one side - probably just the uterus stretching (with constipation thrown in for good measure!).

I 100% thought it was a miscarriage because of bleeding and cramps together, but no. Bleeding is pretty common and so are cramps. It can just be bad timing when they flare up together! But if you’re worried, could you speak to your local early pregnancy unit, if you have one? Wishing you all the best!

I'm 5+1 weeks and have had a lot of cramping so far, last night was pretty awful.

This is my second baby and I did get some light pink spotting when I was 16 weeks with my first (no cramping). It was never explained why but turned out fine. Only lasted a day.

At the time they told me that brown / pink blood is fine, but if it turns bright red like a period then call your midwife or EPU.

I would just keep an eye out, take it easy if you can, plenty of rest and drink lots of water (all advice I've been given in the past) and maybe mentioned it at your booking appt if you haven't had it already yet.

Thanks for your replies guys. I'm so anxious and worried as its been 5 days but not sure what is a normal amount of time. I guess it's reassuring that it's just when I wipe and reassuring stories always help! I've been reffered to epu so I'll get an early scan soon. I just wish I could relax and enjoy this pregnancy!

Hey OP @Pinkmoon23 - do you mind sharing an update? I’ve been having brown discharge for three days now x

@BB78910 Hi there, unfortunately this didn't end well for me. But from the huge amount of googling I did it seems to be more normal than not, and many people I know in person had this and they went on to have healthy babies. X

Gry @Pinkmoon23 thanks for replying, sorry it didn’t go well in the end.
mine too sadly turned in to huge clots and loads of bleeding. Got a scan in a week to confirm what I already know.

@BB78910 so sorry to hear this, it's so awful. Take care of yourself x