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Brown discharge in early pregnancy? Anyone else had this?

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lewpylew · 07/02/2005 19:27

I am just over 6 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby and woke up this morning to find some browny coloured discharge when I wiped(soory for TMI!). I have seen the doctor and called the maternity unit who say as long as it is not accompanied by pain it is fine and to rest and keep an eye on it.

Just wanted some reassurance! I have a stitch like pain but it is by my naval on the right hand side, so I think too high up to be connected to baby. I think I have probably pulled a muscle, but just worrying!

Please help!

Emma xx

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S79 · 19/03/2009 22:20

Hopeful2 Thanks for your kind words, i hope everythings goes well for you tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for you. x

mizzidee · 20/03/2009 00:59

Hi HOPEFUL2 & S79.. i hope tomorrow ends up being just fine. Thinking of you. Please get back to me in either case...x

Hopeful2 · 20/03/2009 11:14

Hi guys,
well I'm back & it's good news. I'm 7 weeks & a good HB. All would appear to be ok currently. I'm so happy but still a little nervous due to last time. Not out of the danger zone yet I feel but certainly relieved. Didn't need an internal scan either, I had drunk enough (thought I was going to wet myself ) so they were able to pick the image up.

mizzidee What's happened hun with yourself? My thoughts are still with you. Thanks for yours x

s79 Thanks also for your thoughts. Pls keep us updated with how things go with you. Try & keep positive, but I know how hard that is. At least we know we're not alone at this delicate time x

tattifer · 20/03/2009 11:46

S79 how's things going with you?

Seems our MCs were about the same time - in both senses.

I'm bed rest at the mo having bled for a few hours two days ago, now nothing but watery brown and only when going to loo. we're (hopefully) 7wks +3 days and I'm paying for a private scan on monday rather than wait til next friday...

mizzidee hope all is well with you. Lets hope that as you started just a couple of days after ovulation it's not a matter of miscarrying. Are you trying for a baby? It's a terrible waiting game isn't it?

sympathetic vibes to all

S79 · 20/03/2009 13:06

Hopeful2 I'm really pleased for you, glad the scan went well this morning. Must be such a relief. Continue to take it easy tho.

tattifer I'm having the same systems, watery brown when i use the loo. I'm just resting too...it's so boring!!

It's so nice having support from other people who are going through the samething. I was really tempted to tell a friend but i don't want to risk it like last time.

By the way if anyone lives in London and needs to see a Gynaecologist out of hours, rather then sitting in A&E for hours on end go to the Guys and St Thomas hospital in westminster. When my spotting started late on a saturday evening a few weeks ago, i desperatly rang around local hospitals. St Thomas have a dedicated 24hour Emergency Gynae Unit in the North Wing on the 8th Floor, real peace of mind knowing i can go there anytime and be seen straight away. Plus ladies if you go during the day they do scans too...i found this so helpful as my hospital had booked me in for 2weeks.

Hope thats useful xx

tattifer · 20/03/2009 13:13

S79 lucky you - I feel the trip from deepest darkest devon might be counterproductive - oh well...

mizzidee · 21/03/2009 19:51

Hi ladies ..sorry i have took awhile to come on here. My doctors appointment was cancelled due to the doctor post-phoning as she could not make the appt for some other reason. Anyway, i took a pregnancy test today & it has come up that I AM pregnant. I have been trying for a baby & even though i should be delighted, i am now not very happy at all & i certainly do not 'feel' pregnant. I am worried now that the bleeding is/was a miscarriage or in deed anougher ectopic pregnancy (i have previously had one in my past). I have also read some where, that Ovarian Cysts can cause 'false' readings (as in false positive results on a pregnancy test). Getting back to my 'spotting' situation, yesturday i & the day before i had no brown blood what so ever. Today however, i have started bleeding & the blood is the same texture & colour as my menstration blood,except not as heavy. Today I also have my usual lower abdoman heaviness of menstration (like my womb, lower back & stomach is ready to drop or explode).I have anougher appointment for the doctors next week. I am going to have to wait & i will be praying everything is fine.

mizzidee · 21/03/2009 19:55

I do not (as far as i am concerned) suffer with Overian Cysts, but i meantioned it,because that 'maybe' the cause of the 2week brown bleeding.. i dont know, it may be something else or it could be just normal.

mizzidee · 21/03/2009 20:09

Hopfull2.. Oh, that is excellent news,so pleased for you. For some reason,i was thinking u 'would be ok' as a number of people do experience what you have been experiencing yourself.

S79.. I hope you also get the positive result you are wishing for.. good luck!

Tattifer.. yes i am trying for a ababy, & yes isnt it just a waiting game. I was starting to give up & just except i will never be a mummy to my own conceived child! I was also thinking about how selfish i can be, when its just 'me, myself & I'.

xxxxxxxBABY DUST TO YOU ALLxxxxxxxxxx

tattifer · 22/03/2009 13:03

mizzidee congratulations!!

It's horrible all this bleeding, not bleeding, what does it mean, what doesn't it mean. For every story that's negative, there's someone else with the same symptoms and turns out OK. DH and I were talking about how we felt about tomorrows scan. I have no idea. I don't dare feel upbeat, don't want to feel down.

aaarrrgghh!!

jasmaxxy · 22/03/2009 18:46

hi everyone,i feel like you tattifer,bleed then no bleed etc etc.I'm 43have 3 children,had an mc in 07,i was booked in for 'a loop' operation for abnormal cells, and on that morning my boobs hurt, so i did a test that was positive, after the shock my husband and i were very excited. the digital test with conception indicator said 1-2 wks, in reality i felt i was probably 1 week at most since conception. a week later i went to bed then got up to go loo (not for wee) I was constipated, then wen i wiped myself had brown watery blood,panic panic.Next day paid for scan where they cud see shadowy sac but nothing more,told me to go back in 2 wks(tomorrow)however last sunday brown discharge started again,went to EPU tuesday,scanned,again tiny sac,nothing else to see, had two hcg tests 2300 1st one 4300 2nd, hospital called me back in thursday 19th march, another scan, this time a yolk and sac,but had grown 3mm in 2 days,no heartbeat,they are still saying its too soon,and back for another scan 2 weeks,felt more positive.then yesterday (satday)bout 6pm again had to go to loo (not wee) looked and saw bright red blood down the bowl,not loads, no clots,just a line of drips,no pain.no more since,touch wood,back to the watery brown,what on earth is going on with me?sposed to have the 2nd private scan tomorrow,but my husband wants me to wait the nhs 2 wks, dont know what to do, feel like i'm going mad,boobs still sore but not like first week,only mimimal nausea,and dont need to wee so often,can anyone help?My other 3 pregnancies i didnt have a single problem,last baby 6yrs ago?

tattifer · 22/03/2009 19:06

jasmaxxy it's so difficult isn't it? When I miscarried in december I hadn't had much nausea anyway. I became paranoid that my breasts weren't as sore - but I think through to two weeks of bleeding I'd kind of lost the plot a bit anyway! This time my nausea has actually got worse since the bleed, I'm still peeing several times a night and my boobs are still sore. I just so don't know anymore. Scan is tomorrow...

jasmaxxy · 22/03/2009 19:16

scary,just hope for a heartbeat, I cant help but think the worst for myself,ive never had anything like this, and cant believe all can be ok?hope scan is good tomorrow for you.

tattifer · 22/03/2009 19:22

jasmaxxy thank you

It's a difficult one this staying positive thing. Do you prepare for the worst in the vain hope that it's somehow easier to bear when your fears are confirmed or do you follow the power of positive mental wotsit? I swing from one to the other. This morning actually trying to convince myself that I could see it has just a late period. Self delusional!

jasmaxxy · 22/03/2009 19:27

i know, my husband gets upset that i'm being negative,but i think i do it incase it is bad news, i think my age is an issue too, 2nd husband,but we didnt think we wanted anymore, now this

tattifer · 22/03/2009 19:31

2nd husband also and this time last year I would ROFLed if anyone had sugested I was going to be trying for another baby. But we both changed our not so set minds on that and here we are suspecting a second miscarriage. Oh well.

Be realistically positive (no, I don't know what that means either) and stay talking and listening to each other

jasmaxxy · 22/03/2009 19:39

yes! let me know what happens tomoz ok

tattifer · 22/03/2009 19:46

Of course

I've found a number of really supportive people on mumsnet - all of us going through differing experiences both good and bad. Sounds corny but I've found it really helpful.

jasmaxxy · 23/03/2009 21:17

Hi tattifer, how did it go?

tattifer · 24/03/2009 11:55

jasmaxxy Hi there there's a baby, its 6 and a half weeks (so I'm a few days out on my dates - not worrying) everything is at it should be just too early to see a heart beat, something was buzzing away but could have been me! So inconclusive, but not bad news.

How're you today?

jasmaxxy · 24/03/2009 18:48

great news,beacsuse it wasn't bad news, you're in the same boat as me! that was the result of my scan,its still no mans land isnt it?i have next scan a week thursday,just longing for heartbeat.I'm really tired,but done loads of driving today,i go from feeling really pregnant,to nothing at all!

tattifer · 25/03/2009 21:05

jasmaxxy you're right, and that's what me and DH have decided to go with - it's not bad news therefore its good. As for the next scan i've decided to get all stroppy if I don't hear an alternative scan date for next week.

jasmaxxy · 25/03/2009 22:00

yep ive got 8 days to go,i've had watery brown discharge(horrid word sorry) today, I just feel negative. I have slight nausea, my boobs are mildly sore, I just dont know what to think, and thats all i seem to do - think.WHAT IS HAPPENING......

tattifer · 25/03/2009 22:12

jasmaxxy I'm still getting the watery brown stuff on wiping, tmi, sorry! Don't think, just remember that you are pregnant and that that's a good thing. No amount of thinking will change outcomes and you can't live expecting the worst.

I'm off to bed, stay strong

jasmaxxy · 26/03/2009 18:40

hi,hope you're ok, been fine today, then come home, had the dreaded constipation, and hey presto, the bright red blood again, called the EPU, they said as long as no pain or clots then fine, feel a bit achy,also said I should be drinking 2 litres of water a day, which I'm not, and to take lactulose, which my husband just got me....still seems so weird,this cant all be ok????(hmm)