Brown discharge in knickers, how worried should i be?

[fairywing]

I'm 7+6 weeks today. This morning i found a little bit of brown discharge, nothing since. I have had mild cramps on and off since 4 weeks, this hasn't changed at all today. Would you worry about this? I'm not sure what to think.

I won't say 'not worried at all'.. I know how easy it is to say that and how hard it is to practice it!

Take it easy as much as you can. If it's brown then chances are it's just old blood from implantation bleeding..? Try not to worry too much unless it turns red and is fresh blood. x

thank-you

I think you should phone your EPU or GP or midwife.

Bleeding and cramps in pregnancy should always be checked out to rule out something serious.

Many women do have bleeding and cramping and go on to have a normal pregnancy, but I think you should see someone as it could indicate a problem.

Good luck.

Hope you're ok fairywing. Agree with the previous poster

Shewillbeloved

Thanks, think i'll see how i am tomorrow, don't want to worry DH unnecessarily.

Same happened to me at a similar time, I went to EPU and they did an early scan which was very reassuring, said to go again if it happened again which it did, had another scan still seemed OK, now 32 weeks pregnant! They couldn't tell what caused it, said it's quite common (1 in 10?) but should be checked out. I think a lot of EPUs are open on Saturdays if you wanted to try that. Hope you feel OK, hard not to worry I know.

If it helps to put your mind at ease I had bits of bleeding for first 10 weeks and I saw my perfectly healthy baby bouncing around on my scan last week. I'm now 13+5.
Of course it is worrying but try not to, I know that is easier said than done tho!
I actually didn't find out I was pg till I was 7 weeks cos I kept getting bits of blood, like my period was about to start.
Sorry but I'm gonna ask a personal question now, had u had sex? I had brown blood after I had sex once. The fact that it's brown is actually kind of a good thing, it means it's not fresh.
If it does carry on then ring your doctor or midwife but I'm sure you'll be just fine

If it makes you feel better I had the same thing with DD (now 3). I had a bit of brown blood and cramps. I went to have an early scan and everything was fine. Still don't know where the blood came. The cramps I know now where because I have a retroverted or something uterus which means I had horrible cramps until I was about 12 weeks pregnat as the uterus was trying to snap back in the right position.

I think as long as the blood is not bright red and there isn't too much you shouldn't worry too much. If it were me I would still go to EPU though just to put your mind at rest. That is what they are here for.

Sending you loads of positive vibes

Thanks everyone, had no more cramps or bleeding so starting to relax a bit more now. Good to hear some positive stories to put my mind at rest. If i'm still worried in the morning i'll try the midwife and see about going to the EPU. It really was only a tiny bit so i feel a bit silly being so worried about it. Have told DH now and feel much better about it now i have.

Hunny if only - haven't felt less like it since conceiving!!

To outdo hunny I had bleeding from 5.5-11 weeks. Having said that I definitely think that you should get it checked out - if you mention that you have cramping (I did too) then they will send you for a scan.

To outdo hunny I had bleeding from 5.5-11 weeks. Having said that I definitely think that you should get it checked out - if you mention that you have cramping (I did too) then they will send you for a scan.

Fairywing
I had brown discharge around the same time as you, I felt a bit silly as by the time I saw the doctor it had stopped but the doctor insisted I got it checked out and sent me for a scan at early pregnancy unit, all was fine, I am now 28 weeks.
Get it checked out for peace of mind.
Good luck.

I second Belgo's post.

While in most cases it won't indicate a problem, in some it might.
I'd get it checked out.

I keep coming back to this and wondering whether to say anything or not ...

Don't want to scare you over what is hopefully nothing, but thought I should share my story.

I had a small amount of brown blood - saw it in my knickers and when wiping during two loo visits one afternoon when I was exactly 7 weeks. The next morning, I had unusually strong cramps for about an hour. I put it all down to stretching pains / implantation bleeding and didn't really worry at all or mention it to anyone

However, at 11+4 and on the day of my scan (that I never got to), I miscarried very suddenly - it was terrifying

I will never know when my baby died, but keep wondering if it was at 7 weeks. The thought that my body could have persisted in making me feel pregnant for another 4.5 weeks feels like a betrayal.

Being a lot more paranoid post MC, I'd be trying my hardest to get a scan right now to make sure that everything is OK.

As I said, my intention is not to scare you - I just really regret the fact that I did not get checked out at the time. Really really hoping all is OK and you can ignore me

I think it's good Jools because the fact is the OP will not know if everything is OK if she doesn't get it checked out. My GP also took it very seriously (from my own googling 1 in 4 pgs has bleeding, 1 in 4 end in mc. Therefore I worked out that it was 50:50.)

Fairywing, you have to go and get it checked asap. Any bleeding at all in pg needs to be looked at. Might be nothing, might be a missed mc, but you need to find out and put your mind to rest (and your dh's too). EPU will do a scan (might have to be internal) but you'll know.

Good luck.

Cramping and red blood is not a good sign.

Brown Blood with no cramps is usually old blood, but get it checked if you can. Fingers crossed for you.

How are you today fairywing?

Just got back from A&E, i phoned the midwife this morning and she said to go in. They were going to refer me to gyne but when they spoke to them they said they were happy for me to go home, EPU will call Monday and arrange a scan. Thanks for the advice. No more bleeding or cramps or anything so im pretty calm about it all at the moment.

Good news fw - hope your appt goes well.

I'm now 7 wks pregnant and had heavy bleeding and cramps at 5-6 wks, was sure that I had miscarried but last week I had another scan and they found a heartbeat and normal gestational sac (along with a blood clot and fibroid). I know its still early days but just shows that everyone is different. The gynaecologist said that she's known women to bleed throughout pregnancy and everything is fine and other women bleed a tiny bit and miscarry. There's no way to tell.

fairywing - def try not to spend your weekend worrying. It's good you went to get it checked out - same thing happened to me at about 10 weeks - brown blood and cramping - and they made me wait until the next day for a scan (think if they thought it likely you were having mc they would scan you straight away?) We went for the scan the following day, absolutely terrified we had lost 'the' baby - and there on the screen were our two daughters swimming around happily Have probably terrified you all the more now but am hoping you manage not to worry all weekend and that the outcome of your scan on Monday will be a happy one. I'll be thinking of you.

Eeek better not et my DH read this twinmam . Still nothing more today so fairly confident its nothing to worry too much about. Looking forward to a scan to put me properly at ease though.

Bet this will be the longest weekend of your life but am hoping Monday's scan will more than make up for it. all the best to you xx