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Monday, March 13, 2006
Is anything wrong?
Sharon, from Port Lincoln, Australia asks:
I am between 7 to 10 weeeks pregnant and today I have had a brownish mucusy discharge--it has not got worse and it is fainlty going away but i am wondering if there is anything wrong? I have not had any pain at all and I can feel slight gentle movement in my tummy? Can you give me some advice?
Stacy Says:
Thin, clear, mucus-like discharge is very normal. I spotted my whole pregnancy. I bought stock in pantiliners. But brownish is not always normal. Did you recently get a vaginal exam? Sometimes you might bleed a little from that. Did you have sex? With all the extra blood flow and tissues that migrate to the uterus during pregnancy, bleeding a little can happen after sex. I know, it's a bummer--again, that's why you have the pantiliners! Either way, call your health practitioner and let her/him know.
Occasionally bloody (even pink or brown) discharge can be a sign of infection, preterm labor or even a miscarriage. I don't want to scare you, but it's better to be on the safe side and alert your MD/CNM. Even if it has gone away. However, miscarriage and preterm labor is generally accompanied by abdominal pain and cramping. The feeling you're having of a slight movement in your tummy can also be the muscles around the uterus giving and stretching and is very normal throughout the pregnancy. Better to be on the safe side and just check with your MD/CNM!
I am between 7 to 10 weeeks pregnant and today I have had a brownish mucusy discharge--it has not got worse and it is fainlty going away but i am wondering if there is anything wrong? I have not had any pain at all and I can feel slight gentle movement in my tummy? Can you give me some advice?
Stacy Says:
Thin, clear, mucus-like discharge is very normal. I spotted my whole pregnancy. I bought stock in pantiliners. But brownish is not always normal. Did you recently get a vaginal exam? Sometimes you might bleed a little from that. Did you have sex? With all the extra blood flow and tissues that migrate to the uterus during pregnancy, bleeding a little can happen after sex. I know, it's a bummer--again, that's why you have the pantiliners! Either way, call your health practitioner and let her/him know.
Occasionally bloody (even pink or brown) discharge can be a sign of infection, preterm labor or even a miscarriage. I don't want to scare you, but it's better to be on the safe side and alert your MD/CNM. Even if it has gone away. However, miscarriage and preterm labor is generally accompanied by abdominal pain and cramping. The feeling you're having of a slight movement in your tummy can also be the muscles around the uterus giving and stretching and is very normal throughout the pregnancy. Better to be on the safe side and just check with your MD/CNM!
