Spotting at 20 weeks.

[lou123]

daintree - I know how scary this is you poor thing. I have been bleeding (heavily at times) throughout my whole pregnancy. Sometimes it is painful and it is always bright red. It freaks me out every time it happens, but I am almost 28 weeks and everything is fine with bub. I seem to have a heavy bleed every couple of weeks and spot constantly in between, the OB thinks it is coming from the edge of the placenta.
I felt I had to share this because every time I look for information about bleeding later in pregnancy I barely find anyone else who has been through this, so I wanted to give you some reassurance. Definitely ask your OB, but sometimes they can't see the answer on the scans etc which is really frustrating. Have they checked the position of your placenta?
Hang in there, the chances of something going wrong now are very very low and quite a few people have spotting even in second trimester.
Good luck,
Lou.

[lou123]

Sorry - just read your post again and saw that it might be linked to straining - that can definitely happen from what I have read, if that is the case it sounds likely that the two things are connected. Hopefully it's nothing serious at all, but I know it is still scary.

[DaintreeDream]

Thanks Lou. I am sorry you have had to experience bleeding/spotting throughout your pregnancy, but I am so glad that everything is going well with your baby.

Bowel movements (not even straining) is a link in my bleeding that I have noticed, I have never personally heard of it being a cause for bleeding in pregnancy but it seems like a very likely cause for me.

I know what you mean about there being minimal information out there for bleeding in the second trimester, I think I know everything there is to know about bleeding in the first .

[willow5]

Hi DaintreeDream, I just read on here the other day that someone had bleeding after a bowel movement. I think they said they were advised to sit forward and not push to try and avoid it?? I'm not positive on that though so don't quote me I'll see if I can find where I read it and I'll post a link.

[butterfly_warrior]

I had an episode of bleeding at 17 weeks with Sam. Freaked me out completely, but saw my OB and all was well. I was later told that the blood vessels in the cervix are incredibly sensitive and easily burst, particularly if you have cervical erosion or an otherwise sensitive cervix when not pregnant. What caused it for me was a bout of vomiting - so I really would believe that it could just be a result of bowel motions.

I know it's scary - I hope it stops soon.

BW

[willow5]

here's the link http://forums.bellybelly.com.au/foru...ml#post1930516

I hope it works never done it before

The poster didn't say much but it was definitely linked to a bowel movement, maybe you could get onto her for some advice??

[DaintreeDream]

Thanks BW and Willow.

Thankyou for the link Willow, it is good (well not good but you know what I mean) that someone else has experienced the same thing, and its not just me.