Spotting after egg collection

[hoping2021]

Hi all,

I’m day 3 after egg collection on Monday and I am still spotting. I still need to wear a panty liner. Is this normal?

I’m meant to be having my transfer this morning as I only have the one embryo, but with the bleeding I am concerned.

If anyone has experience of this can you let me know.

[MofM]

In my experience, this is not normal. Are you taking any blood-thinning medication?

In one of my cycles, I was taking Clexane from the start of stim (due to acquired thrombophilia) and I spotted all the way until when (10 days after EC and 5 days after ET) I had a massive haemorrhage. After being told by the IVF nurse this was ok (she did not understand the amount of blood I was losing), I run to A&E (it was during one of the COVID lockdowns), where they stitched me immediately. I lost about 1 litre of blood and I had to stay overnight in the hospital.

I would ask someone in your clinic to do a speculum examination to understand where the blood is coming from and if this is really normal.

Hope I did not scare you. I may just have been unlucky since I also needed stitches again after my last EC...

[hoping2021 in reply to MofM]

Thanks for your reply. I’m not bleeding a lot but do need a panty liner. I don’t remember needing to do this for my previous 3 cycles. I’ll ask the doctor to check with speculum regarding before embryo transfer.

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hope everything went well this morning Thinking of you

Janet

[hoping2021 in reply to JA-fnuk]

Thank you. One and Only embryo on board. Now just resting and trying to keep calm xxx

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK in reply to hoping2021]

Hi hoping. That's good to hear. The clinic must have been happy as to where the bleeding was coming from to gone ahead. Good luck! Diane