Brown spotting 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant

[Ana90]

I just woke up and I saw brown spotting on my panties. I don’t know if the blood was red initially or not because it happened during the night! I have no pain or anything like that and after wiping I still saw some light brown discharge as it mixed with the progesterone pessaries as I have to take that 3x day after my FET transfer. I am super worried and my husband is telling me that is normal and I shouldn’t worry and we should just monitor it in case it becomes bright red. Did this happen to anyone here? Should I go to the hospital and get it checked? I am so worried :(((

[Endofitall]

hi lovely so sorry for this as it is such a stressful thing but yes it can be very common and may just be the progesterone pessaries irritating your cervix. Speak to your clinic as you should report any bleeding in early pregnancy but try as much as possible to stay calm as this happens in lots of perfectly healthy pregnancies

[Ana90 in reply to Endofitall]

Thank you so much for your reply!! I will do… I have my first scan scheduled for next Thursday so hopefully everything goes well if I don’t bleed anymore

[Annapr06]

hi, please do not worry I had this with both my pregnancies exactly on week 5 and 2 days on both occasions and now I have a 18m old ivf baby too that is implantation bleeding ! Good luck with your pregnancy 🤰

[Ana90 in reply to Annapr06]

Thank you so much for the reassurance! 😘 Will try not to worry and monitor

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hi. Brown blood is old blood, probablyt from irrited cervix from pesssry use.. Nearly scan time which should trassure you. Drink plenty of water to make lots of clear urine. Good luck. Diane

[Ana90]

thank you Diane for the reassurance! I am drinking a lot of water today also lucky I’m WFH today!

[HollyT7]

I had this with both pregnancies until I stopped cyclogest ❤️

[Ana90 in reply to HollyT7]

Thank you so much for your reply! It’s stopped this morning I didn’t see anything for now xx

[Rain415]

Hi I had this at 5 weeks for about 4 days then again at 8 weeks. Clinic but it down to irritation/implantation. It's so nerve wracking but It can be completely normal.

[Ana90 in reply to Rain415]

It’s really nerve wracking … I hope now that it stops it won’t come back but as you said it can come back… so much worry and stress

[kiwibaby]

Definitely don’t worry. I had this with the pessaries too. Have 3 yr old twins now x

[Ana90 in reply to kiwibaby]

Thank you kiwibaby! Yesterday I took them all rectally to calm the area down and the brown discharge stopped. Xxx

[Positivechangeplease]

brown spotting is very normal and often caused by the progesterone. From someone who went through miscarriage first, spotting happens but pink and very quickly ramps up and as you say starts like a proper period. Im sure all is fine and just remember anything brown is normal xx

[Ana90 in reply to Positivechangeplease]

I’m so sorry you had to go through a miscarriage … so painful 😔 I hope you are ok now and thank you so much for the reassurance! This process is so hard mentally and physically and it requires us to be really strong xxx

[Positivechangeplease in reply to Ana90]

Ahh thank you, it’s a while ago now and I now have a beautiful daughter so it all came right in the end. There are lots of symptoms they never tell you about good luck 🤞 everything crossed for you and it all sounds positive so far xx

[Ana90 in reply to Positivechangeplease]

so glad to hear that you have a little miracle ❤️ And thank you so much fingers crossed everything will end well for me as well 🤞 xxx

[Tinkertinkerbell]

I had this from 4 weeks pregnant until just after 10 weeks. I was told it was very common. Health professionals only seemed interested when it was a little red blood twice at 8 weeks and 9 weeks- then I was sent for a scan at the Early pregnancy unit both times. Everything was fine and the nurses there said they see it all the time and it’s very common. Sometimes they can see where the bleeding is coming from and sometimes they can’t. Everything was fine with the rest of my pregnancy ☺️ I would let your clinic know. But I think they wouldn’t send you for a scan until at least 6 weeks - more like 7 as it’s a little early to see anything x

[Ana90 in reply to Tinkertinkerbell]

Thank you so much for your reply Tinkertinkerbell ☺️ so glad to hear everything was fine with your pregnancy… I’ll have my scan in one week and hopefully I will get some reassurance as well xxx