Hi all I'm on my second pregnancy my little one is 4 and to be honest I was so stressed in early pregnancy with him after an ectopic I don't remember much. I'm just under 5 weeks now (I know its early) but I've been having brown discharge when wiping (tmi sorry!) And cramping. I know this can all be normal but earlier I had a sharp pain in my left side. I did go after lying down for an hour but should I be worried? I'll contact the EPU tomorrow but honestly they weren't much help when I spoke to them last week. I rang them as soon as I found out just out of worry with my history. Thanks
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I would get in touch with EPAU again. They really should be offering you an early scan if you had a previous ectopic pregnancy.
Brown normally means old blood.so.it might be nothing, but as you rightly.said with you history you do need to be more careful
I had brown spotting with my daughter between 6-14 weeks & even lost fresh blood with clots at 10 weeks. I was told brown blood wasnt a concern ( it was to me!!) only if there was severe abdominal pain with heavy bleeding could it be a sign of a miscarriage ( although some women do bleed heavily & are fine) it’s always horrible to see any blood def get it checked over. Many women do have spotting but go onto to have a healthy baby. All the best xxx
If you’ve got another local hospital try their EPAU, they might be more understanding and considerate xx
Thanks all! I've spoken to someone different in the same place and have a scan booked for tomorrow so 🤞