Re: spotting and pain at 14 weeks
From: Jas (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:38:56 -0500 (CDT)
Steph,
You didn't mention in your post , but I was wondering did the Doctor
take a look on u/s during your bleeding or did he just but you on the
bedrest? I had bleeding at 12 weeks and an u/s was done. Luckly I had
the scan because we found out it was a problem with the placenta that
caused the bleeding. If its any encouragement for you I am happily 23
weeks along and had quite a time with bleeding early on.
Best wishes to you!
Jenn
At Tue, 13 Oct 1998, steph wrote:
>
>Hi. I've just come off of bedrest (only a short time for precautionary
>reasons) after having some spotting and pretty severe cramping/pain at
>14 weeks. My doctor is concerned but feels sure that everything will be
>fine. The heart was still beating strong and the spotting had stopped.
>I am feeling pretty good about it too, but figured I'd ask you wonderful
>doctors if you had any guesses as to why this happened. The spotting
>was bright red. The night before I had had (excuse the details) but a
>pretty difficult bm. COuld that have caused blood to be pushed down
>from the cervix or from the uterus? It was vaginal bleeding and not
>anal. Oh- and my husband and I had not had sex in a couple weeks prior
>(much to his dismay :-))The cramping was more like a coninual ache
>lasting about 2 days steady, then on and off for the next couple. i
>didn't have it at all yesterday or so far today. My doctor told me not
>to exercise or have intercourse for at least the 3 weeks until my next
>appointment where he'd see if there was any reason to still be
>concerned. He also said to drink as much water as possible. I'm still
>down a little weight from when I started due to severe morning sickness
>(gone now- YEAH!), but he doesn't seem concerned about that since my
>overall health is good. Because of a miscarriage in my last pregnancy
>he told me that he will put me on bedrest for the remainder of the
>pregnancy if this happens again. If anyone has any input or suggestions
>on what i can do to prevent any more problems, I'd really appreciate it.
>I hope you are all having a wonderful day. Thanks so much, Steph.