My good friend of 15 years has 4 children.
During her first pregnancy, we were very young. She was spotting/bleeding and her doctor really wanted to find a cause to verify that there was not bigger problem causing it.
After some intense investigation, they found she had a smaller, underdeveloped uterus hiding under her primary uterus. There was septum on the underside of her cervix, that continued about 1/3 of the way down her vagina. That septum could hardly be called more than a flap of tissue, and it usually clung to the vaginal wall, which is how it stayed undetected for so long.
When she is pregnant, that 2nd uterus continues it's pseudo-cycle. It has kind of a "mini-period". The doctor says that the biggest risk associated with this condition is that she could have two pregnancies of different gestation in each of her uteruses. This is unlikely though, as the 2nd is so far underdeveloped.
This is a very unique case, though and I doubt that everyone's mid pg bleeding could be attriubuted to such a condition. On the other hand, it was difficult to detect, and it could be more prevalent than we know... .who knows!
How's that for scary?!
Sarah
During her first pregnancy, we were very young. She was spotting/bleeding and her doctor really wanted to find a cause to verify that there was not bigger problem causing it.
After some intense investigation, they found she had a smaller, underdeveloped uterus hiding under her primary uterus. There was septum on the underside of her cervix, that continued about 1/3 of the way down her vagina. That septum could hardly be called more than a flap of tissue, and it usually clung to the vaginal wall, which is how it stayed undetected for so long.
When she is pregnant, that 2nd uterus continues it's pseudo-cycle. It has kind of a "mini-period". The doctor says that the biggest risk associated with this condition is that she could have two pregnancies of different gestation in each of her uteruses. This is unlikely though, as the 2nd is so far underdeveloped.
This is a very unique case, though and I doubt that everyone's mid pg bleeding could be attriubuted to such a condition. On the other hand, it was difficult to detect, and it could be more prevalent than we know... .who knows!
How's that for scary?!
Sarah
I've never had cramps with bleeding, but I did have some bright red spotting with dd at around week 7. I hope things go well for you! I spotted a bit brown today, and I didn't spot at this point with my m/c, but I did spot around this point with dd... so I hope it's okay!
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