I hadn't done ANY spotting this whole pregnancy, until yesterday - at 17w6d! Thankfully, it was brown, and pretty light, and over a few hours it faded away to just about nothing, with no cramping - and our midwife thought that it seemed like nothing to worry about. Conveniently, we had an appt with her already set up for this am, by which point the spotting seemed to have stopped altogether, and the baby moved when she was there, and she thought based on description that everything seemed fine. She did, though, tell me that I might have a touch more spotting as my body cleaned out whatever it was. And of course that I should call her if anything changes.
But even knowing that, the tiny tiny tiny bit of spotting I'm having again today makes me cringe. And every tiny movement down there I'm thinking, "Was that a cramp? Is everything ok?" I know a lot of women have minor spotting throughout their pregnancies with no problem, but I still don't like it!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this tiny bit is IT. I don't want ANY MORE of this - it makes me feel nervous.
And of course we'll definitely get a scan or something if it continues or changes. (Which it won't! Right? Right.)
Just wanted to vent....and of course, if you've had spotting in prior pregnancies that was absolutely nothing, feel free to weigh in & tell me so. It was great to have our midwife's reassurance, but even so, it's nice to hear from women who've experienced it when it turned out to be nothing!
(Please, though, if you've had spotting in the 2nd trimester that turned out to be something bad, please do NOT weigh in or weigh in to say "OH MY GOSH, go get a scan now," since I'm posting for reassurance, not to get myself crazy. I think on a gut level everything's ok, it just freaks me out a little even so.
Thanks for listening
But even knowing that, the tiny tiny tiny bit of spotting I'm having again today makes me cringe. And every tiny movement down there I'm thinking, "Was that a cramp? Is everything ok?" I know a lot of women have minor spotting throughout their pregnancies with no problem, but I still don't like it!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this tiny bit is IT. I don't want ANY MORE of this - it makes me feel nervous.
And of course we'll definitely get a scan or something if it continues or changes. (Which it won't! Right? Right.)Just wanted to vent....and of course, if you've had spotting in prior pregnancies that was absolutely nothing, feel free to weigh in & tell me so. It was great to have our midwife's reassurance, but even so, it's nice to hear from women who've experienced it when it turned out to be nothing!
(Please, though, if you've had spotting in the 2nd trimester that turned out to be something bad, please do NOT weigh in or weigh in to say "OH MY GOSH, go get a scan now," since I'm posting for reassurance, not to get myself crazy. I think on a gut level everything's ok, it just freaks me out a little even so.
Thanks for listening
, if your little one is still moving around I'm sure things are O.K., but I'm sorry you are going through this, it just isn't fair to have to worry even if it is nothing!
