mom2angelbabies
01-26-2006, 10:21 PM
Okay, let me first give a little info so you don't think I'm just incredibly naive. LOL I know the high possibility of spotting/cramping after an internal, and I'm a nurse, so I hear docs warn of it regularly. I realize that everything can mean nothing and vice versa, but I'm just looking for stories. :)
But...I've NEVER spotted after an internal during this pregnancy (I've had several already) or ever prepreg. Today I had my 36.5 week appt. and my cervix is "ready" to dilate (extremely thinned and very soft). All day long today after the appt. I've been spotting light & dark brown, which would make sense to be from the exam, but like I said, I've NEVER spotted or cramped after one before. I've also had very light cramps off and on all day, but I actually started noticing them a couple days ago (so before the appt- they just worsened today). I still have occasional BH, and my baby is VERY low (dropped at 32 weeks), and I already lost part of my plug at 34 weeks after 2 days of similar spotting (which of course may have simply regenerated by this point anyway).
Another thing...I'm feeling a lot MORE pressure down there (if you can imagine, having had the baby drop so early, it's been bad for a while LOL). My vagina kind of throbs and feels sore, like sometimes when I'm on my period. Everything just feels kind of different.
Just wondering if any of this sounds similar to anything you ladies experienced shortly before labor began. Once again, I realize that everything can mean nothing and vice versa, but I'm just looking for stories. :)
**My doc has kind of expected me to go early all along, and today, toyed with the possibility of me going before my appt. next week. I'm "planning" on going late, though, to ease the waiting.
But...I've NEVER spotted after an internal during this pregnancy (I've had several already) or ever prepreg. Today I had my 36.5 week appt. and my cervix is "ready" to dilate (extremely thinned and very soft). All day long today after the appt. I've been spotting light & dark brown, which would make sense to be from the exam, but like I said, I've NEVER spotted or cramped after one before. I've also had very light cramps off and on all day, but I actually started noticing them a couple days ago (so before the appt- they just worsened today). I still have occasional BH, and my baby is VERY low (dropped at 32 weeks), and I already lost part of my plug at 34 weeks after 2 days of similar spotting (which of course may have simply regenerated by this point anyway).
Another thing...I'm feeling a lot MORE pressure down there (if you can imagine, having had the baby drop so early, it's been bad for a while LOL). My vagina kind of throbs and feels sore, like sometimes when I'm on my period. Everything just feels kind of different.
Just wondering if any of this sounds similar to anything you ladies experienced shortly before labor began. Once again, I realize that everything can mean nothing and vice versa, but I'm just looking for stories. :)
**My doc has kind of expected me to go early all along, and today, toyed with the possibility of me going before my appt. next week. I'm "planning" on going late, though, to ease the waiting.