Tiny bit of spotting at 19w4d**update--good news**

[hillarywhitney]

About an hour or so ago I had a tiny bit of spotting. Only when I wiped. It was red, but a very small amount. No cramping. I do have some pulling feelings/twinges on my left side. But I've had those before. They aren't painful. Since the one time, I've had no more spotting at all. 

I called the on-call dr. and he said there's nothing he can do over the phone and it's up to me if I want to come in to be seen. 

I had my a/s on Thursday and everything was good at that point. The tech (or maybe it was the dr) did mention my placenta was in the front? But they didn't voice any concern. I mentioned that to the on-call dr and he said something about a low lying placenta. 

Dh and I did have sex this morning. So maybe it's from that? 

I don't know. I'm not sure what to do. Dh thinks the on-call dr. would have directly said to come in, if he thought there was a problem. 


***Update***

Sunday around dinner time I had some more spotting. It freaked me out more than the spotting on Saturday because it had been over a day since dh and I had sex. I was out of town with my mom and sister, so I ended up telling them I was worried. They took me to the hospital. I had an ultrasound and we saw the baby. He was moving around, and his heartbeat was good. 

I talked to the nurse at my dr's office on Monday morning, and she said it's not abnormal to have bleeding up to 2 days after sex. So that was reassuring. Since Sunday I've had no spotting. And I'm pretty much 100% certain I'm feeling him move now. So that's incredibly reassuring and wonderful. 

[hillarywhitney]

Mar 8, 2014 20:17:13 GMT -5 bricco said:

I think it's probably from the sex and nothing to worry about. Did you mention the sex to the doctor?

Yeah. He did say it could be because of having sex. He said he'd avoid sex for a little while. 

[blushing]

Was the spotting more than a teaspoonful? That is the advice I was always given when I was pregnant with my son. If the spotting is less than a teaspoon it is fine. More than a teaspoon and it is worth getting checked out.

[jena]

I had a uti while pg. Absolutely no other symptoms except a tiny smear of spotting when I wiped.

[hillarywhitney]

Mar 8, 2014 20:19:15 GMT -5 blushing said:

Was the spotting more than a teaspoonful? That is the advice I was always given when I was pregnant with my son. If the spotting is less than a teaspoon it is fine. More than a teaspoon and it is worth getting checked out.

It was less than a teaspoonful. 

Most of me knows it's probably nothing to be worried about, and mostly likely due to having sex. But I'm a worrier. 

[hillarywhitney]

Mar 8, 2014 20:19:58 GMT -5 jena said:

I had a uti while pg. Absolutely no other symptoms except a tiny smear of spotting when I wiped.

How long after the spotting did you see your dr? 

[jena]

It was my first and I was pretty panicked, so I did go in to L&D right away. I don't know that was necessary, but it was reassuring.

[curbsideprophet]

Since you recently had sex I would not be too concerned. If it gets heavier I might go get checked out.

[hillarywhitney]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

[Odonata]

Glad to know I'm not the only one panicking about spotting! Happy to hear things look OK and I'll be storing this in the back of my brain for later if it ever happens to me. I would worry the same way if I was spotting two days after sex!

[melsamoony]

Good news on the update!!!

[mrssandro]

Great update!

[Blue Moon]

Glad to hear the update! And yay to the baby movement

[MrsDarcy]

Great news!

[mannah]

Glad to read this update! (And good to know for in the future about spotting a few days later.)