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Brownish Discharge A Bad Thing???

3 posts on this thread and the last post was on April 29th, 2009 12:50 PM
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Justme19 - March 28th, 2009 8:26 PM
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Hi, I'm 9 weeks pregnant. About 2 weeks ago I had some very light pink spotting for about a day, called the doc. & had a sonogram the next morning. Everything looked fine, saw the heartbeat & they said it was good & that there was no bleeding from the sac at all. Then for the last couple days i've had some light brownish watery discharge every so often throughout the day. There is no pain, just the discharge. Altho, I have been having constipation problems, to the point where my stomach kinda hurts cause I can tell I need to go to the bathroom. I'm not really sure if this is all tied together. Does anyone have any ideas please?? Thanks.


clindholm - March 30th, 2009 8:52 AM

In MOST instances a small amount of browish discharge is not a problem. Have you called your doctor since this last incident? Sometimes also with constipation, the force of trying to go will cause the discharge. I would speak to the doctor & see if they can do another scan just to double check and put your mind at ease. Good luck.


mumofmum - April 7th, 2009 7:40 PM

Hi there Just letting you know my daughter has had brownish discharge on and off for 6 weeks. She is also very constipated. With each bowel movement she looses clots. She has scans every week as had 4 previous miscarriages. She is now 8 weeks and 4 days further along than she has been. She was told this was not normal but until the 12 week mark spotting, clotting and brownish discharge can happen. He suggests 1 pad soaked per hour bright red is cause for alarm. Hope this helps. Good luck.


bookl - April 29th, 2009 12:50 PM

I also had brown discharge at 8-9 weeks. Had the ultrasound and everything was good. My 12 week appointment was also all good. I was told that the brown discharge was "old blood" likely caused by having sex the day before.

I'm currently 14 weeks and am getting brown discharge again for the last 3 days. Again, this started about a day and a half after sex. It's very light and only appears when I wipe, and even then not every time. I'm slightly worried about this one because I was under the impression that this shouldn't happen in the second trimester. While I'm also assuming that this is the same thing that happened a few weeks ago. Anyone else experience this in the second trimeser?