Any clues what this could be?
I am about 6 weeks pregnant...and as all of you likely know, have had three m/cs. Friday afternoon, when I went to the bathroom, I had some bleeding. Not heavy, but definitely there. The 'red' blood was only the one time Friday, then it was all brown old blood. It's been doing that off and on since then...every few hours a small patch of red, then brown.
Also...when I feel of my cervix...it feels like there's a little something sticking out of it. It's not the cervix itself...it's definitely something in the middle of the circle of the cervix...probably about as long as your nail on your pinky finger (if you have short fingernails) and about as wide as the nail. I'm thinking it's a cervical polyp....I had one of those when I was pg w/the first one I m/c'd...and since I'm on estrogen, I have read online that estrogen can cause cervical polyps...and cervical polyps can cause bleeding. I also saw some photos online of a woman who had a very large one that actually stuck out of her and they removed it when she was pg...but it said they normally will leave them alone unless it starts causing more problems, that they'll wait until after pregnancy to remove them.
The bleeding isn't as heavy as if it were a mc...it's just a big smear - not soaked - on the toilet paper, then brown discharge for the next few hours. I've noticed that it usually turns red when I'm having a bowl movement...but the blood's definitely vaginal, not from the other end. Much to my relief...my constipation I've been living w/for two years now seems to be slightly better w/this pregnancy...so it's almost 'normal' pushing I'm doing and not straining....TMI, I know...sorry...
Strangely enough...it's not throwing me over the edge into panic mode...I've decided that I'll wait until Friday when I see the dr to ask about it...even if it's a mc (which I don't think it is at this point), there's nothing he could do to stop it anyways.
Has any one else ever had a cervical polyp? If so, is it something you could actually feel? Would it come on that quickly? I know it wasn't there a week or so ago...it just suddently appeared where I noticed it on Friday. Any other ideas what it could be?
Also...when I feel of my cervix...it feels like there's a little something sticking out of it. It's not the cervix itself...it's definitely something in the middle of the circle of the cervix...probably about as long as your nail on your pinky finger (if you have short fingernails) and about as wide as the nail. I'm thinking it's a cervical polyp....I had one of those when I was pg w/the first one I m/c'd...and since I'm on estrogen, I have read online that estrogen can cause cervical polyps...and cervical polyps can cause bleeding. I also saw some photos online of a woman who had a very large one that actually stuck out of her and they removed it when she was pg...but it said they normally will leave them alone unless it starts causing more problems, that they'll wait until after pregnancy to remove them.
The bleeding isn't as heavy as if it were a mc...it's just a big smear - not soaked - on the toilet paper, then brown discharge for the next few hours. I've noticed that it usually turns red when I'm having a bowl movement...but the blood's definitely vaginal, not from the other end. Much to my relief...my constipation I've been living w/for two years now seems to be slightly better w/this pregnancy...so it's almost 'normal' pushing I'm doing and not straining....TMI, I know...sorry...
Strangely enough...it's not throwing me over the edge into panic mode...I've decided that I'll wait until Friday when I see the dr to ask about it...even if it's a mc (which I don't think it is at this point), there's nothing he could do to stop it anyways.
Has any one else ever had a cervical polyp? If so, is it something you could actually feel? Would it come on that quickly? I know it wasn't there a week or so ago...it just suddently appeared where I noticed it on Friday. Any other ideas what it could be?
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