Do you think I have the dreaded........

Haemorrhoids/piles/ whatever you want to call them?!! Sorry if this is TMI, but I've noticed with my last couple of bowel movements that when I wipe I have bright red blood. I'm not in any particular pain, nor do I have any itching/other symptoms and I'm not straining when I go to the loo ( although I have had some constipation earlier in my pregnancy). I was just wondering if this sounds like haemorrhoids or something else, should I be worried? IF it is just haemorrhoids, do I need to do anything, see a dr, my midwife or anyone, or is there anything I can do to minimise them?

Many thanks in advance!!

Vicky

If you had prolapsed hemorroids you would have some itching and some minimal pain when you sat down. Mostly by your anus.

It's possible you are just irritating some blood vessels when you push and you cause some capillaries to burst while you are having a BM. I'd mention it to my doctor since you say you aren't having any pain. Usually the pain comes from prolapsed hemorroids so yours are probably not prolapsed which is a good thing. But be watchful of it.

could also be fissures, which are little cracks that bleed. 

Try some medicated wipes. Those have really helped me a lot!

-Ashlie