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Spotting, Brown Sticky Discharge, Trying For Baby. Is There A Possibility I Am Pregnant?
hello, my name is Rachel and my period is due in a weeks time, but Friday I started spotting in my pants, but it had brown sticky discharge that lasted until last night (Saturday night) today (sunday) it started to get heavier and leaked through my trousers, after it leaked through my trousers and I changed there was no blood in my pants what so ever. but when I go toilet blood shows and when I wipe myself there is blood and see through, sticky discharge. there Is a possibility I am pregnant as me and my partner is trying to have a baby. we have had sex every other day for the past two weeks. my period is never early it's always late.
do you think this is my period or spotting?
do you think this is my period or spotting?
Mon, 22 Apr 2013
Hi,
The discharge you have is probably due to a hormonal disturbance causing breakthrough as happens occasionally during the normal pattern. It could also be due to local lesions like vaginitis, cervicitis, cervical erosions and polyps. Implantation bleed is a possibility at this time of the cycle but it is a fresh bleed. You should see a specialist to assess you properly and exclude organic causes for the spotting. You may have a serum beta-hCG measurement now as that is the earliest way to confirm/exclude pregnancy. Hope this information is useful. Take care.
The discharge you have is probably due to a hormonal disturbance causing breakthrough as happens occasionally during the normal pattern. It could also be due to local lesions like vaginitis, cervicitis, cervical erosions and polyps. Implantation bleed is a possibility at this time of the cycle but it is a fresh bleed. You should see a specialist to assess you properly and exclude organic causes for the spotting. You may have a serum beta-hCG measurement now as that is the earliest way to confirm/exclude pregnancy. Hope this information is useful. Take care.
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