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MrsTom · 04/01/2007 11:11 Can anyone help? Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please or to access all these features Please create an account To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. Active Watching Home Search What's happening in my body?There's more blood pumping around your body than there was 7 weeks ago. As you go through your pregnancy, the volume will increase by up to 50%. The extra blood will feed your uterus (womb) with all the oxygen and nutrients that your baby needs. This can make you feel thirstier than usual. Try to drink 8 medium glasses of fluid a day (such as water, fruit tea, fruit juice, skimmed or semi skimmed milk). Meanwhile, your womb is now about the size of a lemon, while your baby is the size of a grape and growing very quickly. If it's your first pregnancy, you may not start looking pregnant until around week 12. If you have had a baby before, you may look pregnant earlier than you did last time, as your womb and stomach muscles will be more stretched. Early pregnancy symptoms (at 7 weeks)Being 7 weeks' pregnant can feel quite challenging if you are feeling sick, tired and experiencing mood swings. Your symptoms could also include:
See week 6 for morning sickness remedies. Read Tommy's guide to common pregnancy symptoms. Don't ignore any strange symptoms, like feeling itchy all over. The chances are that those aches or pains are just signs of a normal pregnancy, but talk to your midwife or doctor, just in case. In this article
Light bleeding, or spotting, during pregnancy is common and usually nothing to worry about. Spotting is similar to a period but much lighter, and can vary in colour. You may notice anything from red to dark brown discharge. If you have brown discharge this just means the blood is a little older and no more a reason to worry than red spotting. Let your doctor or midwife know if you have red or brown discharge in pregnancy though even if it stops, just in case. Will my baby be safe if I have red or brown spotting or discharge?Your baby is likely to be fine, as spotting or light bleeding is often harmless (NHS 2015a, RCOG 2016a). In the early weeks red or brown discharge, spotting or bleeding is very common. As many as one mum in four with a healthy pregnancy has some sort of bleeding or spotting in the first trimester (Hasan et al 2010, van Oppenraaij et al 2009). Many pregnancies carry on, despite early bleeding problems (Norwitz and Park 2016, RCOG 2016a). Sometimes, though, spotting can be a sign of something more serious, such as miscarriage. This is why it’s always best to tell your midwife or doctor if you have any type of vaginal bleeding, even if it stops. If the bleeding signalled a miscarriage, you’d develop tummy cramps as well, and the bleeding would usually get heavier (Hasan et al 2010, Norwitz and Park 2016). More often, though, spotting or light bleeding stops on its own and the pregnancy carries on as normal (Hasan et al 2010, van Oppenraaij et al 2009). Spotting or light bleeding is likely to turn out to be no more than a worrying blip in your pregnancy (Hasan et al 2010, Norwitz and Park 2016) that you’ll soon be able to put behind you. What causes red or brown discharge in pregnancy?Light bleeding is likely to be caused by the developing placenta. Once you're about six weeks pregnant, there's a step-change in your pregnancy. The placenta takes over from your body the job of making pregnancy hormones (Hasan et al 2010, van Oppenraaij et al 2009) and this is thought to be associated with light bleeding. You're most likely to have spotting or bleeding when you're between five weeks and eight weeks pregnant (Hasan et al 2010). The bleeding is unlikely to last longer than three days (Hasan et al 2010). You may only realise you're bleeding when you go to the loo and wipe, or notice spotting in your pants. You may have heard that light bleeding is caused by menstrual hormones breaking through around the time you would have had a period. Another theory is that bleeding happens when the embryo implants in the womb wall. While you may get some bleeding at the time you’d expect your period, it is unlikely to be anything to do with menstrual hormones or implantation. Most normal bleeding happens about five days after implantation (Harville et al 2003). Aside from the placenta developing, there may be other things going on inside your body that have caused some bleeding:
Inherited bleeding disorders, such as Von Willebrand Disease, that make it more difficult for your blood to clot, can also cause bleeding in pregnancy (Shahbazi et al 2012). What does the placenta do? Our midwife explains how the placenta develops into your baby's lifelineMore pregnancy videos Will I have any tests after early vaginal bleeding or brown discharge?If the bleeding occurred early in your pregnancy, your midwife or doctor can refer you to your nearest early pregnancy assessment unit (EPAU) for further tests. You can also see a doctor at your local hospital (RCOG 2016a). Tests to check how your pregnancy is going may include:
What are the more serious causes of brown discharge or bleeding in pregnancy?Unfortunately, bleeding in early pregnancy can be a sign of a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy. In both cases, you also usually develop tummy or pelvic pain and cramps (Norwitz and Park 2016). Early miscarriage usually happens when a baby is not developing properly, and the bleeding becomes steadily heavier (Hasan et al 2010, Norwitz and Park 2016). Early miscarriage is a heartbreaking event, but it is common (NICE 2013, RCOG 2016a). It affects about one pregnancy in four (Tommy's 2016). An ectopic pregnancy happens when the fertilised egg implants outside of your womb. Unfortunately, a baby can't grow if this happens. The bleeding may continue, and may look dark and watery (RCOG 2016b). An ectopic pregnancy can make you seriously ill, so you'll need to see an obstetrician at your nearest hospital quickly (Elson et al/RCOG 2016, NHS 2016, RCOG 2016b). You’re slightly more likely to have spotting if you conceived twins. Sadly, sometimes one twin can stop developing and eventually disappear altogether. This is called a vanishing twin (Anderson-Berry 2016), and it may trigger some bleeding (Anderson-Berry 2016, Norwitz and Park 2016). A rare cause of bleeding is a molar pregnancy (Cancer Research UK 2016, RCOG 2010, 2011). A molar pregnancy happens when an egg is fertilised but a baby can't grow, because the wrong number of chromosomes come together. A cluster of abnormal cells grows instead of a healthy baby (NHS 2017). A molar pregnancy must be treated to remove the abnormal tissues (NHS 2017, RCOG 2010, 2011). It is also possible for a blow to your belly, perhaps after a fall, to trigger bleeding (Norwitz and Park 2016). You may be offered extra care if you've had vaginal bleeding. Bleeding raises the chance of complications happening later in pregnancy (Saraswat et al 2010), especially if the bleeding was heavy or carried on into the second trimester (Norwitz and Park 2016). Complications include premature birth, and having a baby with a low birth weight (Norwitz and Park 2016). Your medical team can keep a close eye on your pregnancy and your baby's growth, with extra scans and clinic appointments. Bleeding in late pregnancy is much rarer and more serious than early bleeding. Read more about bleeding in late pregnancy. See these other pregnancy symptoms you should never ignore. ReferencesAnderson-Berry AL. 2016. Vanishing twin syndrome. MedScape. emedicine.medscape.com [Accessed January 2018] Cancer Research UK. 2016. Gestational trophoblastic disease: risks and causes. www.cancerresearchuk.org [Accessed January 2018] Elson CJ, Salim R, Potdar N, et al on behalf of RCOG. 2016. Diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists / Association of Early Pregnancy Units joint guideline, Green-top guideline, 21. onlinelibrary.wiley.com [Accessed January 2018] Elson CJ, Salim R, Potdar N, Chetty M, Ross JA, Kirk EJ on behalf of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy. BJOG 2016;.123:e15–e55. Harville EW, Wilcox AJ, Baird DD, et al. 2003. Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy. Hum Reprod 18(9):1944-7 Hasan R, Baird DD, Herring AH, et al. 2010. Patterns and predictors of vaginal bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. Ann Epidemiol 20(7):524-31. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [Accessed January 2018] NHS. 2015a. Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy. NHS Choices, Health A-Z. www.nhs.uk [Accessed January 2018] NHS. 2015b. Chlamydia. NHS Choices, Health A-Z. www.nhs.uk [Accessed January 2018] NHS. 2016. Ectopic pregnancy. NHS Choices, Health A-Z. www.nhs.uk [Accessed January 2018] NHS. 2017. Molar pregnancy. NHS Choices, Health A-Z. www.nhs.uk [Accessed January 2018] NICE. 2013. Miscarriage. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Clinical Knowledge Summaries. cks.nice.org.uk [Accessed January 2018] Norwitz ER, Park JS. 2016. Overview of the etiology and evaluation of vaginal bleeding in pregnant women. UpToDate 08 Nov RCOG. 2010. The management of gestational trophoblastic disease. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Green-top guideline, 38. www.rcog.org.uk [Accessed January 2018] RCOG. 2011. Information for you: gestational trophoblastic disease. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. www.rcog.org.uk [Accessed January 2018] RCOG. 2016a.Information for you: bleeding and/or pain in early pregnancy. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. www.rcog.org.uk [Accessed January 2018] RCOG. 2016b.Information for you: Ectopic pregnancy. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. www.rcog.org.uk [Accessed January 2018] Saraswat L, Bhattacharya S, Maheshwari A, et al. 2010. Maternal and perinatal outcome in women with threatened miscarriage in the first trimester: a systematic review. BJOG 117(3):245-57 Shahbazi S, Moghaddam-Banaem L, Ekhtesari F, et al. 2012. Impact of inherited bleeding disorders on pregnancy and postpartum hemorrhage. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 23(7):603-7 Tommy's. 2016. Miscarriage information and support. www.tommys.org [Accessed January 2018] van Oppenraaij RHF, Jauniaux E, Christiansen OB, et al, on behalf of the ESHRE Special Interest Group for Early Pregnancy (SIGEP). 2009. Predicting adverse obstetric outcome after early pregnancy events and complications: a review. Hum Reprod Update 15(4):409-21. academic.oup.com [Accessed January 2018] Is light brown discharge normal at 7 weeks pregnant?Is brown discharge during pregnancy normal? The good news is, brown discharge during pregnancy is usually normal and very likely does not mean something is wrong with you or your baby. In most cases, it's completely harmless.
What causes brown spotting 7 weeks pregnant?Brown. Discharge is usually brown due to old blood leaving the body, which can be an early symptom of pregnancy. Brown discharge during pregnancy is not generally a cause for concern. However, pregnant women who experience dark brown discharge should contact their doctor.
What color discharge is normal at 7 weeks pregnant?a white milky pregnancy discharge from your vagina. light spotting (see your doctor if you get bleeding in pregnancy)
Can a miscarriage be light brown discharge?The most common sign of miscarriage is vaginal bleeding.
This can vary from light spotting or brownish discharge to heavy bleeding and bright-red blood or clots. The bleeding may come and go over several days.
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