Warning: Long Post

18 weeks & this last Tuesday, I had a hard sneeze. Where you cross your legs and hold your belly sneeze. Went to the bathroom maybe an hour later and noticed spotting. Thought it was my cervix as it’s sensitive (Cervical ectropion). Found this out at my physical several weeks ago. She said spotting may happen after sex. The spotting stopped after a couple hours. Nothing major only when I wiped, nothing ever transferred to a panty liner. But then I went to the bathroom a couple hours later & there was a small bright red clot. Panicked/Cried/texted my husband then called my Doctor. Made an appt for Wed @ 10am. Thankfully after the small clot the spotting stopped for the rest of the day. Went in for my appt and had a pelvic exam/ultrasound (vaginal) to measure my cervix and to make sure it was closed. Baby Girl was great with a good heartbeat.

Cervix was long (4cm) and closed and there was no blood around or on my cervix. But on the ultrasound she could see a small blood clot right above my cervix and also the placenta is partially (just a small part of it is hanging over my cervix) so I have Partial Placentia Previa. She said no need to worry as the uterus grows it will pull the placenta up and away from the cervix. My doctor said with this if baby kicks/bumps it, you sneeze/cough to hard it can cause spotting. It’s only concerning if your filling up a pad. She said will re-evaluate you at your anatomy scan. Which is in a few weeks but for now “Pelvic Rest”.

Week goes on and no spotting (Thank you Jesus). Come Saturday morning I’m up using the bathroom and getting ready as my husband and I are heading several hours away to see a Q&A with Ellen Degeneres. My hips were achy and hurting Friday before bed. When I got up out of bed they still felt achy. Went to use the potty and again a really hard sneeze putting all the pressure down there in my vajay area so much so I had a sharp pain shoot down both hips on the side. I knew right away I’m gonna start spotting. Got in the shower and was washing and noticed some pink blood. Even though I knew what it was from, seeing blood is always scary if your pregnant. So get out the shower put on a panty liner and get dressed. As I’m getting ready I’m feeling sharp pains in my pelvic area and on the sides of my belly. Peed multiple times before we left for our travel as it is 3 hours away and it’s just soft pink spotting. Nothing is transferring to my liner. On the way there we stopped at several rest areas and I could tell the spotting was tapering off. Right before the show I went potty and passed the (98% sure the blood clot my doctor saw on the ultrasound at the Wed appt). It was the size of a pea. Dark brown and no blood around it and none transferred to the tissue when I pressed it up against a clean spot of the toilet paper. So I could tell it was old and maybe trying to resolve/dissipate. No spotting after that since about 3pm yesterday. (Thank you Jesus)

Today I’ve been feeling crazy round ligament pain in my hips/pelvic area and when I walk I feel like there just sliding around.

I do have a Dr’s Appt tmrw for my 1 hour glucose test where I’ll ask my doctor the below as well and tell her about the spotting I had yesterday.

Any tips or tricks on sneezing where you dont bare pressure down there? Also any stretches and exercises to help with the round ligament pain in the hips? I’ve been doing the warm baths with magnesium epsom salt. (From Pink Stork)

Also any similar stories with Placenta Previa and spotting?