Is it possible to discharge after you conceive?

Answer 1

During your early weeks of pregnancy it's common to experience spotting or occasional light bleeding. This can be quite likely especially if you have used IVF as the process to become pregnant.

For many mothers-to-be spotting can exist in the first trimester, then simply disappear. For others, it can continue, lightly, throughout your pregnancy.

You've described your experience as a 'discharge.' Is it a discharge of blood, or something brown and in a small amount - such as a light-day pad could accommodate? If so, I shouldn't worry about it. However, if it persists, or increases in volume and there's an increasing amount of bleeding, then it's important to contact your health care provider.

It might be a sign of a possible miscarriage or even an ectopic pregnancy. 'Ectopic' means 'in the wrong place.' This means you could have the pregnancy developing outside of the uterus. It happens to approximately 1 in every hundred pregnancies.

Or it may be that you have an irritated cervix or possibly fibroids. Fibroids are small growths such as a polyp that is on the lining of your uterus.There's no need to worry. They're not cancerous. It's just that the placenta can embed itself where there is a fibroid.

Or you may have a simple vaginal infection, such as a yeast infection, which can be easily cleared. If the discharge is a white mucous, it may merely be a yeast imbalance which can be addressed holistically or with an over-the-counter item from your chemist.

Do NOT use a pessary or cream such as Canesten (Fluconazole & Clotrimazole), whilst pregnant without direct advice from your doctor. In almost every instance items similar to Canesten should NOT be used.