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Preg & Bleeding after pap smear
I will be 37 weeks pregnant tomorrow. When I had a pap smear today I started bleeding. So my doctor told me to keep an eye on it and if its like a regular period call the doctors office. Well here it is about 8 hrs later and I'm having quite a bit of having brown bleeding. Should I call, go to the hospital or what? Thanks
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As long as it stays a brownish red color then you shouldn't be too concerned. If you want reassurance, then I'd definately get it checked out. Good Luck!
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Brown bleeding is nothing to worry about. Your cervix is sensitive at this point in pregnancy, and a pap smear can really irritate it. You only need to worry if you are having bright red bleeding. I just had my 3rd baby in december. I had some bright red bleeding at 37 weeks, then my water broke and was full of blood. I had a placental abruption. Bright red bleeding can be that or placenta previa. Brown blood is just from small irritation, I would wait it out and call your doctor if it all of a sudden gets really really bad, or if you wait a day and its not going away. Just remember at this point your mucous plug can come out and that can cause bleeding also.
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If the blood is a brown color it usually isn't anything to worry about. However, do you really want to take a chance that something could possibly be wrong? My advice...go to the emergency room and get it checked.
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