After my first internal exam during my 37th week, I experienced light bleeding and pain. I know the bleeding was to be expected, but not so sure about the pain. I thought I read that it was common, but cannot find where I read that.
2007-03-16 18:11:00 · 6 answers · asked by Amanda M 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yeah it's normal. Freaked me out too when it happened to me. Get used to them stuffing their fingers in your cervix. My thoughts are "stuff is supposed to come out of that, not in!" If you think it's bad now, wait till you're in your delivery room and like every hour or two they come in, "Ok, let's see how much you've dilated."
2007-03-16 19:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by manywarhoops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pain that you are experiencing is a contraction from the bi-manual exam that the Doctor performs every week until you deliver. When they touch and manipulate the cervix it causes the uterus to contract and release prostaglandins ( hormones ). The cervix is very vascular meaning that is has a lot of blood so the spotting or bleeding from the exam is from the manipulating or touching the cervix when they check for dilation is normal unless it is heavy or bright red bleeding. So during your next exam, your abdomen should get tight around the baby and you will feel pain around the baby and radiate to the lower back. That is normal at the end of pregnancy. It also prepares you for the number of times the Nurses check you when you are in labor. Good Luck .
2007-03-16 19:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Althea B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing left but pain from now on. You will forget the severity of the BIRTH PAIN over time, because if we didn't have that moment of complete insanity, we would not procreate! Which is so necessary ... I forget why.
Squeezing grapefruit through the eye of a needle is JOY? lol
I think you should ask your doctor about continuing pain from his exam. Some of them aren't real sympathetic.
2007-03-16 18:21:45 · answer #3 · answered by ravin_lunatic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it is common for bleeding(as you know light bleeding not bright red blood) and some pain, remember your stretching on your own, and the doctor probably irratates your cervix, ive been checks every week sence my 33rd week, and I get sore each time.........so i dont think its outta the ordinary
2007-03-16 18:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by mommy_2_b07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 06:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by mayben 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG... I CRIED!! It was soooooooo painful... It hurt sooo bad..
2007-03-16 18:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋