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Q: Endometrial changes due to sexual hormone imbalances

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 23rd, 2009

I am 18 weeks pregnant and this morning i had a light pink discharged when i wiped, i have no pain other than the normal, no fever, no cramping, what could this be, I wiped again about 15 minutes later and it was more of the light brown and by the thrid wipe there was nothing, is this common?

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on January 26th, 2009

Pregnancy Q and A Answer A5497

Given the data you provided, it seems you might be experiencing endometrial changes due to sexual hormones imbalance during pregnancy, which provoked the light spotting, which might happen in pregnancy.

It is advisable that you report this to your gynecologist, who might want to do laboratory blood tests as well as an ultrasound and add progesterone or other hormones for a period of time. Moreover, have a lot of rest in bed and take at least 1 gram of vitamin C daily.

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