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Discharge at 5 weeks of pregnancy

 
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Last reviewed: 08.07.2025
 
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Approximately 20% of women continue to have menstruation in the first months of pregnancy. Bloody discharge in the 5th week of pregnancy may not always indicate a threat of miscarriage. Obstetricians call this phenomenon - fetal washing. Usually this happens quite rarely, since with the onset of pregnancy, the hormone progesterone increases in the woman's body, which eliminates menstruation.

Menstruation differs from discharge during a threat of spontaneous abortion in consistency, color, duration. However, if pregnancy is confirmed and bloody discharge continues regularly, it is worth contacting a specialist for advice.

5 weeks of pregnancy, which is accompanied by bloody discharge, may indicate a threat of miscarriage, especially if the discharge is bright red and profuse. In this case, immediate medical attention is needed, otherwise it will be almost impossible to save the child.

Discharge during pregnancy may not only be bloody, it may be cheesy, yellowish, grayish, greenish, have an unpleasant odor. Usually, discharge of this kind is associated with a venereal or infectious disease. Discharge against the background of swelling, itching, burning, irritation in the genitals may indicate diseases of the genitourinary system. Only a specialist can judge the disease after conducting appropriate diagnostics (smear, blood test, etc.).

Mucous discharge from the genitals in the 5th week of pregnancy can be quite natural, most often this occurs due to hormonal changes. In this case, you need to pay increased attention to personal hygiene, use hypoallergenic intimate products.

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Brown discharge at 5 weeks of pregnancy

If the 5th week of pregnancy is accompanied by brownish discharge, this may indicate a threat. Discharge may be associated with the detachment of the ovum, in this case it is extremely important to prevent miscarriage in a timely manner. If the discharge is accompanied by severe pulling or cutting pain in the lower abdomen - you need to urgently call an ambulance, until it arrives, complete rest is necessary, as this indicates that a miscarriage has begun, otherwise a spontaneous abortion will be almost impossible to stop.

If the doctor suspects a threat of termination of pregnancy, he will send the woman for an ultrasound examination and a blood test for the level of hCG. If the hCG levels are low, the woman is urgently sent to the hospital, since low levels of this hormone indicate that the pregnancy is proceeding with pathologies and the body may reject the fetus.

However, brown discharge in a pregnant woman in the fifth week does not always indicate pathology. Minor discharge in the early stages of pregnancy is considered a natural process that should not frighten a woman too much. In the early stages of pregnancy, a woman's body begins a complete restructuring, both at the physiological and hormonal levels. Discharge in a pregnant woman may appear during the process of fixing the fertilized egg to the wall of the uterus, while small pieces of mucous can be rejected and released from the vagina. This type of discharge can be light or dark brown, bright red. As a rule, the discharge is scanty, occurs with minor spasms or is completely painless. But in any case, a consultation with a gynecologist will not be superfluous to make sure that everything is okay with the child and the development process is proceeding normally.

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Bloody discharge

Heavy bleeding is quite an alarming signal for a woman. In addition to the threat of miscarriage, heavy bleeding in the early stages may be associated with an ectopic pregnancy, cervical pathology, or an infectious disease.

The 5th week of pregnancy, during which bleeding begins, can first of all be interrupted by a spontaneous miscarriage. Usually, with a threat of discharge, the discharge lasts for several days, increasing each day. In this case, you need to seek medical help as soon as possible. With severe pain in the lower part, you can take a No-Spa tablet, you must go to bed, ensure maximum rest. In modern conditions, timely medical care allows you to save the pregnancy.

Also, one of the reasons for heavy bleeding in a pregnant woman is an ectopic pregnancy, when the fertilized egg is fixed outside the uterus. It should be noted that often an ectopic pregnancy and the symptoms that accompany it begin when the woman does not even suspect that she is pregnant.

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Bleeding

Painful sensations in the lower abdomen or back, before or during the onset of bleeding, indicate the rejection of the fetus by the body and spontaneous termination of pregnancy.

In this case, you need to go to the hospital, even if you do not plan to keep the baby.

The chances of maintaining the pregnancy if bleeding has started are 50/50.

The 5th week of pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous miscarriage in women with increased levels of male hormones in the body (masculine figure, increased hair growth on the body, etc.), and excess weight. Such women are advised to register with a women's health clinic as early as possible.

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Periods at 5 weeks of pregnancy

The 5th week of pregnancy is usually the period when a woman learns about her condition. The first signs of pregnancy are usually the absence of menstruation, but sometimes there are situations when an already pregnant woman continues to have bloody discharge.

In some cases, bleeding in pregnant women is not associated with a miscarriage that has begun. In more than 20% of cases, a woman in this position continues to have relatively normal menstrual discharge. There are many controversies about this condition, the discharge has a variety of names, but it happens and in this case, nothing depends on the woman. In some cases, a woman finds out about her pregnancy in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy. This is due to the fact that every month, at the usual time, she has menstrual-like discharge. In obstetric practice, this phenomenon is called "fetal washing" or "colored pregnancy".

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