brown discharge

[cnicolelester]

I am 30w 5d.  I have had a brown discharge throughout the day, and mild cramping.  I may be dehydrated, so I'm downing Smart Water before I yet overly concerned with the cramping (California is friggin hot right now, and I keep having hot flashes, so dehydrated is not out of the question).  The discharge is throwing me off though.  I wonder if it's old blood, the baby has been giving low kicks and wacking on some organs down there, and there was a particularly painful night where he went HAM on me.  I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this, or has heard from a doc?  Mine is impossible to get a hold of, and the on call nurse is an idiot.  Little Ian is still moving around, so I know nothing is wrong with him, just that discharge.

[cnicolelester]

Thanks!  I ended up going to the triage the next day, was having some severe cramps that really scared me.  Turns out he's been bruising my organs and at one point ruptured a blood vessel.....it was just old blood.  Everything turned out great

[boupidbird]

Is it smelly? The mucus plug is called the bloody show, but I'm not sure when you lose it as I'm a FTM. I know straining for bms can cause your cervix to bleed as this happened to me at 20 weeks. I had one instance of bright red blood and a brown discharge for 3-4 days afterwards. Good luck!