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What Causes Brownish Vaginal Discharge During 5 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

Hi my wife has irregular periods.she conceived by 5 th of may and had a scan on 10 June when fetus correlated to 5 weeks 5 days.my wife had some brown discharge and so had another scan on 16 June.the og told the growth doesn t correlate with one week growth and heart rate is only around 100.any help
Thu, 27 Aug 2015
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Hallow Dear,

Brownish discharge in early pregnancy is not a good sign.

When the bleeding is brown, it denotes either it is coming late from higher up in the uterus or it is coming from a decaying tissue like embryo(baby).

However, ultrasonography has indicated that the baby is still viable, though the growth is affected. The baby seems to be in a very vulnerable situation. You will have to take full bed rest, may be in the hospital. Frequent ultrasonography monitoring of the baby is required. Since the baby is viable, you may be given Progesterone preparation to support the pregnancy at risk.

If unfortunately during subsequent scans, the baby is found to be non-viable, you may have to get the pregnancy terminated. Let us hope, with timely intervention by Progesterone, your pregnancy continues further.

In addition, please start taking Tablets of Folic Acid 5 mg daily which will help the growth of the cells of products of conception.

I hope this has guided you properly.
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What Causes Brownish Vaginal Discharge During 5 Weeks Of Pregnancy?

Hallow Dear, Brownish discharge in early pregnancy is not a good sign. When the bleeding is brown, it denotes either it is coming late from higher up in the uterus or it is coming from a decaying tissue like embryo(baby). However, ultrasonography has indicated that the baby is still viable, though the growth is affected. The baby seems to be in a very vulnerable situation. You will have to take full bed rest, may be in the hospital. Frequent ultrasonography monitoring of the baby is required. Since the baby is viable, you may be given Progesterone preparation to support the pregnancy at risk. If unfortunately during subsequent scans, the baby is found to be non-viable, you may have to get the pregnancy terminated. Let us hope, with timely intervention by Progesterone, your pregnancy continues further. In addition, please start taking Tablets of Folic Acid 5 mg daily which will help the growth of the cells of products of conception. I hope this has guided you properly.