Bleeding when pregnant

As you may know, fertilisation of your egg has taken place in one of your fallopian tubes. The development continues, while this fertilised egg continues its journey towards the ‘relative’ safety of the prepared womb lining. This means that it’s still possible to have some slight bleeding from the womb lining itself for the first 10 – 12 weeks (often around the time when a period would have occurred), then your developing egg will implant itself. Sometimes, there may be a problem, and the fertilised egg shrinks and is rejected before it reaches the womb lining. This, too, can give a ‘brown’ loss (which is actually stale, old blood, that was lost many hours previously).

Having a twin pregnancy will encourage the womb to fill up quite quickly, and I anticipate that the bleeding (especially if it’s ‘red’) won’t go on for the full 10-12 weeks. I do hope that everything settles for you and you go on to enjoy your pregnancy.