What is brown discharge during pregnancy?

We all know that pregnant women need to pay more attention to their bodies during pregnancy, because the illness of pregnant women will affect the fetus, so pregnant women generally take good care of their bodies. However, many pregnant women found that they had brown secretions when they were six months pregnant. Many pregnant women did not know what it was. Let us learn about it now.

After a woman becomes pregnant, her body will undergo some changes compared to before, such as

Symptoms of leucorrhea in early pregnancy

It's obviously slightly different from before pregnancy. Today, the editor mainly answers your questions

1. Pregnancy

Early symptoms of leucorrhea

Leucorrhea is a sticky white liquid that flows out of the vagina of women. It is a mixture of secretions from the Bartholin's glands, cervical glands, endometrium, exudate from the vaginal mucosa, and desquamated vaginal epithelial cells. Leucorrhea contains lactobacillus, lysozyme and antibodies, so it has the effect of inhibiting bacterial growth. After marriage, leucorrhea can also lubricate the vagina and facilitate sexual intercourse.

Every woman will have certain pregnancy reactions in the early stages of pregnancy.

Early pregnancy symptoms

It is also quite obvious that leucorrhea is a concrete manifestation of changes in the female body. The symptoms of leucorrhea can be used to make a basic judgment on whether you are pregnant, and the symptoms of leucorrhea can also be used to make a basic judgment on the physical health of pregnant women. Leucorrhea is a physiological function of women. Normal leucorrhea is milky white and mucous and has no odor. The changes in vaginal discharge change with the changes in the female body. Whether leucorrhea is normal or not is a sign of women’s health. In the early stages of pregnancy, estrogen levels will increase and so will leucorrhea. Therefore, it is normal to have increased leucorrhea in the early stages of pregnancy and you don’t need to worry too much.

Generally, there will be more vaginal discharge in the early stages of pregnancy, and it may also be thicker than usual. Under normal circumstances, some people will have very mild lower abdominal pain, breast swelling, nausea, vomiting and other phenomena in the early stages of pregnancy.

In the early stages of pregnancy, the amount of vaginal discharge will increase. It is normal for the transparent water to be light yellow and have no odor. A small amount of bleeding in the early stages of pregnancy is a common phenomenon. In the early stages of pregnancy, due to the rapid increase in hormones, increased vaginal discharge is normal. If your vulva doesn't itch and your vaginal discharge doesn't have an odor, there's no need to worry. But if vulva itching and pain occur. If you have symptoms of leucorrhea in early pregnancy, such as yellow discharge or a strange or foul smell, you need to go to the hospital for treatment. This may be caused by vulvar or vaginal diseases. If left unchecked, it may affect the growth and development of the fetus.

You should be alert if your leucorrhea is brown. If your leucorrhea during pregnancy is accompanied by color change, odor, and vulvar itching, you should go to the hospital for routine examination of the leucorrhea to prevent the possibility of vaginitis. If not treated in time, it may cause miscarriage or even infertility.

Experts point out that for pregnant women, the most dangerous things in the early stages of pregnancy are ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage. When these two situations occur, pregnant women will experience abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, abnormal leucorrhea, etc. If the leucorrhea is yellowish-brown, it should be considered as abnormal leucorrhea caused by inflammation. Pregnant women are very susceptible to inflammatory infections. It is recommended that women go to the hospital for examination and timely treatment to prevent the inflammation from worsening and affecting the fetus.

From the above introduction, we can know that having brown discharge in the sixth month of pregnancy is a normal phenomenon, but if it continues for a long time, it needs our attention and we must see a doctor as soon as possible.