Anyone else getting daily nosebleeds?

So I’ve had nosebleeds everyday since about week 7. I’m 19 +6 now. The last few weeks I’ve had 1-3 nosebleeds a day. They last between 2-10 mins. My gp and midwife have both assured me that is normal (as long as they don’t last more than 20 mins) but I haven’t found anyone who has suffered from them as well. As you can imagine it’s quite disruptive to my day and always seems to be when I’m running late to leave the house 🙈 anyone else?

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So I'm 35 weeks I've only had one nose bleed so far but a good friend of mine is two weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy, and she's said she gets terrible nose bleeds every single day and it started probably at like 28 weeks..
Doctor says it's normal though..

at least I’m not the only one. Mine started so early, I was hoping someone would tell me they would stop 😂 hopefully it isn’t too bad for your friend, gp did say they should stop after baby is here when your body stops producing extra blood ☺️

I have had some as well. Always first thing in the morning when I’m getting ready for work or in the car driving to work! Very inconvenient 🙈

the car one are the worst 😂

I’m 19 + 3 and the last 3 mornings I’ve not had actual nosebleeds but every morning I’ve blown my nose and it’s fresh blood! I believe it’s normal due to the fact we’re producing more blood than normal xx

Definitely lots of blood when I blow my nose (sounds gross) but I need to blow my nose like 50 times a day atm

Mine are spontaneous. At first they were triggered by throwing up or sneezing but now I’ll wake up at 4am to pee and have blood pouring from my nose. The joys of pregnancy 😂

I’ve been getting nosebleeds and every time i blow my nose there’s fresh blood. My midwife told me it’s completely normal at this stage, especially since I was prone to them before!

Ive had them with both pregnancies from about 5/6 weeks, with my first I had them all the way through, not everyday but most days. Never had any before I was pregnant!

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