Hey! FTM here, I just had my first cervical check today at exactly 37 weeks. Everything went very well until I went to get dressed. I started bleeding a HEAVY amount, I call the doctor back in and thankfully the bleeding stopped after a minute. She said it was okay but to make sure I don’t continue to bleed. I went home and put on a pad as I was having a lot of residual old blood coming out still. Everything’s fine (8 hours later) now but I’m wondering what went wrong and now I’m scared to have any more checks in the future. Any advice on this?
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u can deny any check but the cervix can bleed bc it’s such a sensitive spot. i bled one time ever and that was in triage bc they checked me 2 times in an hour to see if i progressed and he wasn’t the most gentle with my obgyn ive never bled u could just be more sensitive

Bleeding can be normal for cervical checks but are you sure your doctor didn't also do a sweep?