Helpppp!
I’m 28 weeks pregnant and I’ve got a scan at 8am (it’s 1am here) I’ve just noticed the tiniest spot of red blood in my underwear and I’m scared, tried to call triage and my midwife but no one is picking up

Symptoms are period pains and abit of back pain, I can still feel him kicking so that’s good. What should I do??? Is this normal 😭

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Sweep

Had my first sweep done yesterday at 38 weeks and had the tiniest amount of light blood that disappeared and the odd period like cramps. They got worse overnight but still like intense period like cramps that I did struggle with when moving around in bed or getting up to go to the bathroom but have disappeared now it’s morning. It was probably about 17/18 hours ago I had my sweep and the midwife said I was 1cm dilated, my cervix was about a 2/3 and my bishops score was about a 3/4 out of 10. Is this normal? My first was a planned section due to complications but this time round there have been none.