im 18 weeks pregnant, and i have just started passing bowel movements about 4 days ago, from where ive been really constipated. So i went and thought i had to pass a bm and it was very little but when i wiped i had blood all over the toilet paper? im scared
Hello, and I hope I can help you today. Constipation is very common during pregnancy. It is caused both by the hormones of pregnancy and some ingredients and prenatal vitamins. When your stool is very hard, occasionally it can cause some bleeding around the anus if a particularly large stool is passed. In addition, hemorrhoids, which are common cause of rectal bleeding, can develop during pregnancy. These are not harmful and can be diagnosed by an examination by your obstetrician. I suggest that you make sure that you Chat Doctor.  Applying petroleum jelly or HY