Ok scroll ahead and don't read this if you don't want to be grossed out!
I had a scare this morning. I've been a little.. backed up and experienced a little pain when I go. This morning I wiped to find a heap of blood on the toilet paper. Of course I was so worried that it was the baby and then I realised I had experienced a little pain when I number two'd. It wasn't just a drop or two, it was a significant amount maybe a couple of tablespoons. I put a liner on so I could monitor it and called OH worried.
He came home from work and demanded I call the midwife and she thinks I probably had an anal fissure that burst with straining. I haven't had any further bleeding and it still feels a little sore in that area so it makes sense. I need to drink more fluids and get some metamucil or something.
I've never had problems like this this early in pregnancy. I had bad haemerroids in third trimester and certainly after baby arrived (the piles were worse than the stitches!). I actually don't care too much about my butt, I'm just so relieved my baby is ok and is now wriggling away as a type this
Seeing that blood just gave me such a fright, I never realised how much I've bonded with the little boofhead already