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What Causes Brown Spotting With Severe Cramps While Breastfeeding?
Hello, I am breastfeeding my second child who turned 1 on Sunday just passed. The following day and today I have very lightly spotted brown/red blood. Not enough to have to wear any thing for it tho. I have not had a period since giving birth and I am not on any birth control. Just wondering whether this is what a period may do before it starts ? I breastfed my first till 14 months and got my first period about a month after, but a proper one. Not like this. Or I have read may be implantation bleeding. Either way have had severe cramping in my left side. I am a runner, and can barely even run through the cramps sometimes. Even doing Muay thai I cramp in my Left side. I am a personal trainer and incredibly fit and healthy and currently im so exhausted and feel so crap and lethargic, My baby still breastfeeds 3-6 times a night and during the day. I also express at work to keep up milk supply
The brown spotting with severe cramps while breastfeeding can be part of underlying inflammation of some sort due to inadequate milk expression or else. Kindly get a basic examination with your OBGYN and get an ultrasound of the breast for best guidelines.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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What Causes Brown Spotting With Severe Cramps While Breastfeeding?
Hello, The brown spotting with severe cramps while breastfeeding can be part of underlying inflammation of some sort due to inadequate milk expression or else. Kindly get a basic examination with your OBGYN and get an ultrasound of the breast for best guidelines. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon