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What Causes Green And Yellow Color Vaginal Discharge During Pregnancy?
Hi I am 19years old . And I am 7months pregnant . I was worrying because I have some problem this past few weeks. I noticed everyday that there is a green/yellow color in my underwear w/c i dont know what it is and its smell not so good .. Is it normal in pregnant women ?. Can you pls help me regarding this . Thank you
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
Hello,
Thank you for asking at HCM.
I carefully read your question and understand your concern.
During the second trimester of pregnancy, which is the trimester you are now, the vaginal secretions increase a lot. Generally they should not have a huge change in color or odor but just volume. So some vaginal secretion are normal during pregnancy. To make sure if these are related to pregnancy or not there are a few tests that might help to rule out other causes. i would recommend you to:
1. Not have vaginal douching or long hot tube baths
2. Do not use detergents to wash vaginally and no other chemicals there
3. Have some routine tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea and tricomonas. i am not saying you have them, very likely you do not have these infections but are the most common infections that might cause vaginal secretions with color and odor change so it is good to test for.
4. if these tests come out normal than the secretions are due to pregnancy and there is nothing to worry
Hope this answers to your question and is helpful to you.
Best regards,
Dr Antoneta
Thank you for asking at HCM.
I carefully read your question and understand your concern.
During the second trimester of pregnancy, which is the trimester you are now, the vaginal secretions increase a lot. Generally they should not have a huge change in color or odor but just volume. So some vaginal secretion are normal during pregnancy. To make sure if these are related to pregnancy or not there are a few tests that might help to rule out other causes. i would recommend you to:
1. Not have vaginal douching or long hot tube baths
2. Do not use detergents to wash vaginally and no other chemicals there
3. Have some routine tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea and tricomonas. i am not saying you have them, very likely you do not have these infections but are the most common infections that might cause vaginal secretions with color and odor change so it is good to test for.
4. if these tests come out normal than the secretions are due to pregnancy and there is nothing to worry
Hope this answers to your question and is helpful to you.
Best regards,
Dr Antoneta
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