Can having ovarian cyst before pregnancy cause spotting and cramps during pregnancy?
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at
5:57 am
I’m 7.4 weeks, I was diagnosed with endometriosis and have ovarian cysts before becoming pregnant. Can this be causing my spotting, don’t have cramps just the usual mild to nothing. Can this affect this pregnancy, been spotting since 5.5 weeks.
Filed under: Ovarian Cyst
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You can definitely see spotting and have really bad cramping if you have cysts while pregnant. I watched my girlfriend go through this with her second child. Most of the time the cysts burst fairly early, it’s painful for a bit but then you feel fine and the pregnancy is not affected. She had one cyst that for some reason got larger than expected and didn’t burst until her fifth month, and left her on bed rest for a week to recuperate. However she was fine after that and has a healthy toddler now.
The effects of the cyst are likely going to be felt by you long before the baby’s safety is compromised. The baby is safe in it’s amniotic sac, the cysts are outside of that, and even worst case scenario the doctors could operate safely to remove the cysts if they pose any danger.
Yes.
I’m not sure *throughout* your pregnancy, but my doc told me when I was pregnant with my son that I could spot for the first month. I was already pregnant & had a full heavy "period", but it was actually just my cysts rupturing- caused no harm to the baby, but I was scared. I would call a doc just to be sure