What should you know about molar pregnancy discharge?

After the abnormal pregnancy tissue is removed, light vaginal bleeding or brown discharge can occur as the uterus heals. A change in smell, yellow or green fluid, increasing pelvic pain, fever, or heavier bleeding can point to infection or another problem. Discharge alone cannot show whether molar tissue remains. Follow-up commonly includes blood tests for human chorionic gonadotropin, sometimes called hCG, because the level should fall as the tissue clears. Persistent or rising results may need further assessment for gestational trophoblastic disease.

Keep every follow-up appointment and record the colour, amount, smell, and timing of the discharge. Use sanitary pads while bleeding is being assessed, and avoid putting anything into the vagina until your clinician says healing is adequate. Ask when hCG testing will be repeated and how long pregnancy should be avoided during monitoring. Treatment can include a procedure to remove tissue; some people need chemotherapy when abnormal cells persist or behave aggressively. Read more about [Bleeding Between Periods](/symptoms/bleeding-between-periods/) and [Chemotherapy](/treatments/systemic-therapy/chemotherapy/).

Contact your maternity or oncology team promptly for foul-smelling discharge, fever, worsening lower-abdominal pain, dizziness, or bleeding that is becoming heavier. Seek emergency help for fainting, severe weakness, severe pain, or bleeding that rapidly soaks pads. These symptoms need assessment for bleeding, infection, or complications; they do not by themselves prove that cancer is present.

Ask what discharge is expected after your procedure, which symptoms suggest infection, when your next hCG test is due, and who to contact outside clinic hours. You can also ask when sexual activity, tampons, and future pregnancy planning are medically appropriate.