What a confusing couple of days I've been having! I had what I could hardly call a BFP a couple of weeks ago given the second line was so faint, but nevertheless, a clearblue confirmed me as 1-2 weeks pregnant. I didn't get my hopes up after an mc back in September (blighted ovum) so when I started spotting on Tuesday and having mild cramps, I rather pragmatically rang the local women's hospital and booked in for an early scan, which they booked for Thursday (yesterday). (I would be six weeks pregnant at the moment going by my LMP, length of cycle, and also my ovulation date.)
Thursday morning I went to the loo in work and on wiping discovered the spotting was turning more like period blood. I called the early pregnancy unit and they said I could come in, especially as the pain (which was very mild, I must say) was all on my left side.
A doctor examined me and said my cervix was still closed so there was a chance I could still be pregnant, but when I had my scan, there was nothing there except a thickened lining of the uterus. They also looked with the transvaginal scan towards presumably the fallopian tube/ovaries especially the side where I said I felt the (mild) pain and saw nothing. With this in mind, and the fact my cervix wasn't excited (I think that was what she said anyway!) and the fact I had none of the risk factors for ectopic pregnancy, they gave me the world's most helpful diagnosis: pregnancy of unknown location.
I was with this hospital for my last mc and last time they were super helpful, but this time I can honestly say I felt like no one had enough time to talk me through what was going on (I realise the NHS is under huge strain so I'm not blaming anyone, but it does leave me very confused). The nurse said she thought it probably wasn't ectopic and the chances were I had already miscarried. I asked how this could be as my cervix was closed and I was still bleeding and she didn't seem to explain very well. Anyway, they did a blood test yesterday and I am back in for another blood test tomorrow and if the levels of HCG drop significantly between tests it isn't ectopic but if they don't, if they stay similar, it could be.
Anyway, I was kinda okay with that, well, as okay as it's possible to be in these circs, but today (have taken day off work) I have been bleeding a little more heavily. Not soaking pads in an hour or anything like the warning signs, but certainly as heavy as mid-period bleeding, and about half an hour ago I passed a really big clot.
So. Firstly, how can I pass a huge clot if there was nothing on the scan for me to pass? Where on earth WAS that clot when they were scanning me? Also, how can I have already miscarried if my cervix was closed and up until that day the only bleeding I'd had had been light spotting (very mild brown discharge on wiping)? And if I had already miscarried, what was that huge clot? I feel quite worried but I have no-to-very-mild pain, and I'm not soaking pads, I have no shoulder tip pain or anything like that...
I just don't know what's going on. I wonder if anyone with a bit of medical knowledge could explain or answer these questions; I'd be really grateful.
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[tmi] Bleeding/passing clots but PUL and closed cervix? Confused! Help!
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neutronflow · 10/06/2016 18:16
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