I went to the loo this afternoon and found I was bleeding really heavily. I freaked out and didn't look in the loo, just ran out of the bathroom and jumped in the car to the hospital. (TMI but...)It was heavy enough to go through my undewear onto my jeans and down my thighs. There was a lot of blood.
I've also got pretty mild period type pains which are still there.
At the EPU they gave me an internal exam and said it looked as though thr bleeding had stopped, and that the cervix is still closed. So I came home and I've got a scan booked for tue afternoon.
It seems far more positive than it did this afternoon, but I can't beleive I could bleed that heavily and it not be for a reason / have an impact. DH keeps saying that there probably just seemed alot more than there actually was, but I was the one who experienced it so I know how much there was!
I've got my booking-in apt with the MW tom but I'm going to call and cancel as I can't face all that when there is a chance it may all go wrong....
Anyone got any experience of this?????
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Heavy bleeding at 8 weeks - cervix closed, scan on tue. Anyone else exp this?
Icoulddoitbetter · 25/03/2011 20:36
I bled with three pregnancies, the first one was spotting for ages and not much blood, that ended in miscarriage, the blood got heavier when i actually had the mc, and was accompanied by very painful labor type cramps.
Second was spotting for a few days, mostly brown some red, and milder period type cramps with some sharp pains on one side. Pregnancy carried on and was fine, think I bled for about two weeks in all.
third was brown blood for a few days then quite a gush of red, with small clots, lots of pain but not severe, pains in one side. Bled for five weeks on and off like this, mostly brown spotting. That pregnancy was fine too.
I think some people are more susceptible to bleeding in pregnancy than others, im sure if I was pregnant again, i would bleed again. It is really worrying isnt it, so stressful, but the chances are you might be fine and it might be just what your body does. Good luck 
In case anyonr comes back to this thread, I'll let you know how we got on. I had a scan today (external, yay!) and there was a little blob the right side with a heartbeat. So everything is fine. No idea why I had the bleed, fingers corossed it won't happen again.
All fine
Really good news.Any bleeding is frightening.Mine was light and It was very early on, I went to the GP for reassurance as we were meant to be flying out to a Christening in Sweden.I wondered if it was safe to fly,which is when she told me it would be fine to fly,i would almost certainly miscarry,but should just "take a couple of aspirin".I was so 
that DH had to point out that maybe it would be rather upsetting,having a miscarriage on a plane and then going to a christening!! She then sent me to the EPU,they couldn't see a heartbeat as it was too early,so I had to wait a week and be scanned again to see if all was ok. there was the tiny flickering heatbeat!! She is three now
I am so happy for you OP - CONGRATULATIONS!
I had a heavy bleed at 7 weeks - it was like something had burst and just exploded out of me. Even the doctor was shocked by the quantity. They gave me a scan that day and there was a little pixel of a heartbeat flashing away. She is now about to turn 10 years old. 
Just posting so that those watching, who are in a similar situation, don't give up hope.
Bugger, had another bleed today. Much lighter than last week and not bright red, but it had clots in it so I went off to EPU again. They examined me and my cervix is still closed. No more scans till my nuchal on the 18th, which is fine by me. But I just want it to stop happening! So, my fingers are crossed again and I''ll see how the next weeks goes........
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