TWW - Testing Around 1st March

@Sb86 Could you book for a private scan?

Yeah my cramps were like period then since the proper bleed it's been dark brown watery with a few stringy bits in it when I've wiped with odd time dripping into loo but no red

@Sb86 Oh, that's horrible, I'm so sorry! Are you still bleeding?

I had some period-style cramps - not super painful but enough for me to say 'oh, ouch' out loud - and then felt liquid coming out. It was basically like a medium period day for about 2 hours following that - blood when wiping and on the pad but not like flooding. Might be closer to a heavy period as I have PCOS and my medium days are possibly more like other women's heavy days?

I really hope everything is ok for you. It does seem harsh to need someone to go through mc 3 times before they can offer additional support!

Morning everyone, I had some bleeding and cramping last night rang epu in floods of tears but they just said keep an eye on it and to ring them weds evening to let them know how I've been as have scan on Thursday. I just wish they'd have given me progesterone when I first rang up and said I was spotting, why do I have to have 3 miscarriages before that will happen?! Bled a little in the night whilst on the toilet but don't have any pads so got knickers on and laid on a towel in bed. Partner has taken his son to play in a rugby match so he's bringing me some back when he comes home.

@UnwieldyRhombus how much did you bleed and what was your cramping like? I said after last mc that I just hoped there wasn't a subchorionic hematoma this time and now I find myself wishing it is rather than a mc! The waiting is just horrible 😞

@TTCRainbow do you mind me asking what the outcome was?
I'm 5+5 but sonographer thought I was more like 6+3
Xx

Just got home from the EPU and I've had slight cramping and spotting and they've scanned me and have seen an empty sac.

Very confusing and not sure what to think really.
Everything looks as it should just an empty sack.. I've got to go back in 2weeks.

Anyone experienced this?

Omg @UnwieldyRhombus this post has just made me so happy, obviously not the sch but the fact baby is still there 😊 fingers crossed it reabsorbs and doesn't bleed out again. Sorry to hear you're throwing up but lovely at the same time 🥴🙈 xx

Wonderful news @UnwieldyRhombus so happy for you!

Hi @TTCRainbow, how are your symptoms now? Sorry for not replying earlier, I've had really bad nausea and fatigue and some vomiting, so I've been pretty useless the last few days.

We went for a private scan today and the pregnancy is continuing! Bang on with the subchorionic haematoma guess @Sb86 - the sonographer could see the haemorrhage on the scan (much bigger than the baby, which is about 7mm). So I may bleed again I think? 😬

I was 6+1 by LMP but they've revised to 6+4, and I did think I might have ovulated early, so I'm happy with that. Not out of the woods yet but so relieved. I think I knew things were probably fine when the sickness got worse each day but it's so good to know for sure! What a rollercoaster this past week has been. They were completely convinced it was a miscarriage and so was I!

I did thankyou @TTCRainbow 😊 I keep thinking spotting is calming down and then it starts again. I'm going to see what it's like next loo trip and decide if I need to ring epu again. I just don't want them to not be able to see enough to give me progesterone and send me away as I'll probably worry more. I'm feeling fine too not even any tiredness but I'm taking the highest dose of vitamin b6 and d so that might be why I don't feel tired. Vitamin b6 is also used for nausea so we shall see if I get that symptom or not in a week or 2 x

Hey @TTCRainbow it was my birthday yesterday so had a busy wknd which was good as it made it go quick haha. I'm still spotting a little but only when I wipe, I'm going to ring epu up today and ask when the earliest I can go in for a scan as I'm eager to start progesterone. When is your scan again? Mine is a week on Thursday but it just seems so far away especially when I'm fearing the worst every time I go to the loo.

@UnwieldyRhombus 7 weeks I think, fairly early on. It never happened again either, just that one off.

I've booked a first early scan for 8 weeks, 4th April. Seems like forever away!

@TTCRainbow I think they're just not very concerned now as there's no bleeding anymore?! As far as I can tell they think I've either had a miscarriage and it's done or I haven't and there's nothing much to worry about unless I bleed again or have other symptoms. I get watchful waiting but I'm a bit impatient so we're going to get a private early scan next week - aware they might not be able to see anything much and I might not get answers, but it's worth a try.

I'm 5+3 today and have tender boobs (not like my first pregnancy either though, maybe the first one kind of 'breaks the seal' with the soreness?!), nausea that's getting worse each day and I think needing the toilet more often too. It sounds like you're about where you should be with symptoms - apparently lots of women don't feel anything until about 6 weeks? Crossing my fingers for you and hoping everything is going well.

Please don't worry too much about the cod liver oil, it would be bad if you were taking high doses every day but if you've caught it this early I'm sure it's absolutely fine xx

@TTCRainbow no chance of dates being wrong as input everything onto my natural cycles app. So it should only be coming up 2-3 surely? Well we will know for sure when I have my scan on the 23rd, I'll be happy with whatever as long as everything is well and it's healthy 🙏🏼🥰

@TTCRainbow ahh I see, I'm sure she will be able to put your mind at rest 😊

Your scan is just a couple of days after mine, don't expect we will see much on mine as I should be exactly 6 weeks.

I've just done my clearblue digital and it showed 3+ but I'm only 4+1 weeks and it goes off conception not first day of last af 😕 also did a clearblue because well why not 🫠🙈

Hey @TTCRainbow I'm 4+1 going from 1st day of last period, feels like I should be further though as found out 9 days ago 😅

I'm needing a wee quite often but I am trying to drink more water but I've noticed that not long after I've been I need to go again even when I've not drank. Boobs feel a little bigger but not firm or tender although my nipples are sensitive. Cramping has subsided now thankfully and my spotting has pretty much stopped just ever so slightly tinged with pink (really really faint). If I can remember rightly my boobs changed before my bfp but don't think I started feeling nauseous til about 5/6 weeks.

Are they just ringing about the cod liver oil? I'm sure it will be fine, people have taken far worse when not known they were pregnant xx

@UnwieldyRhombus it really is, especially at this stage when we haven't told anyone else but our partners and maybe parents. It's so lovely to have other women to speak to about what we are going through, advice, reassurance and such kind words really are so important.

I think you would have bled for longer with a miscarriage so I've got all the hope that everything will be well. When did they say they might be able to scan you? X

@DiamondApricot oh wow, that must have been terrifying, how far along were you at the time?

@Sb86 @TTCRainbow she basically said she wasn't sure at this point but that I'm going to have to wait and see what happens as a scan at this point would be inconclusive this early on. Obviously to call if I start bleeding again but she does think it sounds less like a miscarriage given the bleeding stopped after a couple of hours, though she couldn't say either way. So I'm trying to be zen and patient 😅 but plan to keep taking tests every morning to see if I can get a bit of an indication of whether the levels are going up or down. Genuinely don't know what to think now! They seemed so sure on Tuesday so that's what I accepted and what I told people who knew about the pregnancy, but now I'm like...maybe?! 🤞

Thanks for sharing the Instagram post too! It's kind of lovely in a way how whatever happens with your pregnancy or baby, there's a community of women online who have been through the same or a similar thing!