Has anyone had bleeding (spotting) 5-6 weeks pregnant and everything been ok?

[preggyworries]

Since yesterday lunchtime when I wipe the tissue has been pink. At its worst yesterday evening it was dark pink/light red in colour. Nowhere near enough to fill or even mark a pad. I’ve had a little bit more this morning mainly faint pink, but now it seems to have stopped. No cramps or pain.

I am terrified :(

Scan booked with the EPU tomorrow afternoon but nobody can assure me it’ll be okay, I know that. I am 5+5 or 5+6.

I have woken up feeling extremely nauseous and still getting a strong positive on a pregnancy test.

I am trying to think positive until tomorrow so I don’t agonise over it today. I know it could go either way and have prepared myself for the worst. But, could this be ok? The nurse on the phone said maybe it is implantation bleeding but I think it’s too late for that, given that I’m nearly six weeks. Definitely sure of my dates.

I have no pain at all and it does seem to stop and start. Surely if it was bad, it would be getting heavier or I’d have cramps / loss of symptoms?

Yes, me.
My GP said I was “almost certainly miscarrying” but seemed to be basing this on the spotting (pink/brown) and my age (40).
An ultrasound then showed the pregnancy but no heartbeat as too early. A very long week waiting for a second scan, which showed dd’s tiny beating heart. It was just implantation spotting I think.
So good luck Op.

I did have this at around 8 weeks with my second child. Spotting as you've described but also quite agonising cramps. I was convinced I would miscarry, but it cleared within 48 hours and by the time of the 12 week scan everything was fine. It was never suggested to me what it could have been but the midwife said that spotting was fairly common. That said, all bodies are different, and it is wise to remain cautious. Wishing you luck OP and hope everything goes well! It is a very stressful time x

I'm 9+6 and have had two bleeds. Scans show a perfectly growing baby. Doc says it's my cervix being delicate and to take it easy until the 2nd trimester when it hormones settle down.

Yes, I have with both of my healthy pregnancies. With my first, I had heavy bleeding for a day around 10 weeks. With the second, it was a bit of spotting around 6/7 weeks, which turned into 2 weeks of sometimes quite heavy bleeding. In both cases, the bleeding was coming from my cervix (which was closed). It was related to pregnancy (hormone/body changes) I assume, but not anything related to or affecting the baby. I didn't have any more bleeding the rest of my pregnancies and they were as straightforward as could be except for that.

I have had a missed mc (in between those two pregnancies) and actually I didn't bleed a single drop with that one. The mc happened around 6 weeks and absolutely no spotting at all until around 12 weeks (when I needed to have surgical management).

I hope that is somewhat reassuring. Bleeding as long as no pain, even heavy bleeding, can be completely normal in early pregnancy, even though it's very stressful. You've done the right thing booking into the EPU. Try to relax and rest today and keep your mind busy.

Have you ever had a colposcopy?
I had bleeding about 7 weeks and had a scan and they said the stretching of the uterus had caused my colposcopy scar to become irritated and bleed. Baby is now a healthy 8yo.

Yes me. It was an ivf pregnancy with 2 embryos placed. I bled at 5 weeks, I had physical matter leave. I had a scan at 7 weeks showing a single heart beat. He is now a healthy eight year old.

Yes, I had it at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and 9 weeks with my son. He is 14 months, well and healthy.

I feel for you, I remember the constant knicker-watching and the fear.

I had this with both pregnancies. The first ended in a silent miscarriage, the second is now a happy and healthy six year old. I know the not knowing is agonising, but all the stories in the world can't tell you what your outcome will be unfortunately. Fingers crossed for you.

I bled all through my pregnancy until delivery at 32 weeks, all absolutely fine and he's a grown up man now!

Yes, I had it in 2 of my 4 ( healthy) pregnancies. I know it's extremely difficult but try not to stress and think the worst because it's not usually a sign that things are going wrong. I was told to look out for bright red (fresh) bleeding or pain that may or not be accompanied with pink or brown discharge. I was told pink or brown discharge on it's own without pain is not normally a cause for concern.

Yes. With my son, second baby.

I was positive I was miscarrying and then they did the scan. I'll never forget when they said 'And there's baby's heartbeat.'

Baby is now 13

Yes and DD had the same

Yes, at about the same time. Just a bit for a few days.

All good.

Yes, I bled (spotting/red blood) until I was 13 weeks on my first, and until approximately 9/10 weeks on 2 subsequent pregnancies. I've never had a miscarriage. They told me every time it was probably just hormonal. Babies were perfectly healthy thankfully.

I hope everything works out for you, rest as much as you can x

Yea, I had very light spotting on and off throughout my first trimester in my second pregnancy. I had an early scan due to this at around 7 weeks and they said everything looked fine and only to contact them again if the bleeding got a lot heavier or changed to bright red blood etc, which it didn't. Baby and I were absolutely fine.

My sister did - was apparently a bit more than spotting and lasted 5 days or so. Everything panned out fine resulted in Healthy 18 yr old. Try not to flap, can be implantation or just random. For what its worth I had absolutely no spotting prior to miscarrying, had successful pregnancy afterwards . Fingers crossed, best wishes to you.

It’s a horrible wait-I’ve been there. I’ve had 5 pregnancies and bled in all of them. 2 ended up as miscarriages and 3 as children so it was impossible to know if things were ok until a scan. Fingers crossed for you

Thank you all. Update was that bleeding got heavier resulting in sadly MC, for anyone reading. X

@preggyworries I'm so sorry to see your update

I'm so sorry x

Aw OP I’m absolutely gutted for you 💔💔