4th miscarriage or not

[Sunnybun]

Hi everyone. I hope I can get some reassurance and positive vibes as right now I’m increasingly anxious and want to cry and have no or very little support. I’m 8weeks pregnant today. This is my 7th pregnancy now. I have a son who’s now 3 years old, pregnancy went well with him, born in jan 2020. Since then I have conceived 4 times but miscarried each time. The first miscarriage happened at 19 weeks but was told this was due to me contracting covid and being very poorly with it. The second miscarriage happened at week 6. And then after that I had a missed miscarriage at 11 weeks but baby stopped growing at week 6, this was in Jan. I am now pregnant again, 8 weeks. I had a viability scan last week at week 7 and was told there was a healthy heartbeat and baby was measuring the right size. This made me so happy and gave me the reassurance I needed. However, last night I started bleeding, about 4 red spots. This happened when I went to the toilet after some days of being constipated. I called EPU this morning and I have a scan tomorrow afternoon. The bleeding has completely stopped now. But I did not sleep a single wink last night and any slight pain is causing me so much anxiety. Please can I have some advice. Thank you all in advance

@Sunnybun sorry you're having to go through this, my first thought is are you sure it was blood from your vagina? As it could've been a small cut from being constipated? If it was such a small amount?

I really hope all is ok when you go for your scan tomorrow

Sounds very similar to my situation and hopefully I can reassure you. I have a nearly 4year old. Gave birth to DD at 18wks last Feb, then early miscarriage at 5wks, followed by missed miscarriage at 8wks. I am currently 24weeks pregnant and at 11wks I have a big red bleed. I was out walking and ended up with blood soaked jeans. Everything was and is still ok with the baby. Bright red blood stopped fairly quickly but still had pink blood for a few days. I was scanned the next day and they couldn't see a reason why it happened I was just told not to do too much. If it was only a small amount of blood and it has definitely stopped I was told it is usually ok. Fingers crossed this is the case for you x

@Sunnybun so very sorry for your losses - what a tough time you've been through. I wonder if you might find some different perspectives/input on the miscarriage and pregnancy loss forum? I've had some great help on there since a MMC last month.

Must say, in this case, my first thought was similar to @suz2285 .... Could it be piles/from your anus if you've been struggling with constipation? I really hope that everything is fine at your scan tomorrow - I have everything crossed for you! 💕

@Sunnybun how did today go? Hope you are ok

Thank you so much everyone for taking out time and replying to me. This means an awful lot to me at such a hard time. I have a scan today at 3.20pm today at the EPU. I haven't had any bleeding since, just cramping. I will update this evening.

Fingers crossed for you.

Hope everything will be ok, let us know how you get on 🤞🤞

@Sunnybun thinking of you and hope all goes well xx

Hi everyone. Once again a huge thank you for all the reassurances and kind words. I went for the scan and was reassured that all is well. Healthy heartbeat and growing embryo. All is well. No idea where the blood was from, could have been from the straining. Thank you

Great news @Sunnybun

@Sunnybun ah fantastic news! What a relief for you! So happy to hear this update 😊

@suz2285 @SnookyPook thank you so much and for showing me kindness. I really hope this time I go full term. X

@Sunnybun everything crossed for you! I'm back to trying to conceive after my MMC - just finishing my first AF since the loss. So hoping to get pregnant again soon but can also imagine how much more anxiety there will be. Just try to enjoy every day and especially right now, when you've seen a healthy baby with a heartbeat. That is such a great sign and highly likely all will progress well if you see a beat at 8wks ❤️❤️❤️ Sending lots of love and positive vibes your way!

So pleased to hear everything is going well so far for you. Like you I had a son in Feb 2020, it took me a long time to decide to start trying again as I had a tough pregnancy with him. In January I had a mmc at 11 weeks, exactly like you told the heart had stopped at 6 weeks. I've not yet managed to conceive again. Hoping our time will come but with every period it just fills me with disappointment.

@SnookyPook I hope and pray it goes all well for you this time. You can't help but worry and get anxious but it goes to show that each pregnancy is different. I conceived pretty much straight away after the missed miscarriage, I had only one period in between. I do sometimes believe stress has an impact also. So I'm try to relax and enjoy the process

@RoseH36 try not to worry hun. A lot easier said than done. It will happen. It's the anxiety and the constant worry that's the worst. Your body is able to produce, conceive and have a full term pregnancy, it just has to recall how and I think that sometimes takes time. I turned 40 this year so another added factor.

@Sunnybun thank you, I do take comfort in the fact that I've had a child so no my body is capable of it. I've tried to be more relaxed about things but like you say it's easier said than done.

@RoseH36 @SnookyPook it's such a hard time. I'm pregnant after a MC in Feb this year, took me until May to get pregnant again and those first few months of disappointment after a loss are so hard. Now i'm with @Sunnybun just praying for a healthy outcome this time. Its definitely anxiety inducing and really hard, but fingers crossed for us all 😘

@suz2285 keeping everything crossed things work out this time for you. It is really hard trying to remain positive but at the same time I know stressing won't help.

@RoseH36 i wouldn't worry too much about stressing, i feel like that's normal! I honestly was the most stressed i'd ever been between work and the MC and we still managed to conceive, so don't stress about being too stressed 😂

@Sunnybun @suz2285 really hope these are you 🌈 babies! And @RoseH36 hopefully we won't be far behind! 😊💕

Congratulations. That's great. I had two losses prior my current pregnancy. Hoping this is my rainbow baby. I'm 6 weeks and still trying to stop testing like a mad woman. Wishing you a very happy pregnancy.

@Ella31 sending you positive vibes and keeping everything crossed.

@SnookyPook fingers crossed for us!

Can't imagine how anxious you must all be feeling in these early weeks. I know I'll be feeling terrified to begin with when I get a positive result.