5 weeks + 3 and light spotting 😞

[SarahScone]

So, I’m back here again after another cycle, a chemical pregnancy and now a pregnancy that I am desperately trying to be positive about but may need a reality check.

Tested positive and then put the tests down to stop be obsessing over line strength. It was a normal, fairly strong + on test date. (But I did one more today and seems fairly strong still.)

I seem to have lost my appetite, some episodes of sickness/bloated feeling and slightly sore breasts.

Last night had some minor spotting (cue trauma). It really was minor and would have missed it if I wasn’t obsessively checking my godforsaken pants all the bloody time. And a little bit more this morning after a bowel
movement.

i have had miscarriages in the past and they have started this way. Also think boobs are slightly less sensitive.
Is there any hope? Just feels like, once again, it’s all fading away 😞

Yes this happened to me at virtually the same gestation after FET and everything was fine. Had another episode a couple of weeks later too. Have you got vaginal pessaries? They could just be irritating your cervix a bit

Thank you @Toytill
Crossing everything I get the same outcome as you!!
However, I am using progesterone but rectally (in a (clearly futile) bid to rule out any spotting).
EPAS called me back this morning and suggested I wait until Monday for my pre-arranged scan with the consultant who has looked after me through all my miscarriages. Hopefully the bleeding this time means something different 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼😔

I am 10 weeks. I have been cramping, bleeding and spotting every day since the transfer. Everything looks normal for now. All I am saying, it can be totally normal or could mean something bad. There’s no way to tell. Just relax and breathe. It will be a rollercoaster.

ask your doctor if they can increase your progesterone. I am on 1 injection and 2 pessarues a day. When I had bleeding, the doctor added 1 more injection.

Thanks @contentsmayb
The spotting seems to have more or less stopped. But I have one cramps and breasts definitely less sore. I hope I’m wrong but I think I know which way this is going 😔
Im on 3 x 400mg cyclogests per day which i think should be enough. Obviously all speculation, but I don’t think progesterone is the problem - I think it’s my ancient eggs!(I’m 39)

I am ancient too. I am 40.😂
Also boob pain comes and goes.
anyway, try not to worry too much. If it happens, it happens and not much you can do. I had a miscarriage before. And if it goes well, you may still experience these symptoms. Basically try to remain calm. Sending you good wishes!

@contentsmayb I shall try and be zen 🧘
Or at least, i will try and be zen in between
obsessively googling for a definitive that I already know does not exist!

Hi @SarahScone I had spotting at 7 and 8 days past transfer and I too freaked out, it turn out it was implantation spotting. Rather than it being a bad sign it could be in fact good. Have you had two hcg blood tests to see if your levels are increasing? Might be a way of getting some reassurance.

Hi @browneyedgirl626 thank you for commenting 😊
My clinic don’t do HCG tests. I do understand their logic in the sense that a double rise doesn’t necessarily confirm viability and best thing to do is wait it out. But then I also subscribe to the school of thought that no test/scan/examination will stop me being insane until I have an actual baby. Tests just seem to add to my stress levels (hence one HPT on test day and one this morning after the spotting so I don’t lose
my tiny mind over line depth).
Touch wood 🤞🏼 the spotting has stopped. But then so have a lot of my symptoms. Boobs less sore and actually feel hungry. Whereas normally right now I’d have either no appetite or be feeling a bit queasy.

As @contentsmayb says, it’s a rollercoaster. And i’m not good on the literal versions of those, either!

@SarahScone that's true, nothing is 100% certain and checking through tests and scans only reassure you for that hour or day if you're lucky. I just think, do what you need to do, I had so many private scans with mine but I didn't care tbh it was what I needed. I was going to be anxious no matter what.

Symptoms come and go, they are very unreliable so don't get hung up on them. Having a scan is probably the only way of confirming it. I think I caved and got an early scan at 6 weeks 3 days, I couldn't wait for the clinic one at 7 weeks 🥴

Also @SarahScone I think pregnancy after miscarriage is a total headfuck and you are completely normal and sane to have the feelings that you do. I checked for blood every day for the entirety of my pregnancy. It is very hard but take it a day at a time.

Thank you @browneyedgirl626
You’re very wise. Absolutely, each individual needs to do what is best for them. If tests and scans work for you then trust me, I am in no position to judge!
I have got an early scan booked in next week to check if it’s in the right place, or indeed there at all! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@SarahScone I have been pregnant 3 times via IVF (1 live birth). With the live birth I spotted as mentioned upthread literally had no symptoms until 8 weeks, I actually thought that transfer had failed before I tested. I had 3 scans before 12 weeks too to try and keep sane. It's very hard but what I learned is symptoms (or lack of!) don't mean anything and take each day at a time. Good luck, I have everything crossed for you, keep posting if it helps! X

Thanks @Toytill
I have already had four miscarriages (well, one was ectopic). So I’m much more at risk of another. Just trying to remain realistic about both options. And I feel so sorry for my poor partner who was so optimistic at the start of this and just seems to be losing his light 😔
I haven’t told anyone this time. Which helps, feels like there is less to be accountable for and I don’t want anyone to have to deal with the upset unnecessarily. So posting does help - thank you!

Hello!

Iv had a fair few early mc and also an ectopic so know your worry!

Iv also had spotting since 7dp5dt (tested that day as I was so sure it hadn't worked) and I'm now 15dp5dt and it still happens at least once a day! Trying not to let it get me down but my heart does sink everytime I see the brown 😢

All my mc started out like this but the only difference was it was every single time I went to toilet and it was a bit more 'heavier' and it continued to get worse!

Hoping for the best for us both ❤️

Thanks @Babeglas
Sorry about your miscarriages. The 1% of us recurrent miscarriagers is a horrible place to be!
Im still frantically poking myself in the boob every ten minutes and checking for blood like a mad woman. No more spotting (as yet) but not taking it off the table. And I’m really pissed off that i am hungry again!
Very, VERY best of luck for the rest of your pregnancy - here’s to us getting to the end this time! ❤️

Sore boobs came back last night, much to my delight. But have now completely disappeared. Would love to think it is just fluctuating symptoms but I think I know in my heart which way this is going. Little bit of brown spotting followed by symptoms having disappeared is not a good thing, certainly in my experience. Would imagine it’s just the progesterone holding off a big bleed.

Progesterone won’t stop the bleeding if there’s a miscarriage. Boobs don’t become proper sore until later. Try to relax!!!!! 😘😘😘