Advice please- think I am MC at 5wks

[SianNic]

Hi all,
I had a positive preg test a week ago, but yesterday felt crappy all day with a bad pain in my side and started to worry about ectopic. Mid afternoon I started bleeding fresh red blood. Pain in side subsided overnight but I have woken up this morning with period pains and more bleeding so fairly sure I am have a MC :( I'm just not sure what to do next- do I just let nature take its course and should I see the GP at some point to check all is well? Can they even tell? Am gutted but just want it to be over with now so any advice very gratefully received.

Hi SianNic, I noticed you haven't yet had a reply to your message and so i thought i'd say hello even though i haven't much practical advice for you (I misscarried at 20 weeks so the routine then is a bit different). It is so dreadful to lose a baby and my heart goes out to you. Hopefully someone will be along soon who has more useful info, but i'm thinking of you.

Hi Sian

I don't really have any advice. I mc at 5+1 in November, it was bright red blood and felt like the worst period ever.

I went to the Drs, there was nothing they could do, the only advice they gave me was to do a test once I'd stopped bleeding to check it was negative.

I was advised to go to the Drs everytime though, they might not be able to do anything but it should be on your records.

Take care of yourself.

Hi
I'm also going through a likely miscarriage at the moment at just under 7wks so I thought I'd chip in which my experience so far as I have found going to see the medics helpful in the end.

I started with mild bleeding on saturday which quickly got much heavier (miles heavier than a normal period). I spoke to some lovely nurses at NHS direct who, as the bleeding had got heavy, advised me to go to A&E. The nurses at A&E were fab and sent me straight up to the gyne ward (as the early preg unit isn't open over the weekend). I had an internal exam which showed my cervix was still closed so at that stage they weren't sure whether it was a miscarriage or not. I had a high hCG level (the preg hormone) on the blds they run on saturday night and so they booked me in for a scan tomorrow. I ended up back at the hosiptal on sunday afternoon as i had extremely bad cramping-it felt like contractions. Had a bit of a worse experience then as it took them over 2 hours to give me any analgesia but an internal scan showed that my cervix was still closed so still might not be a miscarriage.

I'm pretty doubtful that I still have the baby as my pain/bleeding was so bad so trying not to get my hopes up for tomorrow but I'm glad I went to see someone as would have felt a bit lost at home. I felt a bit of a fraud turning up at A&E but they were lovely and said that they would always send any pregnant women with bleeding straight to be seen by the early preg/gyne docs so they definitely put my mind at rest. I hope that helps, good luck and my thoughts are with you xx

Thanks for the replies, I think the worst thing is feeling so out of control and not knowing what is going to happen next. My bleeding has eased off but I am getting terrible pains so clearly something is not right. I bled during my first pregnancy for the first 18 weeks (and went on to have a healthy son so I am very lucky in that respect) but that felt totally different- not painful and I somehow know this time it is over :( monstergoose don't loose hope though- like I said I bled and if your cervix is closed I guess there is still a chance- have my fingers crossed for you x

I have just miscarried today at 5 wks. It happened pretty quickly - pink spotting last night then I woke up this morning with cramps and bleeding. I have read so many things that say you can bleed like this and still be pregnant but I just didn't want to hope so did a test and it was negative. Amazed how quickly all the hormones went down. While I am very sad, it does tell me I can get pregnant and better it happened now than later. Best of luck monstergoose. Hope it turns out well for you.
SiannicBest to let your doc know. They are unlikely to do anything but you need to make sure you haven't got an infection if the baby has gone. My doc said to wait for my next period before trying again. Thinking of you. X

So sorry Lissbug.

hi all just to say you aren't alone, i miscarried last weekend at 5 wks and it was much the same as you all said, like a really heavy period but i felt utterly dreadful too!
don't want to hijack thread so am going to post my question elsewhere but I did speak to the dr and she said it was very very hard to tell at such an early stage, because even if the pg was still there you often can't see anything even with a scan. In fact advice I've had from two health professionals has been along the lines of "in the old days, before we had early pg tests, we would have just seen this as a late period, to be honest". However I KNOW I was pregnant and I KNOW my periods and that wasn't like it.
There's nothing stopping you calling the doctor though - people do bleed through pgs and you never know. But I agree with you about instinct. I've had plenty of people to keep my chin up but I just KNOW that it is it for this pregnancy.
Keep strong ladies. you were very clever to conceive in the first place and it just shows you CAN

Couldnt agree more mummyelk! I am feeling much better today. Still bleeding but more positive. Have decided not to settle for the 'just try again' advice. My doc told me I could try taking aspirin at 75mg a day which I should start ASAP and I am also going to get tests to check out my progesterone levels. If I can find a reason why it happened, I will. Then I can try to make sure it doesn't happen again! Good luck girls. X