Is this it then?

[BettyDrapersWardrobeElf]

I am 6+2 today but have been having brown spotting and cramps for 9 days now, on and off. Then last night I got some fresh red blood and this morning there's quite a lot of red blood and some small clots. I did a pg test this morning and still got a strong positive on a Superdrug cheapy one. So not sure if I'm still pregnant or if I'm not but it's just taking a while for the hormones to go. The line this morning was stronger than the test line. Does this mean there's still hope? I've phoned EPU but they won't scan me till the 14th which is just SUCH a long time to wait. Think I'm going crazy. Trying to take it very easy, am signed off work till the scan (lovely lovely GP) so am just staying in bed and trying not to move too much.

Any experiences/thoughts/advice would be very welcome. TIA.

I wish someone could come along and give you an answer but unfortunately there is just no way of knowing. I have read stories on here of people bleeding quite a lot, and all was well, but also many, who have miscarried. I will keep fingers crossed for you though! I really hope everything is OK when you do finally get to the scan!

Thanks not in my kitchen. Just wish I could get a scan. Just wish I knew if there was hope? If I do miscarry will it be obvious - lots of blood, cramping and clots or could this be it? I don't think I've passed anything that could've been my baby. God it's just so hideous.

Hi,
sorry you are going through this its a shit bastard thing.

Pregnancy tests will continue to be positive for sometimes several weeks AFTER miscarriage is complete. The hormones take quite a long time to settle down.

IME there is lots of bleeding, large clots and allot of pain (i needed gas & air and morphine in hospital) however i have read other stories on here of people who have had minimum bleeding, not much pain and its over with wthin a day or two.

Also there have been folk on here who have had bleeding and pain but gone on to have a healthy baby. Its all so unsure at this stage.

The only way to be sure is to get that scan. Things may progress or settle down in the mean time though.
all the best, and big hugs to you love. x

Thank you for the kind words.

hi betty - this is such a horrible thing to go through. My advice would be not to sit in bed - it will only make the whole process more miserable and long drawn out. There is no evidence that 'taking it easy'/not moving prevents a threatened miscarriage at this stage. I'm afraid it sounds to me as if you have lost this pregnancy (I am not a doctor and only a scan will tell you for sure; but I have had multiple miscarriages myself so have learned to 'read the runes.') Could you afford to pay for a private scan? At 6+4 a scan should show a heartbeat if your pregnancy is progressing. In London they are very expensive (at least £150) but for me that would be worth it to spare myself another ten days of uncertainty. If you can't find the money, in any case I suspect you will know in your heart whether this pregnancy has failed or not within the next couple of days - the symptoms are likely to make it pretty obvious. You don't say in your post whether this is your first pregnancy or not, but please remember miscarriages are incredibly common (one in five pregnancies ends this way, usually at a very early stage) and that most likely it is just a horrible 'one off." Even if you go on to have more miscarriages, there is plenty of hope, assuming you are well under 40, that you will go on to have a healthy pregnancy. I hope this is helpful and do know what you're going through. One thing to add is that I did n't have excessive or particularly painful bleeding with any of my four miscarriages; so please don't be frightened by people talking about morphine etc. At 6 weeks the pregnancy really is at a very early stage so it should not be too dramatic.