Early Pregnancy Bleeding ... Please Help :(

[Reynolds1sttimemum]

Hi All, I found out i was pregnant with our first child on Sunday and was over joyed, we have been trying for some time. However on Wednesday i started having brown discharge which turned to red blood. I went to A&E with my husband where i sat for over 2 hours, to be told i had to wait it out, my husband got really cross and said why arent you going to do any tests or a scan? With this the doctor felt my stomach and left the room. He came back with a scan appointment booked for Saturday. He said because i am only 7 weeks i shouldnt be dishearted if the scan doesnt show anything as it really is far too early and i may not have lost the baby, I just feel like i have nothing definate, why can they not tell me whether i have lost the baby? I have the scan tomorrow and im still bleeding. I am just preying i havent lost the baby!

I didn't want to leave you unanswered.
You poor thing! I bled in both my pregnancies and it doesn't always mean the worst.
How heavy is your bleeding if you don't mind me asking?
If it is heavy I woul call my GP and get an appointment at the Early Pregnancy Unit, you may need a refferal for this. However if you have already booked in with a midwife at the surgery she should be able to sort it.
If it were me I'd call the surgery and ask to speak to the midwife.

I know it is so worrying but positive thoughts and many of us bleed in pregnancy, it's quite common.

I saw both my babies at 6 weeks with an internal scan. I imagine that is what you will have tomorrow. They are a little uncomfy to start with but otherwise fine.

Best of luck and a unmumsnetty hug.

Thank you for repling, i really am trying not to worry but its so hard as we havent told anyone im expecting so i have no one to turn to for help.
I am bleeding when i wipe the most but i am going though about 1 pad every 4 hours so i dont know whether to say that it a lot but its scary that it is red blood.
I didnt even get chance to get it confirmed at my GPS but the doctor at the hospital has done a urine test to confirm i am pregnant.

When you bleed before, how long did it last for if you dont mind me asking? I dont think i can handle this for the next 9 months :( not knowing if it is still there or not.

I also had bleeding with both my pg's, one is now a happy 2 yr old and the other is in situ at 31 weeks using my bladder as target practise!!! I second Pipplin, if the bleeding is heavy/getting heavier/you are passing clots demand a referral to the EPU at your hospital. I have always been told the darker the blood the less concering as it is older as opposed to pinky in colour. Some hospitals have drop in day assessment clinics but you would need to check that. Unfortunately what you have experienced is par for the course, A&E depts just tend to adopt a 'wait and see' policy especially if you are very early and will rarely scan you there and then, (yes, busy and overworked but they sometimes forget how scary and worrying it is and dont put themselves in your shoes!) I promise if all is well the worry eases as time passes and you have more regular check ups/scans etc. The first, more 'tenuous' bit has always been the scariest for me. Good luck.

Mmm if it were me I would ring the surgery and explain you are bleeding and you need to talk to the midwife(I am extremely paranoid btw so others may suggest otherwise).

Beware TMI- are you filling these pads? Like period like? A bit when you wipe wouldn't concern me as much as feeling/looking like Im on my period.
I bled a day or so with ds and with this one few days or so.
Also TMI- do you have hard stools? Have you been recently?
This used to trigger bleeding for me, I irriated something um pushing- terribly sorry all!

I echo bootus- if all is well it does get so much easier.

Good luck, let us know, if you want to obviously!

Like period like? Oh my word! I do apologise! That will teach me for trying to a million things at once and mumsnet!

Hi,

I lost my first pregnancy (at around 7 weeks) and had some early pregnancy bleeding with my current one. The big difference between the two was the pain. If you are not having the worst cramps of your life that is a good sign. The second thing is that you haven't lost a large amount of blood in a short space of time and that it doesn't sound like you are passing any clots or other things (gross I know). If any of that changes then I would go to A+E straight away.

I hope this makes you feel better and helps you wait for Saturday. I can't guarrantee anything, I'm not a doctor, but please don't assume the worst just yet.

Id say its like a very very light period. My periods are usually very heavy and very painful. I have had no pain whatsoever, but saying that the only pregnancy symptom i have is the sore nipples. I do not have morning sickness or the need to pee a lot. Is this a bad sign?

At 7 weeks they can see a baby and heartbeat.

Do you know that you're 7 weeks? Because before 6 weeks and scans can tell you nothing concrete at all. So there's always the chance of there being nothing to see but there's no actual problem.

It's very frustrating having to wait for a scan but sadly quite normal.

Don't worry about lack of symptoms, some women have none at all.

Bleeding is common in pregnancy, though never 'normal'. Only a scan will tell you what's happening.

I'm sorry, it's such a tough time.

Not everyone has morning sickness and it starts and different times. If the bleeding is light then it is entirely possible that your pregnancy is fine.

On the other hand if it is a m/c (and I speak as someone who has had one) then there's nothing you can do about it and worrying won't help. Babies hang on if they possibly can but some aren't viable and it's better now than later if it wouldn't survive anyway.

You'll find the NHS is very hands off until about 24 weeks. That's because before then there's very little that can be done for an embryo or foetus and nature will take it's course. The best thing you can do is rest, relax if you can and know that nothing you or anyone else can do is going to make any difference at all.

Can I offer you a word of advice? Lots of stuff about pregnancy is worrying if you let it be: does it have Downs? Is it heavy enough? Is it moving enough/too much? If I had a £1 for every post that says "should I worry"! I was taught wise words by my granddad which I try to live up to - if it worries you and you can change then act, if you can't change it, then worrying won't help anything.

The first 12 weeks is pretty miserable and worrying, the second 12 weeks is much better and the last, so I've heard, is bad enough that it makes you look forward to the birth even though it's painful. I'm 27 weeks now and getting fed up with LO bouncing on my cervix.

I know how worrying it is. I bled a lot early in my pregnancy with DS. It continued on and off until about 10 weeks. He was fine.

I hope the scan is reassuring tomorrow.

It's too hard to say really. All I can really say is that it doesn't sound like what I went through the first time. I do remember the midwife telling me that sore boobs are a good sign though.

The waiting for a scan is the worst, it's really hard not to over analyze everything (I did over analyze everything) but it doesn't help. Just keep telling yourself that early pregnancy bleeding is really common and often works out fine.

Will you let us know how you get on?

Thank you so much everyone who is replying. You really are helping. I am feeling slightly better but like everyone says only time will tell. At least i only have to get through tonight before i can hopefully get some answers. All being well i will let everyone know how i got on tomorrow. Thanks again

Reynolds1sttimemum, obviously the only thing that will properly reassure you will be to see your baby on the scan, but I just wanted to let you know that I bled 'like a period' when I found out I was pregnant, but I am still pregnant 18 weeks later!

I actually bled on and off for the first 12 weeks of my pregnancy - often with bright red blood and a couple of times with clots and have had regular check ups and scans and everything has been fine each time.

I was terrified as I thought that red blood alway meant the worst but that has not been my experience so far.

I hope that you get good news at your scan.

Forgot to add that a scan I had around 12 weeks showed that I have a low placenta/ placenta previa which would account for the bleeds I had around that time. As for the really early bleeding, I would say that it was much heavier than anything I have ever heard described as 'implantation bleeding' but my obstetrician says that it sometimes 'just happens.' Very scary indeed, so you have my sympathies.

Sorry you are going through this..

I bled with both DS's but also with both mc's so bleeding can literally go either way which can test your sanity and then some.

The good thing is you're getting scanned tomorrow. If you're 7 weeks then they should definately be able to see a heartbeat which is the reassurance that everything is OK.

I had an early scan with DS1 at 5+3 and saw slight flicker which was the heartbeat. Had early scan with DS2 at 6+1 and same.

Willing you a good scan tomorrow x

Hi, I wanted to say thank you for all your help and advice. I have had a scan and it showed nothing so i have miscarried and lost my baby.

Take care of yourselves and your little ones

x x x

:( I'm so, so sorry to hear your news.
Please take care and be kind to yourself
Hug!
The girls on the pregnancy loss and miscarriage threads I hear are lovely and very supportive if you need them.
Take care

I am so sorry to hear that. Just like Pipplin says- take care of yourself. x

I'm so very sorry . I would agree the MC threads are very supportive on here if you want to share.

I also found Lesley Reagan's book on miscarriage very helpful.

Look after yourself x