5 weeks & bleeding, what do i do??

[Vix1980]

Sorry if this is natural i just really dont know wha to do, about as much as the first sign you get when your periof is due, i know it can happen but what do you do when it does, do i just ignore it as 1 of those things that can happen or what, starting to panic!! x

Hi Vix,
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. But yes, I decided to take the day off and I am currently trying to work from home but doubt I will get much done. In terms of pregnancy symptoms I didn't really have any except for exhaustion which is even worse than ever as I am having trouble sleeping. If anything, I have started getting headaches, dizzyness and feeling sick but that is my normal response to stress. My worrying thing is that I have lost weight and I am not much more than I was before I got pregnant so I am praying that is not a bad sign. (Awful to think that when I went to my booking in appointment last week I was really worried about the 3 kg I put on since being pregnant and now I am worried that I have lost 2 kg of that.)

It is the waiting that is killing me. I am stuck in this limbo land where I am swinging from optimism to despair. Think I will phone the midwife again now it is monday to see whether they can do anything today.

Good luck x

Hi both
I am the same as Laura - didn't really have any pregnancy symptoms anyway, so have no idea whether I feel pregnant or not. Glad you chose to take the day off Laura. Vix, do you have someone to go to the hospital with you next time? I've got a Drs appt today and then scan Thurs. Might do a test though before, if the line is fainter presumably that's not great and if it's darker then I mgith be ok? Is that how it works?
Grrrrr I hate the waiting! When are your scans booked for?

Definatly ring her, just do anything to put your mind at rest, last time i was pregnant i lost a lot of weight too, but that was through the sickness i just couldnt stomach food and had lots of keytones apparently in my blood, i should of been kept in hospital and put on a drip but was sent home and mc's at 10 weeks, in the middle of gran canaria on new years eve of all places and times to have it happen!

If youve been stressed though then your bound to loose weight with the worry, plus you still have all the sickness symptoms which are all good signs, im sure youll be fine once this wait is over, do you have your partner for support? the only symptom i have is extreme tiredness but think thats cos i get up early as i cant sleep with worry so am tired all the time from that? never thought id say it but i miss my sore boobs and want them back!

thinking of you all going through this waiting period xx good luck!

I had three pgs with bleeding at around 5 weeks when TTC no2.

On two occasions it turned out to be a very early mc, third time it stopped after 24 hours and pg continued resulting in DD2.

Good luck.

Just spoke to the midwife - she was really nice and said that she gets alot of calls like that and it is normally nothing to worry about. she said it can be many things apart from miscarriage but most often it is just old implantation blood and that can occur anytime in the first trimester.

Pink, my scan is Tuesday (tomorrow) - luckily now I have my hubby coming with me which is good. I have a feeling tonight will be a sleepless one.

Vix, it sounds like you have had a really tough time of it. I was going to tell my dad when I saw him last night but decided against it in the circumstances. Not sure I could go through it all last night - it did cheer me up just talking about other things. The DH is trying his best but finding it difficult as he cannot do anything also he seems to want to make me feel better by making me laugh and taking my mind off it but I just want to talk about it even though there is nothing more to say and so I keep going round in circles. About the lack of symptoms, I think it is normal for them to come and go - maybe you are just having a good day?

Messy little monkey -I hope you don't mind me asking - how long after the spotting started did it lead to miscarriage?

messylittlemonkey - Thank you its reassuring to hear other stores where its worked out ok x

LauraInGuildford - the doctor last week told me the same thing, although i wasnt really taking anything in then so cant remember what they were she said, she did say something like a piece of jelly that is aprt of something, thats the only 1 i clung to cos it described what had happened to me but we'll see.

My partner is ther same, he keeps trying to make me laugh and seems uncomfortable if i try to talk about it, he hugged me last night and asked if my boobs were still sore, i said no and that i missed it, but he just grabbed the control and put on some film for us both to watch changing the subject, i went to bed a few minutes later cos i just thought i cant bear him seing me cry again and having to watch him cheer me up! i know they say men feel the upset too but not like us, the waiting is killing me!

Just popping on here to say good luck to Laura for tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed for you.

Just wanted to say good luck to everyone awaiting scans. When I was TTC I was bitterly disappointed when I started bleeding and thought I'd got my period. It lasted for 5 days and then went. I now have two little twin girls as a result. Fingers crossed for you x

pink13 - Hi sorry ive only just seen your earlier message! How did your dr's appt go, I really hope it went well for you and that the time between now and thurs flys by! my scan is on weds and its torture enough, its is reassuring when people tell you little stories of how things have worked out though! good luck laura tomorrow too!

Amberc - Hiya, if you dont mind me asking when you were bleeding or just after did your pregnancy symptoms disapear or stop for a while, my boobs were aching last week but now i can squash them without screaming out, they still havent shrunk though, still feeling gassy but not as bloated and im not have vivid dreams at all (which were actually getting quite scary as they were so real!). I never had any morning sickness as such, just these and tiredness, so im just looking for something to compare it to, thanks xx

Hey guys.

How are you Pink and Viv? I am hoping that you are both doing better than me and that you are managing to pass the time somehow. (Can't seem to do anything - I try and watch TV and nothing goes in.)

Think I know what will happen for me tomorrow after a trip to A&E yesterday afternoon. TMI coming up - but everytime I went to the toilet loads of blood and clotted blood started coming out - was trying to hope that it was a servere urinary tract infection but when the dr examined me it was definitely not from the bladder. She said I was having a threatened miscarriage but the scan tomorrow would show what is going on. Wierdly now all the bleeding has stopped but the amount that came out earlier cannot be hopeful.

Have switched off my phone as I cannot face speaking to anyone. Have only told close family and they were so excited, I am worried about them being upset aswell. In a way I wish I had told close friends as I need to talk and not sure I can go through the whole I was pregnant and I'm not now explanation.

In a wierd way I am sort of wanting it all to be over so that we can start again. I am trying to think of all the fun things that I will be able to do if I'm not pregnant. I was naughty last night and had a glass of wine - thought even in the unlikely event that he/she pulls through one glass won't hurt and if he/she doesn't a glass of wine isn't a problem anyway.

I'll let you know how it goes later. x x

Good luck Laura! Keeping my fingers crossed.
Having read on here, some MNetters have severe bleeding and clots discharged too and all is well.
Hope it's good news for you too x

Hiya,
there must of been something in the air cos i also had a little drink last night too! dont think 1 will do any harm either way, if it does go the bad way i know ill certainly be having more than 1 anyway!
I gave my friend a lift to work this morning the 1st thing she did was give me a pair of maternity trousers she had gotten me, i fell to pieces and havent been the same since, i just feel sooo depressed right now, i was fine last night, my appt is tomorrow so god knows what ill be like by then, just want this whole week to be over and done with!
Ive just also had the interview from hell, the oldest 1 there and felt so out of place i nearly ran out before they called my name! Think everything coming at once has put me on such a downer, but it has passed the morning away, hope everything went as well as it could go for you today, let us know how you are anyway xxx

Vix1980 - hope everything works out for you. I bled with both of my dc, with dd it was bright red and there was loads of it.

Keeping everything crossed.

Hi
I know exactly what you mean, there is a cider in the fridge that keeps calling me! Sorry to hear about your interview, at least it kept you busy! I am still trying to occupy my mind. I am a teacher so on holiday at the moment. I have taken to housework and gardening with a vengance to keep myself busy - my house has never looked so good! The Drs was fine thanks Vix.Hhe was really nice, but said (as everyone does) that he couldn't call it either way and I will have to wait until Thurs to find out.
Hope scans go well for you both x going on mumsnet and reading the nice stories from people is the only thing keeping my hopes up! I think Dh has taken the route of trying to prepare me for the worst and not get my hopes up, he just keeps telling me it will be ok whatever happens and at least we can get pregnant, which is all true, but not feeling that helpful right now....
Sorry for the rant! V frustrating day!

Dont be sorry i know exactly what you mean, sad as it is i love coming on here to reply if only for it occupies me for a few minutes and adds a little excitement from someone else who is going through the same thing, my house is spotless my Mil even commented before so it must of been bad cos in her books im the worlds worst cleaner!, cos im staying at my bros i have an extra house to clean so got plans to do the kitchen tonight but just cant get motivated to do anything!

il be really glad when tomorrow is over, great idea to get some beer in the frisge ready, id got rid of everything bad so i wasnt tempted by the wine calling me, now i want it back! xx Just think this time next week it will be old news and we can start to move on with our lives either wayxx fingers crossed xx

Good luck for your scans tomorrow and thursday ladies, will have fx for you!

Vix1980, I didn't have any pregnancy symptoms to start off with to be honest so nothing disappeared. Fairly heavy bleed though.

I hope I come on tomorrow to read some good news - I was TTC for 16 months before I got pregnant with my little twins so know how sad it is not to be pregnant when you desperately want to be but can't imagine how it must feel to get pregnant and then not be. Maybe I would prepare myself for the worst and make sure all my friends were ready to come and support me. Sometimes men can be a bit rubbish at things like this as they are more practical than emotional.

Vix when is your scan? Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Vix - good luck for the scan tomorrow. Have you continued to bleed or was it just the other day? At least the scan will let you know what's going on, one way or the other.

Hello. Me again.

Wasn't sure whether to post as it is not good news. Found out yesterday that the baby stopped growing at 6 weeks and since I knew I was pregnant just under 6 weeks ago I know that I couldn't be that wrong with my dates. However, got to wait a week for another scan just to confirm this.

I really hope your scans go well. There are so many stories of positive news following bleeding so hopefully I am the bad statistic and you will be fine. x x

Oh Laura I hope the next scan shows further growth and you get good news!
When is it?

Hello PoppysMom,

Thanks for the support but I know that it is not going to be good news as I must be at least 9 weeks now. I got a positive pregnancy test on the 2nd March so there is no way that I am only 6 weeks pregnant.

(I am so convinced that I drowned my sorrows last night and started planning all the things that I would now I am not pregnant. Didn't even enjoy the alcohol but I felt that it had to be done as I could drink again!)

Hi Laura,

I am so sorry :(
Hopefully you can try again when you are ready
(((hugs)))

Thinking of you. I hope it's good news tomorrow.

Hi Laura - sorry to hear that, I tend to agree with you having just gone through similar myself. Plenty of support on threads here if you need it though :)