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Bleeding in 1st Trimester

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PieMistress · 06/05/2011 22:04

Hi,

Am very worried and wondering if any other MNs have been experiencing anything similar?

I am 7 weeks pg and yesterday noticed pink discharge on the toilet paper. During the day this turned brown, then bright red and now dark red. It spots on a panty liner but is mainly visible on the toilet paper. I've also had back ache and period like pains (on and off).

There was no blood when I woke this morning but it started again during the day so I have an appt at the EPU on Monday morning for a scan. It's going to be a long weekend :(

I'm getting myself worked up into a right old state and petrified i'm going to lose the baby :(((

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MummytobeLizz · 08/05/2011 18:43

Thanks happy. I have a doctors appointment booked for Friday but am going to ring them tomorrow morning.
Started to get cramps this afternoon, doesn't bode well. I keep praying Emmy is ok but think she's gone.

Hope all goes well tomorrow morning. think positive.

x

HappyToBeAlone · 08/05/2011 18:55

I really hope not for you, We can`t help but think the worst when we bleed though can we.

Im so sick of googling and googling, Its not like they can give me any answers :( I can`t wait to have my scan tomorrow.

I have rested all weekend and avoided over doing anything just like the nurse told me to do, Just had a warm bath to try and relax more, Cant wait to sleep now till morning, Worried sick.

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PieMistress · 08/05/2011 19:08

Hi All,

Well the spotting/bleeding has carried on all day (now 4th day) still only really when I wipe but needless to say I feel like i'm always on the loo checking! At least by tomorrow morning I will know one way or the other. I wonder why it's not at night (so far) maybe all the activity during the day exasperates it?

My cramps and back pain are still intermittent too. I stupidly did a pregnancy test and it was still positive but I know that doesn't mean anything as there would still be enough hormone levels in my body to give a positive.

Does anybody know that if I were having a miscarriage can it be this slow in happening? I was also temp charting before I got my BFP, would my BBT have dropped if I was mc?

MummytobeLizz - I would go back to the EPU, there's no way I could wait 6+ weeks for a scan if I was still bleeding. Did they check your HCG levels before and give you a reason for your bleeding?

Happyrf - many thanks for your encouraging words :-)

Mummytobe Lizz & HTBA - fingers crossed for us that all is well with our Xmas puds

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PieMistress · 08/05/2011 19:12

PS - I have also been googling and googling and OH told me to stop as there is nothing I will read that will affect the outcome of Pud. It seems to be pretty 50/50 with bleeding in first tri - it's either not a problem and you will go on to have a healthy baby or miscarriage is imminent.

I'm finding it hard to be optimistic as I now feel like Pud has gone and I don't have any pregnancy symptoms either.

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happyrf · 08/05/2011 19:13

Thanks Bee, much appreciated. Hope that everything goes ok tomorrow for everyone, i have fingers and toes crossed for you

HappyToBeAlone · 08/05/2011 19:25

Pie i hope we have some happy news tomorrow, I will report back either way. I will stop googling now as like you say its all 50/50, Only the scan will tell us our answer

Fingers crossed for tomorrow will be thinking of you at half past 9, then 10 it will be my turn

xkatyx · 08/05/2011 19:46

Hi ladies,

I have never had bleeding in my 3 pregnancies but i thought i would come on here and let you know what happend my last pregnancy.

I was about 8 weeks pregnant and had tummy pains so went to the EPU had a scan thankfully bubs was fine, but they saw a pouch of blood round the baby and said it was very common thing to have and not to panic if i bleed.

Apparently it can happen when bubs implants and then the blood can come away anytime.

I also had a mc before my 3 rd baby and if it helps and i dont want to give out any false hope or anything i am by no means a doctor but my tests got fainter every day till i got a negative 3 days later .. i also was having really horrible period pains and a lot of blood loss, i also know my friend had exactly the same thing with tests and blood.

i really hope all is well and will be thinking of you.

Im also off to hospital (pregnant with 4) as not sure ow far i am etc and i also have backache and mild pains which i know are normal also.

good luck

MummytobeLizz · 09/05/2011 09:02

Well, I phoned the doctors this morning. They wanted me to go back to the EPU - but I don't have time today as I have exams tomorrow... I can't spent another 4 hours there - especially as am feeling particularly tearful, just don't think I could cope without DH support (and he's at work) :(

The doctors have made me an appointment for 10:30 today so am going in. Feeling so low. Still taking my folic acid, iron and other vitamins in the hope all is ok...

Hope all went well for people having scans this morning, let us all know your news!

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PieMistress · 09/05/2011 12:11

It wasn't good news for me really. They couldn't see anything using the scan so I had to have an internal probe scan but then she said the sac was only measuring 5-6 weeks and there was no heartbeat or fetal pole to be seen. She said my dates might be out but I'm not daft - they can't be out by a whole 2 weeks! I know when I ovulated and when we DTD and it's impossible

So I have to wait a whole week and they will scan me again and said not to give up hope but it's not looking good is it! They said 'inconclusive' which is terrible I just wish I knew one way or the other. I also got some leaflets on miscarriage as i'm still spotting today.

Hope the others having scans today receive better news, Pie xx

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saoirse86 · 09/05/2011 12:24

Oh I'm sorry it's not good news PieMistress. I don't really know what to say. There's still hope though. Let us know what happens next week. Smile

HappyToBeAlone · 09/05/2011 12:42

Hi ladies mines bad news, baby happys gone. Nothing was left on the scan. Pie I really hope you get some good news next week! Sorry todays scan wasn't what you wanted to see/hear. Hope this week goes fast x

katherine2008 · 09/05/2011 12:48

happy I am so sorry for your loss and pie fx for next week. ladies, if you need it, I can't recommend the m/c board highly enough - it was a enormous source of help for me when I miscarried in December. I'm pg again (nearly 14 weeks) now - the coming days and weeks will be hard, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, I promise. Good luck x

Leo4 · 09/05/2011 14:35

pie..I have read your story and it is very similar to mine..I was 10 weeks when I miscarried. I had light spotting for weeks and was told I probably hadnt miscarried but they would give me a scan to be sure. They told me i might have got my dates wrong as it was showing a 5 week old foetus...but i knew i wasn't (especially 5 weeks out) and I felt like it was being lied to. However they have to tell you this as there are cases where dates are out and its just a smaller baby than you thought and as yours is only a week to 2 weeks out it might be possible!! So I sincerely hope it is good news for you!

I wish I had found mumsnet when I miscarried as it was such a horrible time for me and seeing all these words of support would have uplifted me when coming to terms with my grief. It does really help to talk though, that was one of the major lessons I learnt after my miscarriage.

Good luck
x

harassedinherpants · 09/05/2011 14:44

Pie I'm so sorry you must be feeling awful, but there have been good outcomes from similar situations.

Happy I'm so sorry for your loss.

I've had a mmc and a mc this year (and now prg -and scared- again!!) and can not tell you how wonderful the Miscarriage board is. It's just so supportive and understanding.

Wishing you both well, take care and be kind to yourselves.

Leo4 · 09/05/2011 14:46

Good Luck to you harassed....Fingers Crossed xx

harassedinherpants · 09/05/2011 14:47

Thanks Leo! It's the scariest thing ever.....

Leo4 · 09/05/2011 14:50

I know Im pregnant after my miscarriage a year ago..Im 20wks now and the whole time I've been worried the whole time...bring on 40 wks :) xx

harassedinherpants · 09/05/2011 14:52

Don't say that! I'm hoping the mentalling will magically stop after 12 week scan Grin. Only 6+5 so still a long way to for me x

Leo4 · 09/05/2011 14:53

yer apologies for the repeated phrase "the whole time" lol x

MummytobeLizz · 09/05/2011 17:16

Sorry to hear about your loss happy - unfortunately was the same for me :( . Even though I knew Emmy was gone I feel like an emotional wreck.

Hope all goes well for everyone. Will hopefully be back on mumsnet in a few months.

x

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PieMistress · 09/05/2011 18:15

So sorry to hear your news HTBA & MTBL :(

Today has got worse and i've recently had 2 huge gushes of blood and lost 2 palm sized clots. I really hope I miscarry naturally as dread the thought of hospital. I've been sobbing ever since as I guess part of me was clinging onto the impossible and my dates were wrong (which I knew they weren't)

I will move over to the miscarriage threads.

Thank you all for your kind words. Fingers crossed this angel just wasn't meant to be and being 40 next year doesn't stand in my way.

Thanks again,Pie xx

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harassedinherpants · 09/05/2011 18:19

Pie I'm so very sorry. The mc thread helped me enormously. I'm 40 and have no trouble getting preg, just staying that way.

Fingers x'd you're all back very soon. There are some fab ttc after mc threads, but don't rush yourselves.

Guacamole · 09/05/2011 21:46

Sorry Pie, I was really hoping it would work out for you.

HappyToBeAlone · 09/05/2011 23:01

Pie im so so sorry to hear of your loss too, this had been one bad day for us ladies :(

i have found today so hard, I`m here if you need to talk as i know just how you are feeling xx

Leo4 · 10/05/2011 07:33

Harassed: it does stop slightly if I am honest...I named my 12 week scan D-day!! You are much less worried of a miscarriage after this point and more worried about other problems..Hope all goes well for you xx

Pie: Sorry for your loss, I hope you find some comfort somewhere xxxx