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Bleeding. Nuchal yesterday, now bright red blood...

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CaptainNemo · 02/12/2011 07:09

Am terrified. Had the nuchal scan yesterday, the hospital say I was 12+1 I say 11+5. All seemed fine, saw baby waving at us. But got up at 6am to go to the loo this morning to find bright red blood when I wiped then still there when I checked again. Not mucus-y, no pain, no clotting. Shit. I had finally started believing this pregnancy might actually lead to a baby and then this happens immediately. We have a 2 year old DD but 2 mc's before that, the last one at 17.5 weeks due to a chromosome abnormality. Am still waiting for the results of the nuchal bloods (also done yesterday) to see if that's happened again, although our consultant seems/seemed optimistic that it won't have done... So what's going on?!?!

Has anyone else been in this/similar position. I feel glimpses of terror, but mainly I feel absolutely numb of the 'here we go again' variety...

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AnotherBloominChristmastance · 02/12/2011 08:32

Ring you nearest EPU and get in for a scan

FWIW, i have bled around 10-11 weeks in both my pregnancys and it's been nothing both times,

Try not to worry too much, i know that sounds crap advise, sorry your going through this.

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CaptainNemo · 02/12/2011 08:43

Thanks so much. Have spoken to the hospital, or rather sobbed down the phone to them. Have an appointment at 1130. Was totally numb earlier but now can't stop crying. Think I preferred the numbness.

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brandysoakedbitch · 02/12/2011 08:47

Best of luck sweetheart, thinking of you x

FWIW i have bled a fair bit in two of my pregnancies and they both turned out fine, I will really hope that this is the case for you too.

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CaptainNemo · 02/12/2011 09:05

Thanks Brandy, I hope so too. Am actually surprising myself by how upset I am, I thought I'd been holding back from getting too attached because of my history, but clearly not... It's been a very long couple of months....
Great name by the way.

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Imnotaslimjim · 02/12/2011 09:15

So sorry you're having this scare. You've done the right thing, I hope the next 2 hours don't drag too badly. Thinking of you

Traceymac2 · 02/12/2011 09:22

Good luck this morning with your appt. I am 17 wks and ended up in a&e last weekend with spotting. All was fine, I didn't really believe that it would continue to be but no more spotting since. 12 wks is a long time to have this LO with you and is the point when you allow yourself to think beyond the next few days and to believe that you are safer. It's Understandable you are so upset, I was in a total state last week, I've had a few mcs too so thought it was over. The consultant is optimistic which is good,they are very honest when they need to be.

Wormshuffler · 02/12/2011 09:46

The fact is was measuring bigger than you expected has to be a good sign, when I was losing mine it was measuring smaller.
Fingers crossed for you x

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CaptainNemo · 02/12/2011 09:57

Thanks SlimJim, TraceyMac and WormShuffler. A friend has offered to come to the hospital with me so now I "just" need to get up and have a shower, but am terrified that'll cause a big gush of blood... Also scared to go to the loo for the same reason. Really need to pull myself together somehow.

Tracey I'm sorry you've been in a similar position, I really hope it all works out for you and your little one. I know what you mean about the consultants being honest when they need to be, towards the end with DS they were seeing me every week and every week he'd say "I'm increasingly pessimistic" I'd say "you said that last week" and he'd say "well I'm even more pessimistic than I was last week". Weirdly, the fact that I know he doesn't pull any punches made me trust him utterly when it came to having DD the following year. So I know he wouldn't have been telling me it looked good if it didn't... Sorry to waffle.

Worm I'm so sorry for your loss.

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VFVF · 02/12/2011 10:28

Good luck CaptainNemo, I hope you get some good news x

MiauMau · 02/12/2011 10:41

I had the same thing, but mine was before the nuchal scan, lasted a month going from bright red to barely nothing, each time I though it was gone it would rear its ugly head. It's scary and surprising at the same time, how can something so tiny already rule your world?
Good Luck!

Failsafe · 02/12/2011 10:43

Hope everything goes ok today Captain Nemo, got my fingers and toes crossed for good news x

BelleRomford74 · 02/12/2011 10:49

Hope all goes well for you today! Such a worrying time x

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CaptainNemo · 02/12/2011 13:04

Thank you so much for your support ladies, just on the way home from the hospital now. They couldn't find any cause for the bleeding and (fingers crossed) it seems to have stopped at the moment. I probably should feel more reassured than I do, to be honest I'm just waiting to see what's going to go wrong next.... No more dramas please baby, MiauMau you're so right, its barely 6cm long and already it's ruling my life! Ah well, on we go I guess. Here's wishing all who are pregnant at the moment relaxed and uneventful pregnancies!

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Traceymac2 · 02/12/2011 14:43

That's great news. I know ideally you want to know where it is coming from but the fact that it is not visible is a good thing. It has taken me several days of nothing occurring to start to feel that I can relax a little more. I wish you the best of luck with the rest of the pregnancy.

danceswithfools · 02/12/2011 14:49

Hi
Sorry to hear that you are going through this. I had three mcs after having my DD and then when I was pregnant with DS I had the worst bleeding I had ever had at 10 weeks and smaller bleeds on a few other occasions. It was terrifying, but he is sitting next to me drinking his milk as I am typing this. I just thought it might help to know that bleeding is not always bad news. I hope things work out well for you, it was four years ago now but I can still remember the anxiety.
Take care

MiauMau · 02/12/2011 15:26

CaptainNemo so glad to see that all is well :) Mine was also a mystery bleed like yours. Felt so jealous of my sister's pregnancy which was lovely and calm... well, as lovely as having a 8.6lb baby inside of you can be!

brandysoakedbitch · 02/12/2011 16:53

came back to check and amazing news CaptainNemo - so pleased for you all x

Failsafe · 02/12/2011 17:07

Glad baby nemos ok.

After this scare, wishing you a very boring 28 weeks!

AnotherBloominChristmastance · 02/12/2011 17:49

Glad everything went ok, Baby Christmastance and i wish you and Baby Nemo the same

MotherPanda · 02/12/2011 17:53

glad all is ok - it could have just been some blood that got dislodged/moved during the scan - they can push down quite hard as i recall.

Relax and eat a lot of chocolate!

2BoysTooLoud · 02/12/2011 19:05

Also having a sensitive cervix caused by hormonal changes can cause completely harmless bleeding. If [and I hope it doesn't] bleeding happens again get EPU to check for that - torch shone up your wotsit!!

moregranny · 02/12/2011 22:07

I had a huge bleed at 24 weeks, no reason was found......he's 28 now and sat here drinking beer/coffee and eating biscuits, fingers crossed for you, x

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CaptainNemo · 03/12/2011 19:16

Thanks again for all the wonderful messages, it's so good to know others have been where I am now and have had positive outcomes. I especially love the thought of the subject of those pregnancies now sitting drinking milk/beer/coffee and eating biscuits!

I've been having brown spotting on and off today but I'm telling myself it's just leftover from whatever happened yesterday, besides I can't keep running to the hospital on a daily basis, I'll get barred!
Just want the blood results now, then maybe I'll be able to start
believing that this pregnancy might end with us taking healthy live baby home from hospital...

Right now I think a night of chilling on the sofa in front of Strictly (while DH deals with a hideously stinky nappy and does bathtime and bedtime for DD) is just what's called for!

Please can I second the request for a peaceful 28 weeks now, enough already baby!

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