Bleeding at 8 weeks

[Elemental]

I'm almost 8 weeks pregnant and this lunchtime I noticed some pink spotting. It's developed over the course of the day to darker red blood with mucus and some abdominal pain. I've phoned the hospital and have a scan booked for Tuesday, but........is there any hope?

I had fairly heavy bleeding when i was 7 weeks and some cramping. I was convinced id miscarried (went to the gp who said it was highly probable it was ) and was referred for a scan but had to wait 5 days for that which seemed like an eternity. My DS is now 9 months.

My thoughts are with you for tuesday.

Oh, thanks for replying, and with a positive story. It's hard not to think the worst, especially as the cramping is getting worse. At the minute I just feel like this pregnancy is the thing keeping me together - my dad died 6 weeks ago and I then found out that I conceived possibly on the day he died. Feel helpless.

It really could go either way. The less bleeding there is the more likely you probably are to have a good outcome. There are other explanations for first trimester bleeding than miscarriage.
I had some spotting and light bleeding at the 5-6 weeks stage and everything was fine when I had the scan. I hope you have a good outcome too and I'm sorry to hear about your dad.

I've read that spotting and cramping in first trimester can be due to hormones. Can u work out where you would be in your cycle if you weren't pregnant? If it shows you would have been experiencing your period round about now it could just be your body getting confused and adjusting. Does that make sense?

Thanks all. In my cycle I think I would be about 4 days away from my period, so that could be possible, although it didn't happen the first time I was due to have my period, not sure if that rules it out or not though?

Look at this:
www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/physicalhealth/vaginalspottingorbleeding/

Found this site really useful and quite reassuring. It may help calm you for next 3 days- if that's possible!

Hi there. Hope you're doing ok at what sounds like a really terrifying time. Its hard enough for you especially after what you've experienced over the last couple of months with your dad passing away. I really am very sorry for your loss. I'm a nurse, have had 2 DC's but also have had 2 miscarriages so do understand how scary it is being pregnant, especially in the emotional situation you're in with your dad having died so recently. However, you must try & keep positive as I have bled in the pregnancies that I carried to term and didn't in the 2 that I miscarried.
Bleeding in any stage of pregnancy isn't a particularly good sign, although often medics are unable to determine a cause for it. However, it is the colour of the blood that is important. Bright red blood is more indicative of miscarriage than brown, darker red. You are also 8 weeks pregnant which is a time where a lot of foetal growth takes place and the cardiac system in particular is growing so 8wks is a time when if there are any developmental problems then foetuses often miscarry.
However, important to keep positive if possible and remember that if you do go for the scan on Tuesday and there is no foetal heartbeat then try to remember that there was a good reason for the miscarriage and sometimes it's better to lose the foetus naturally than to go to your 20week scan to be told that your baby has physical developmental problems. Also, when I miscarried I was totally devastated but was comforted by the fact that I was able to get pregnant in the first place. Really hope things turn out well for you.

Thanks guys, this has really helped. Lottsie, thanks for the information and philosophical way of looking at it if the worst does happen. It is a comfort that I am pregnant, as we've been trying for over a year and a half and have been having tests for secondary infertility, etc.

Just wanted to update - I miscarried in the shower just before the hospital appointment today. It was painless which I wasn't expecting. The hospital confirmed the miscarriage and have offered an early scan for future pregnancies, which is good. I wasn't expecting any other result at this point to be honest, there was so much blood, and I just didn't feel pregnant any more. Actually, I was googling loss of pregnancy symptoms the day before the bleeding started, but didn't think too much of this at the time as I know from last time that symptoms can come and go anyway.

Thanks everyone who answered me, and good luck ladies with your pregnancies.

i'm sorry for your loss Elemental. i hope it wasn't as scary/upsetting as it sounds :( you poor thing.

My thoughts are with you - hope you can have a restful week.

So sorry

Just read your post as have been thinking of you over the last few days & been really hoping that you were ok so I was really sad to read about you & your partner/hubby's loss. I read about you taking a while to get pregnant and my situation was identical. It took my husband and I a year and a half and I was at my first appt to see the infertility consultant when he wanted to do a preg test. It was positive & I couldn't believe it- sooooo excited. Then had my 12wk scan & no foetal heartbeat. It felt like my world had fallen apart; I was totally devastated & it took me a long time to get over it. I think partly because it had taken me so long to get pregnant in the first place. Went back to consultant, had all the infertility tests & sperm results suggested ICSI which our consultant laughed at because of normal pregnancy. He said to give it a few months & within 2 months i was pregnant again, bled the whole way through my pregnancy & felt terrified that every moment I was going to miscarry. I didn't & have a beautiful 10yr old DD who I never would have had if circumstances were diff. Just quickly to add, I then got preg 2 further times, one to term & then another which I miscarried at 8wks. What I'm really trying to say in a really long winded way, is honestly, keep as positive as you can; take the next few weeks to pamper yourself & try to remembe, like I used to, that if you have got pregnant once, there is nothing to stop you from it happening again & I really do wish you all the best for your next pregnancy x

Thank you

so sorry to hear of your loss elemental!

be kind to yourself and stay positive! i know its a really hard time to go through and we are all here if you need to express your thoughts.
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