Has anyone ever bled heavily for a week and not miscarried?

[birdofthenorth]

Wasn't sure weather to post this in pg or mc sections, sorry.

I'm nearly 9 weeks pg but have been bleeding fairly heavily (like a period) for 7 days now. I was scanned on day 3 of the bleed and the baby still had a heartbeat, although was measuring 7 rather than the 8 weeks I was then, and the sack was measuring 6 weeks. At that stage the bleeding was light than a period -over the next few days it got heavier. Yesterday (tmi warning, sorry) I passed a chunk of tissue about 2 or 3 inches long, and thought, this is it, the beginning of the end (I miscarried in November at 11.5 weeks so thought I knew what was coming next). But today my bleeding has been a bit lighter.

I have another scan tomorrow morning. I there any chance of the baby's survival after 7 days steady blood loss do you think? I have heard women say they "bled throughout their successful pregnancy" but I am struggling not to interpret this much bleeding for smoking as bad news.

I am very blessed to have one DD so have reason to believe I can carry a child in theory. Any advice or shared experiences much appreciated. Thank you.

I know my body isn't normal but with DD I had really heavy bleeding until 7 weeks pg (not like a normal period, like a seriously heavy, super tampon period), then more bleeding on and off till about 15 weeks. She came out absolutely fine with no complications.

This time I'm 11 weeks and bled like a light/normal period from 3-6 weeks then I've had more bleeding on and off since. I had an early scan 2 weeks ago and all was fine.

I hope your scan goes well today.

My computer didn't load the thread properly and I just read your last post. I'm so, so sorry to hear your news.

I did at about 14 weeks, no miscarriage.

They said that even though I had had my 12 week scan with no sign of a twin, it might have been a twin coming away, they couldn't be sure though.

So very sorry bird thinking of you :(

How are you getting on? x

Hi Daisy, thanks for asking. I am doing ok thanks, physically fine & bleeding less now, and only tearful some of the time!

I am thinking about asking my GP for some miscarriage counselling though, because last time (November) just carried on regardless but found myself a few months later sad, demotivated & obsessed with ttc, & I don't want to be like that now.

Thinking of handing my notice in at work as well- I have two part-time jobs & my primary one causes me stress but tbh I'd been thinking I'd stick around for the maternity pay- now that's not on the cards I feel the only way to regain a sense of control over the coming months is to plan my departure and focus on other things. I had to go to a meeting today even though I've got a sick note & I found the whole smile, nod, pretend all's well act hard to pull off and ended up telling someone random & then regreting it. She was nice, of course, it's just... I find it really hard when people don't know and inadvertently say insensitive things, but equally hard when people do know and offer sympathy when you're not prepared for it and it reminds you you are sad Definitely staying home from work for the rest of the week to avoid sobbing in the toilets.

Sorry that was a long answer! Thank you for all your kind messages everyone, I do appreciate it.