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8/9 weeks...bleeding :(

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LittleMissSnowShine · 19/07/2012 15:27

Hi everyone

I'm sure this question is asked MILLIONS of times but I'm 8-9 weeks preg with no. 2. First pregnancy I had hyperemesis and sore boobs all through first trimester but no bleeding or anything.

This time round I've been having spotting/bleeding for 10 days. It's not very heavy but it's been happening everyday, sometimes it's very red, othertimes a bit brownish (sorry tmi). I haven't really had any cramping, except a little bit on one of the days.

My official booking in / scan appt isn't until next week but a friend of mine sneaked me in for an early scan a fortnight ago so I have seen a heartbeat

But that was before the bleeding started! I phoned hospital a couple of days ago and they've just told me to rest, keep off my feet, relax etc (not so easy with a toddler to look after but I'm trying) and I've been avoiding sex, but bleeding continues.

Have other ladies had this? Is it always a bad sign? I just want to be prepared before I go for my dating scan next week...

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Purplehonesty · 19/07/2012 15:34

Yes I had it. They said it was a threatened mc and they saw an area of bleeding in the womb when they scanned me at 7 weeks and again at 12 weeks but it had got smaller by 12 weeks.
I had been lifting windows into our new house (stupid)
I bled on and off for the same amount of time as you, first very heavy and red and running out of me for 2 days, then lighter and brown and eventually stopped. I had cramps too. I bled again after the scan I think it was the pressure they had applied
With the scanner thingy that forced more out.
Dd is 3 weeks old now and sleeping on my lap.
Let us know how your scan goes; do you still have pregnancy symptoms like sore boobs and feeling sick etc?

PickleSarnie · 19/07/2012 15:35

Unfortunately, midwives and hospitals can seem a bit flippant about early bleeding. Partly because they know that a lot of the time, it's just one of those things and the pregnancy will be okay. Also partly because, if it is a bad sign then there's little they can do about it. So they're mainly just concerned if its a lot of blood loss or you're in a lot of pain since they want to make sure you're okay as opposed to baby.

I had a huge amount of bleeding in this pregnancy at about 11 weeks. Like a really, really heavy period for two days followed by a week of brown sludgyness. They found a pretty large clot on the scan which they said would probably bleed out or be reabsorbed. I'm now 36 weeks and all seems okay. so it's not always a bad sign

If it gets heavy then go to a&e. Will have everything crossed for you!

Beamae · 19/07/2012 15:38

I bled on and off during my first trimester and my twins are fine. If you are concerned can you not go to A&E who will refer you to the EPU for a scan?

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LittleMissSnowShine · 19/07/2012 15:41

@Pickle - "if it is a bad sign then there's little they can do about it". Yeah, I know and that's why I'm feeling a bit worried, cos the hospital are just telling me to rest etc but that doesn't really put your mind at rest does it? In the first scan I had my friend who was scanning me saw something on the scan which she thought was either a non-viable second sac or possibly some blood clotting so she said some bleeding might be a possibility, but I wasn't really expecting it to go on this long Glad to hear you're at 36 weeks after a heavy bleed, though, hope you have a nice straightforward delivery after the early hiccup

@Purple - That is very reassuring to hear! I'm still feeling v nauseous and tired, so hoping this is a good sign for me. Wish it would just flippin stop, finding it v difficult to cope with DS who is nearly 23 months when I'm supposed to be on bed rest!!

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LittleMissSnowShine · 19/07/2012 15:42

@Beamae - I was thinking about going down this evening, i keep wondering whether or not to bother since I had a scan 2 weeks ago and i have another one booked in for early next week. Wish there was a magic 'stop bleeding' tablet they could just give u!

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Beamae · 19/07/2012 18:41

It's such an anxious time. I hope it's good news for you. If it were me, I'd go in. I had 5 scans in my first trimester though! I even got scanned for minor spotting.

TittyBojangles · 19/07/2012 19:16

I'm sure you know this and won't say anything, but be aware that your friend could get in a lot of trouble for scanning you without the correct referral. Good luck with whatever you decide. As you already know a scan won't necessarily put your mind at ease.

Purplehonesty · 20/07/2012 09:13

How are you today littlemiss? Has the bleeding settled down at all?

BedHog · 20/07/2012 09:20

If your friend spotted a clot separate to the embryo that's a good sign. Maybe you have what I had - a haemmorage on my uterus wall which produced a huge amount of blood in the first trimester - baby was fine though.

jen6jen · 22/07/2012 23:15

I bled with number 4 for almost the whole of the first trimester...was never explained. Baby boy is now a beautiful perfectly healthy 2 year old. Good luck xx

panicnotanymore · 23/07/2012 08:46

I had a clotty bleed of about 4 days at 5 weeks (I thought it was a period), a heavy bright red bleed that lasted about an hour at 6 weeks and again at 7 weeks. The 8 week scan showed all was well, and the bleeds were nothing to worry about.

I hope you are ok.

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LittleMissSnowShine · 25/07/2012 14:23

ladies - thank you for all your support and advice.

the bleeding continued for about 10 or 11 days, but didn't get heavier, no clotting, no cramping so I just followed drs advice, tried to stay off my feet and be careful. then the bleeding stopped so I was very hopeful that all would be ok.

unfortunately when I went for my booking scan y'day at what would have been 10 weeks it showed that the baby had stopped developing at around 8.5 weeks and there was no heartbeat. I haven't miscarried yet so I have to go back to the hospital on Monday for a second scan just to confirm (which is horrible because even though I know there's no heartbeat of course a tiny part of me is going to keep hoping for a miracle) and until then I am in limbo - waiting to see if the bleeding will re-start or if I'll have to go into hospital for tablets / a d&c.

So sadly my story did not have a happy ending this time, but I hope if there;s anyone else reading this worrying about bleeding that you will have a much more positive outcome than I did. Just going to wait to get the next week over and for the bleeding to stop and then ttc again, and in the meantime I have my 23 month old DS to keep me busy. Wishing everyone luck and thanks again x

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BedHog · 25/07/2012 15:16

Sorry to hear that LittleMiss. I lost a pregnancy at 10 weeks too, so I know how horrible it is. My advice to you would be to consider having the tablets or surgery - I chose to miscarry 'naturally' as I was already bleeding - a decision I regret as it was awful and resulted in a lot of anxiety in my subsequent pregnancy.

The miscarriage board on mumsnet is fantastic - I got lots of support there from other women going through the same experience.

Please look after yourself, I hope you have good support in real life, and please call your epu if you are at all worried.

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LittleMissSnowShine · 25/07/2012 17:49

Thanks BedHog - it really has been a horrible couple of weeks of worrying and wondering if all is ok, only to find out that it's not and that not only that, but now I have to wait until Monday to get proper closure on it all. It'll be a long few days but just trying to keep busy with other things so I'm not dwelling on things too much (we're in the middle of moving house so at least there's no shortage of things to keep me busy) and hopefully when we get settled in our new place it won't be long before we get a BFP again.

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Purplehonesty · 25/07/2012 20:05

So sorry littlemiss. Have been checking this every day hoping for news and am really gutted for you.
Take it easy and get lots of rest x

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LittleMissSnowShine · 25/07/2012 20:58

Thanks purple, just want to crawl into bed and hide for a few days but glad of the distractions at the same time. So glad things worked out better for you with your bleeding during pregnancy, and hopefully next time things will be better for me too x

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Beamae · 26/07/2012 07:10

Oh no. I'm really sorry to hear that. Look after yourself.

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LittleMissSnowShine · 26/07/2012 08:04

Thanks Beamae - just counting the hours til I can go back to hospital on Mon morning, find out for definite that the pregnancy has definitely ended and decide what to do next. The waiting about is definitely the worst part. Good luck to everyone else out there x

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lotsofcheese · 26/07/2012 20:40

I'm sorry you're going through this, I also had a mmc in June, at 11.5 weeks (development had stopped at 9.5 weeks)

Since there was no heartbeat at my scan, it was confirmed by 2 sonographers there & then - I was given the options of ERCP or medical management in hospital. I chose ERCP & had it the next day.

I'm sorry you have to wait until Monday to have things confirmed - it seems a long time under the circumstances.

Take care of yourself xx

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LittleMissSnowShine · 27/07/2012 11:48

lotsofcheese - so sorry to hear that and i hope you're starting to recover a bit now. i'd also like to go with the same option as you and hopefully they'll do it on monday when i go back to hospital or no later than Tues. Apparently the week long wait in my case is just hospital policy and I guess it's just so they can give your body a chance to naturally miscarry and then the second scan is more to confirm what's left in there rather than really to see if they have made a mistake. A sonographer and a consultant both tried to find a heartbeat for me on Tuesday, and when I had an early scan at 7 weeks it took no time at all to find it, so I can't say I'm really holding out any hope for there being one on Monday. But at least it's kind of given me a week to come to terms with it and to read up and decide that d&c is the option i want to go with. Such a terrible and sad thing.

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Purplehonesty · 30/07/2012 22:58

Just a message to say I hope today went ok and i was thinking of you.

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LittleMissSnowShine · 31/07/2012 15:13

Thanks Purple - I was very nervous and emotional about it all but midwives / consultant / anaethetist were all so lovely and reassuring that they kept me very calm and I left hospital at lunchtime feeling a bit sad but positive about the future.

Hope anyone reading this thread ahead of going in for an erpc / d&c can take some reassurance from this and from everyone else's experiences too x

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lotsofcheese · 31/07/2012 17:02

Glad it went ok, hopefully you can now begin to come to terms with things & move forward.

I'm not sure if I could have coped with the pain/mess/unpredictability of medical management, so surgery was best for me too.

I'm just trying to psyche myself up to TTC again, but that's another story.....

theTramp · 31/07/2012 19:09

I am 7 weeks, had a scan last friday and bleeding started on saturday and is continuing. I was sort of expecting things to be bad, which was why the scan and seeing little heart beat etc was such an unexpectedly wonderful shock. Went from being unbelievable to excited and now I am just in limbo. I really want to get excited but am really worried that doing so will just make it worse if mc happens.

Reading the above has provided me with some perspective. LMSS, so sorry to hear that everything did not work out for you - this time.

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