Worried about miscarriage - GP?

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I'm 5 weeks exactly with first baby, and have had pink then brown discharge intermittently since Sunday (stopped for now), plus some abdominal ache - similar to the feelings I have the day before AF, again intermittently. I also don't feel very pregnant I have an appointment anyway this afternoon with my GP - is there something I can ask him to do to see if everything is ok? It's too early for the EPC, but could he look at my cervix, or check hcg levels?

Wouldn't check your cervix but could do 2 hcg measurements 48 hours apart and see if doubling. But to be honest you may as well just ask for an early scan, at 6-7 weeks.

A bit of pink/brown bleeding is so common in early pregnancy you could call it normal. The cramps also are almost universal. It would be unusual to "feel pregnant" at this stage.

I'm afraid this is the very hard waiting stage. It's very likely all is well. Best of luck.

Thanks so much HP, I appreciate your reassurance. I know it's a very normal experience, but from what I've read it can also be the way miscarriages begin. I'm being a bit neurotic! Finding it tough not knowing if everything is ok. i'll try to chill and also see if they'll consider either hcg tests or a scan next week.

HP's advice is right. Although there's not much you can actually do - I know how much it affects you and you feel like you have to do something. Please talk to a doctor, midwife, friend you can trust - to help with this rollercoaster of emotions that is pregnancy...
Good luck - hopefully its just the normal spotting you get, and don't worry about 'feeling' pregnant. I'm 24 weeks and you'd think that with a bump in the way I would 'feel' pregnant and yet I find myself worrying because I don't 'feel' pregnant. (The only time I really did was when I was being sick at the end of the 1st trimester and thats not nice either!)

With my mc at 5 weeks I had a few spots of pinkish blood, followed within hours by full flow heavy period blood. Pg test negative within 3-4 days (checked once bleeding stopped).
I'll pass on the excellent advise I was given in my first (successful) pg. you will worry if it will stick, you'll worry whether there will be a healthy baby on the 12 week scan, until you feel movement, the 20 week scan, worry about prem labour, birth probs....then worry if they're breathing overnight, if they're making their milestones, eating enough/too much, if they'll be ok at nursery, if they'll have friends, if school will be ok, if their first boyfriend/gf will treat them well, if they'll get good grades, manage uni, marry/partner someone kind, be able to have the kids they want..... The worrying will NEVER STOP, from this moment on. So you have to push it to one side for your own sanity. For today you are pregnant, enjoy it as much as you can. It helped me, not sure why, but it did. Hope it helps you to.

stuck thank you, I think I do need to have a chat with someone anyway, just to avoid sending myself crazy. HP actually that advice is really great, I do need to acknowledge the worry but be able to set it aside. It's not even just not knowing, it's the vulnerability and feeling responsible.
Thanks so much both of you, I really appreciate your responses