I need some hand holding please...

[LST]

I have had some brownish discharge when I wipe this morning (tmi sorry). I was 7 weeks yesterday. I have a horrible sinking feeling that this is it

Sadly yes hun , told the other half on Monday last week that he was going to be a Daddy and woke up on Tuesday bleeding (not as heavy as my normal period but still enough to cause concern) Called DR who told me as i was so early there was nothing they could do and basically just to wait it out. The bleeding stopped in 24 hrs, ive retaken my test and its now neg have an appointment tomorrow to confirm what i already know in my heart. Waiting is the worse part.
Wish i could say something to help but i know i cant. :( sending you huge hugs xx

LST sorry to hear you're still bleeding. It's great you've got a scan, but it's awful having to wait isn't it keep trying your midwife as they might be able to sneak you in earlier.

All I can suggest is taking each day a step at a time. Do anything you can to distract yourself. I find that watching a funny film helps as although my mind returns to worry, it does briefly distract. And be kind to you. If you can't work whilst this worried, get signed off. I was signed off when I was bleeding in my last pregnancy until after my miscarriage. Although, at the time, I felt bad for letting my team down, it was the right thing to do.

hugs and prayers that everything will be ok despite the bleeding, and you'll be scanned sooner than Thursday.

Oh LST, I'm so sorry. I will keep hoping and praying it turns out OK for you. Be good to yourself while you're waiting for the scan and as others have said, take sick leave from work if you need to, and don't force yourself to go out tonight if you don't feel able, your friends will understand if you're not well and you don't have to explain why if you don't want to tell people just now.

Hugs, and I'm hoping and wishing for the best for you and the other ladies having anxious waits just now.

Hope you're ok LST. How are things now?

I know its very hard but dont give up hope.

I had exactly what you've described at 6 weeks - the brown blood that was only inside, the odd pink bit, stringy clotty bits and a bloody type smell. It continued until 8.5 weeks and was a hellish time but I'm 18 weeks now and all seems fine. The sonographer said its a very common time to have an implantation bleed so I really hope thats what it is for you too.

LST I'm so sorry to hear this. I too am hoping that everything will be ok for you.

I will keep you and the other ladies who are waiting in my thoughts and prayers.

Hi all.

Thank you all so much for your kind words.

I had a nice bath and got myself ready to go out. I am pleased I did. It was my work colleagues, partners and children. It was a good evening and took my mind off things for a while. My ds was on top entertainment form.

Touch wood I have only slight brownish discharge since my bath at 5pm so I hope it stays that way. Nothing has 'come out' yet so I am remaining a tiny bit positive.

I am having time off work as of now. It is my birthday on the day of the scan (Thursday) and can go one of 2 ways. I am going to rest until then and hope for the best.

Mollie I am so sorry to hear what you are going through

pink that is really good to hear.

Not that you bled of course. But the outcome x

Im glad you had a nice evening sometimes its good to have something to distract.
Its positive that its only slight bwn discharge for you now, im sure you will be fine.
Thank you for your kind words x

I hope so. I will pray for you too mollie xx

I'm pleased to hear you had a good evening and also that you have booked some time off. It's so hard trying to hold it all together when you have such a lot of worry, so you are doing the right thing.

It sounds encouraging and looks like it has improved a little bit, which is really good news. Mine went on for a few days each time so don't lose hope.

Hope you have a restful night and I'll keep you in my prayers.

glad you had a great evening.

I had the scan when I found out I'd miscarried on my birthday. It was awful. I really really really hope you get good news on your birthday.

I thought mis carrying on my birthday was just my bad luck unfortunately I am not alone ;( but on a positive note the fact it's brown and no pain is a very good sign I had a area of bleeding outside the sac which came away with what I thought was really heavy brown blood over 5 weeks but mw told me it always seems more than what it is I am now going for my 20 wk scan this week and all is well so hope u get the same outcome that would be a great birthday present xxx

Hi OP, thinking of you. Hope your getting some sleep and rest as much as you can over the next few days x

Hi all

It's still not stopped with the brownish discharge. It has gone quite dark now though so I don't know what that means. ..

I just want to wake up on Thursday morning. I have just had the horrible thought I don't know where I'm going. I don't know if it will be the maternity scan suite or if the epu have one of their own.

my epu is totally separate from the maternity unit. It's in a women's health clinic so you won't see anyone heavily pregnant.

I think I better call the midwife back. I don't think she told me..

Oh dear, I was hoping it would have stopped.

Just today and tomorrow to get through and then you can get your scan. By then it may have stopped anyway, I'm really hoping it has.

What do you have planned for today?

Me too. My heart dropped a little when I went the loo this morning. There is still nothing showing on the pad though so that's got to be something.

I am still lying in bed but I am going to get up and spend the day with my ds while dp looks after me. It is not very often that happens so I best make the most x

If there is nothing on the pad then this suggests that it is not increasing in quantity. Sorry for tmi but when I had mine there was quite a lot, on the pad and I could feel it 'running' out of me. So it sounds like you have a lot less than that.

Hope you have a good day with your DS and DP. Try and get as much rest as you can.

That's what I had last time. I've had nothing on the pad really at all. I keep feeling positive but I don't want to really as the fall on Thursday will be so much more to bare if it is bad news

I might even take my duvet downstairs today x

So it's less than the last time? That is encouraging. You may well find it stops today or tomorrow as that will be a few days in total.

I know what you mean about not daring to feel positive about it. I remember going to the midwife with mine the second time I had it (10 weeks) convinced I was losing the baby as there was just as much as the first time, and she reassured me and then wanted to talk about my plans to feed the baby. I was thinking she was mad to be discussing feeding when I was about to miscarry, but now I realise that on the whole, for the vast majority of ladies, their pregnancies do progress and the outcome is good.

Good idea to relax downstairs - do you have any DVDs or anything recorded that you can watch to distract you for a bit?

Oh much less than when I mc the first time. There does seem more of the brown discharge than there has been but as its brown it should be a better sign.

I really want to go now. It's more stressful not knowing what is happening.

Me and ds are snuggled up watching cbeebies with his blanket and the curtains drawn. dp is out walking the dog in the rain.

Thank you x

The midwife told me that brown was 'nothing to worry about' and just sort of brushed it off - she was much more worried about insisting that I decided how I was going to feed the baby.

I know what you mean about not knowing - you can never really settle. I used to love cbeebies when DD was small, but probably wont recognise the programmes now! At least the time will pass quite quickly if you can do some things with DS and DP today.

It is possible to have even red discharge for a couple of weeks without anything being wrong! It's happened to me.

Personaly I don't think there i anything wrong if she has sent you to the ante-natal ward with the rest of women. If they sent all the women with threatened misscarriage to the same place imagine how many of them would be sad or crying and you would feel miserable. Once I had gone for a scan like you and a woman who had brought her husband, sister, nephew etc. (for support I guess) came out of the scan room and started crying in her sisters arms. I felt so sad :(

I keep imagining I have cramps. But then they could just be normal pregnancy cramps. I was very crampy with ds.

I'm watching mr bloom now. He's enough to put a smile on anyone's face

Dp is nipping out now to get some shoes for an interview he has tomorrow so I've asked him bring me something nasty back from macdonalds.