Do you think i have lost my baby?

[LittleElls]

Hello, im about 8 weeks pregnant, and have had some light bleeding for the past 3 days.
I passed one small clot, the bleeding has just been light and not like my normal period and i havent had any pain at all.
Do you think I have lost the baby, I have heard about lots of people during pregnancy but for 3 days?
I havent been to the doctors yet even to have the pregnacy confirmed but I did lots of pregnancy tests all positive. I was planning on just doing anpther test at the end of the week to see what that says.

If that comes up negative I am not planning on going to the doctors, is this a good idea?

thanks any advice would be helpful

thanks NotQuiteCockney that makes me feel better.
If i do have any ill symptoms i will go to the doctors.
How long after did you get the negative result?

I am going to do pregnancy test over the next few weeks.
If they are positive it could also mean that the babys still there and healthy.
I have kind of made my self accept that it gone though as i dont want to get my hopes up.

thanks

I think two weeks should be enough, if you are miscarrying now. You could be just having a bleed, and all is well. You could have had the start of a mc, and then more bleeding will happen later. I would wait for 2 weeks after no blood, and then test.

I'd watch for fever, strange discharge, abdominal pain. (Particularly abdominal pain - just realised, these symptoms could fit ectopic pregnancy, only those are quite painful. They can be fatal for the mum, so worth being aware of.)

As others have said, obviously, if you want treatment for repeated mc, you should go to the medics.

LE, I do hope that everything is ok for you. I have bled recently and read that usually if there is something wrong with the baby you will naturally miscarry straight away, usually before 8 weeks.

I hope that you can deal with this and keep posting as although you don't wish to speak to people in RL, it may help on here.

Hows it going LE??

Hello,

Its been a while since i posted on here last.
Well...I did 2 pregnancy tests today and both negative.
The bleeding didnt last very long, so i guess im back to normal now.
I havent been to the doctors or hospital or anything, maybe not my best idea ever but it's all over now.
Been having sex since the bleeding stopped and despartly want to be pregnant again, anyone got any tips how to concieve quickly?

thank to everyone that responded earlier.

xx

littlellis, I know how you don't want to involve your gp or maternity unit BUT you must...
Although the test is now negative you still need to ensure all is ok. If anything is left then this will cause you future problems and may even get in the way of further pregnancies which you so want.

Like others have said, an investiagtion can be done to find out why you are miscarrying which may give you results to ensure you never go through a mc again.

I personally don't see what an issue it is having mc on your notes and again I feel it helps me more talking about the mc to others rather than bloking it out. That way people know and can deal with you in the appropriate way.

I'm 10 weeks pregant now and before dd I mc x2..I am still worried 100% about baby and I hope all goes well and I agree with you about wanting to know your mc history when pregnant. I have filled in forms asking about my past and I to hate the idea that I have been pregnant 4 times and have only 1 dd...makes me sad. But you know what, I know that telling the health professionals at least they are aware of my history and can give me the treatment necessary. Be it extra care or extra scans or even to just be sensitive to me.

Please please please see your gp before you continue trying again. xx

So sorry to hear your news. I know how awful bleeding can be especially when you so desperately want a baby.
We took 8 months to concieve (and now nrly 30 weeks) I used Zita Wests book and took my basal body temp every morning to measure the rise (when you temp rises bet 1/2 degrees its likely you have ovulated) It tells you when your egg has been released so may not be fertile any more as eggs only have a short life span but does give you an indication of when you ovulated each month (I hadn't had a period since july 05 then oct 05 and found out was preg in beg of jan) I found the temp thing worked.
I over worked DP as we had sex every other day and i monitored my cervical fluid (not v. pleasant) but the clear 'stringy' type fluid is the fertile type.

Good luck !!!

And as shhhh has said do go to your GP or EPU dept as it's true it may inhibit you getting preg in furture and will help them understand any furture pregnancies.

If i turn up now a month after it all happened they will think im a right fruit cake!
Maybe I am!
But if i had an infection or anything then i would be ill and in pain.

They wouldn't think you were a fruit cake, loosing a baby is hard and anyone would except that everyone deals with it differently.
Sometimes, infections can be there with no pain intitially the pain often is when is can be too late, better to be safe that sorry. Go to the EPU in the hospital if you're not wanting your GP to know, i'm sure they can keep it confidential.

I agree with pol...I know it's not related at all BUT for example some std's can go un-noticed for years..and only get noticed when someone tries for babies.

I would say that infections or issues after a mc could be the same in that you may not be aware of what's silently happening to your body...

I am sure all is ok and you will be given the all clear but I would personally get it checked out so that if and when you conceive again it's one less worry and you have a clean slate so to speak.

I wouldn't be concerned about what people think of you. Only those experiencing a mc can truley understand 100%. It's a hard thing to get your heard around. Don't be so harsh on yourself. xx