early scan after a few bleeds, unsure whether to stay positive and prepare for the worst

[mazpie]

I'm about 7 weeks and I had a miniscule bleed last week that lasted about 30 seconds, it was very light pink and only there when I wiped, it was tiny. I went to hospital anyway and they didn't seem concerned as I wasn't in any pain at all and I was booked in for a scan today. I had another little bleed yesterday that wasn't as small as first time it was slightly more read, but that only lasted about 30 seconds then disappeared and I had no pain with that either.

I called the hospital and they suggested if I was coming in for a scan today I wouldn't need to go to the hospital because it didn't sound too serious but of course if I wanted to I was welcome to go in. I didn't go purely because the bleeding stopped straight away but I wish I'd gone to hospital for the reassurance that it wasn't anything too concerning.

I have my scan at half 1 today and I can't even eat I'm so nervous. I'm young and the pregnancy wasn't planned and now I feel awful for ever being annoyed to be pregnant, it really is a precious thing

Red not read* autocorrect doesn't work well for me!

I had a scan at 8 weeks because I had a bleed that concerned me. After being reassured that my little slug was still there, I spoke to a few people who said it was fairly common to have a bleed around the time your period would have been due had you not been pregnant. This made sense to me but I wasn't happy until I saw a little heart beating away on the screen.

It's impossible to say I'm afraid

I had massive bleeds with clotting at 6 weeks and was convinced I'd lost it. No heartbeat was found at the scan, as it was a little early, so I had to go back a nerve wracking 10 days later. He's dong his year 6 SATs in a couple of weeks!

Other haven't been so lucky, though I will say that a little light bleeding isn't unusual.

Good luck

And yes - I bled every 4 weeks right through my first and second trimester.

Thank you all! My scan was fine the bleeding wasn't from the womb and there was a nice healthy heartbeat!

Ah brilliant. It's worrying isn't it? I didn't have any bleeding with my first and bled after a flight to Australia (around the time my period would have been due) with number two so I was convinced the worst had happened. So glad your scan was reassuringly good news xx

Excellent :)

Thank you panna it's horrifying! I only bled a tiny bit but even that just made me feel sick there and then. You must have been terrified comparing your second pregnancy with your first if you had no bleeding then! The midwife told me I had a cyst on one of my ovaries which will rupture soon so she prepared me for seeing more blood but reassured me it was nothing to worry about so I'm prepared! Not sure whether I can keep myself from panicking so we'll see! xx