when you are pregnant, regardless of finding out at 4 or 5 or 6 weeks, or whenever it is, there is an emotional attachment there..and any bleeeding or pain is going to be a terrible worry. it is all very well for the doctors / nurses / midwives to dismiss it as 'one of those things.' and gives stats on how many women will miscarry and how many will have a full term pregnancy.
for the woman presenting with bleeding and or pain, the pregnancy is the most important thing in her life at that moment..but it is not the case for the medical person seeing her..they can forget, i think, how persoanl and emotional it is..
however, i have had cause to visit the EPU during both pregnancies..and cannot fault the sensitivy and care of the staff there.
sherlock..i take the point about being able to test very early, but if you go by your periods or testing when you are due..there is not that much difference in the time scale..maybe 4 or 5 days ....if your period is late, and you are TTC , you are going to presume you are pregnant, which takes you to 5 weeks pregnant when you find out.
i think some health care providers would do well to remember the woman in front of them is not a statistic
but bearing in mind over stretched resources and lack of funds etc..... it is probably an overtired and overworked doc/ midwife you are seeing ...
just all round for all the mums worrying about the scares they are going through at the moment.