Bleeding at 6 weeks

[speakfriendandenter]

Reassure me?
I'm between 6-8 weeks. Brown spotting today. Red tinged discharge when wiped. I've txt my midwife and she has said to call if the red persists or gets worse or I feel any pain. I've not had any pain yet so I'm trying to stay positive.
I know there is nothing I can do either way, but positive experiences would be welcomed x

Hello. This happened to me a week ago at 7 weeks. My nurse reassured me and said it was very common. We had our first scan three days later and the baby was fine, a great size with a fast & clear heartbeat. Please don't let it worry you too much. I've heard that as long as the blood is mostly brown and you don't have pain it's okay.
Good luck.

I've posted something similar, it's so worrying isn't it. I called the EPU today and they said around the 7 week mark you're womb is changing shape and can cause some old blood to come out. Reading up I actually think it's quite common, but I had a bleed last week and a miscarriage earlier this year so everything terrifies me at the moment!

How interesting about the womb changing shape as a possible cause. I wonder if it's to do with the placenta taking over.
Very sorry to hear about your previous miscarriage. Same here, which makes it all the more filled with worry, doesn't it?

Thanks ladies! So sorry about your previous loss. The bleeding seems to have stopped now but I'm panicking at every tiny twinge.
I think because it's number 3 and I didn't have any of this with the other two, that it's bothering me so much.
The miracle of life aye?!

Hopefully both your bleeding's have stopped now, I think mine just about has but I'm still constantly going to the toilet to check!

I had this too!! With number 3. She's now 20 months old. I didn't have it with the others either.
I had no idea about the womb shape. That makes more sense as I always put it down to late implantation but never sure what it actually was.
I would say if you don't have any cramping it's a good sign it's not anything to worry too much about.
Try not to stress about it too much and rest up.

My little girl is 10 weeks old now and I had three bleeds during my pregnancy, don't panic, they never discovered why this happened to me but everything was fine xx

When I went in for a scan after the bleed they found a uterine bleed, basically an area of bleed in my uterus. I'd never heard of that before and I was told either your body reabsorbs it or it can bleed out. Still not quite sure what causes them though!

Hi all, bleeding turned red today and I've had quite a bit of backache so I was advised to go to A&E. they checked blood pressure and I've got a scan booked for Monday. They've said to go back if pain gets worse or bleeding gets heavy.

Oh no. I'm sorry about this. Horrid to go through. Have everything crossed for you that it will all be ok

Very sorry to hear this and hoping all goes well at the scan. It's such a difficult situation

Hi @speakfriendandenter I couldn't read and not post. I hope everything goes ok today thinking of you

Hi,
I wanted to share with you my response to a previous post some months ago which will hopefully set your mind at ease!

I was in the same situation, and had spotting at around 7 weeks with mild cramp. It's first baby so OH and I were really worried and called NHS 24, told to just wait and see. 24 hours later, more pain, more bleeding, almost like AF.

Called NHS 24 again who told me i had to go for an emergency scan. Went to our emergency doctor at 1am on a Saturday morning to be told, very casually, that it's a threatened miscarriage and we need to go for an emergency scan at a A&E about an hour away. Heartbroken, My husband and I drove in tears to the A&E. We arrived to speak to a triage nurse who told us it was completely normal to have light bleeding and that it is your body's way of "clearing out".
(Also found out scans only happened Mon-Fri) so we were booked in for a scan on Monday and after a long weekend my husband saw our wonderful little baby. The size of a grain of rice with a healthy little flicker on the screen of our baby's heart.

Ever since then it seems baby has done everything in its power to let me know it's there! Terrible morning sickness, Nausea, Cramps and all the other wonderful things your body does.... I've learned to appreciate it all as I see it as baby's way of giving me a thumbs up that it's still there and that it's ok!

Ps update: I now have a healthy beautiful 5 month old son - I know it's easy to say but try not to worry as it seems quite normal for some women x

Hey OP, hope the scan went well today

Hi everyone, bad news, I had scans and a blood test and have been told it's a resolving ectopic. I'm devastated but trying to stay positive. Luckily husband was with me as I was a mess. Main emotion was shock as we weren't expecting this, even after the bleeding.
We have two children so know that this won't definitely happen again but it's still so raw at the moment.
Thank you for all your messages xx

Oh no speak I'm so sorry to hear that. I'd been hoping for the best for you. Sounds like you have good support from your husband. Hope you're feeling much better soon.

Thanks laurel I'm off work today as my head is a mess and I'm really uncomfortable. I think I'm going to go back tomorrow, parents evening and class assembly to sort. I hope keeping my mind busy will help.
Thank you all for your support x

Really sorry to hear this, what an awful thing to happen. I hope it resolves quickly and you feel better soon x

I'm so sorry

So sorry to hear this. Thinking of you all x

I've now turned into a complete nutcase. I keep reading things online and sending myself mad. I pretty much convinced myself that I could still be pregnant and that it was just too early to detect.
It's the language that the nurse and gp used, it keeps giving me false hope. My gp had signed me off work for a while. He wrote 'pregnancy complications' as the reason. I said it was fine to put ectopic as my boss was aware, but he said 'your discharge notes don't say that, it could just be too soon to see anything'. The nurse also used this kind of phrase and it was termed 'a pregnancy of unknown origin' as they couldn't see anything. I'm not back at the hospital till Monday, which is also sending me crazy as everything I've read says you'll be rested red every 48hrs to monitor falling HCG levels.
I know I'm tormenting myself, but I just can't seem to give up hope!

@speakfriendandenter how's the bleeding now? I know when your want something so badly you look for every little thing that could be seen as a like a "sign". I think you need to try to somehow get your head around that you could be losing it (I couldn't even imagine what you are going through right now though Hun). Wait for your scan Monday, if they do find that everything is fine and perfect then that would be great and obviously you would be over the moon.

I'm sorry to be so blunt about it but I don't want to post and give you false hope like oh yeah thats the case as it could just add to the upset. I have everything crossed for you though and thinking of you x

speak, keeping everything crossed for you. Sonographers do make mistakes.