Is it true that if you have nausea you have less chance of a miscarriage?

[JustAMuggle]

This is my first pregnancy, am 6+3 and since 5+6 I've had spotting (quite light except from one occasion when it was quite thick almost like brown blood). I've also had cramps and quite bad lower back pain since implantation.
I went to the dr on Monday as I was terrified, she checked my cervix which was high and closed but seemed more concerned about ectopic. Due a second blood test tomorrow to compare hcg levels and then have to wait until Tuesday for results.
BUT I read on good old google that if you have nausea that there's a higher chance of not miscarrying. My nausea is very bad so I'm hoping this is a good sign?
Any advice would be much appreciated

Yes it's true as per Stratham's link, although there's no guarantee either way for any given woman because MC can be caused by a variety of factors, not all linked to HCG.

Particularly poor reasoning going on in this thread .

Oddly I had this, my pregnancies that went full term I was sick, my MC my sickness dropped off very suddenly.

No scientific proof, but my experience.

Good luck OP, hope all is well

There's a link earlier dowager.
Of course you can have a healthy pregnancy without feeling sick at all. However the illness is a reaction to hormones so having it indicates one part of the pregnancy is going well. Not everyone reacts to them that way of course , hence illness free pregnancy. And yes the hormones can stay longer than a miscarriage which must be awful for people.

As Pp said there is a link to an academic study up thread. It is absolutely true that if you have nausea and/or vomiting it lowers your chances of a miscarriage. And that IS pretty widely known, which is why people will often remind the nauseous that in pregnancy terms it's a good sign.

dowager, it is very well known. When I was admitted with HG with my first 8 years ago, friends and doctors all said, "It's a sign of a healthy pregnancy".

I provided a link earlier but here are some more studies:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24893173 - nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) is associated with a reduced risks of miscarriage, congenital malformations and preterm labour.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26100060 - NVP is associated with increased risks of pelvic girdle pain and pre-eclampsia, but reduced risk of small birth weight babies.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10775746 - this one suggests a mechanism for why NVP is associated with reduced miscarriage and better birth outcomes

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2611170 - this one is from 1989, looking at 11 studies, which together confirm an association between NVP and reduced miscarriage risk

I could find more but my 2yo wants to play a game.

Anyway, before I do that, adding my own anecdata, 6 pregnancies so far all with lots of NVP. Results so far: 4 live births, 1 ongoing, 1 late loss.

Good sign

I've been down this road many times of driving myself crazy wondering about signs, symptoms etc. Only time will tell.

Hope it's good news in due course for you OP.

In my experience yes.
Fingers crossed for you.

I haven't felt sick at all and I'm 9 weeks, so not had a scan yet.

I've tried to avoid reading too much online as I'm a massive worrier!

Hi @JustAMuggle I'm 5+4 and I've got every single thing you have! Wound myself up so much last night about the spotting that we went to an out of hours GP.
He just said it's too early to tell anything for me but if it's really bad cramping or really heavy bleeding to go to the early pregnancy unit.
It was a little reassuring for me.
I'm at the midwife on the 4th so I'm gonna talk to we about it anyway.
I hope everything is fine with your little one.

I had brown spotting and cramping with DS3 round about the same time and he was absolutely fine. The midwife thought it was just implantation bleeding that had taken a while to work its way down. I hope it's the same for you guys.

Higher circulating hormone levels are indicative of an enduring pregnancy. Not all healthy pregnancy has sickness though.

Caution against very early scans - some offer trans abdominal scans which are pointless at 7/8 weeks and tell already vulnerable parents that they can't see a baby. If they're not offering transvaginal scans they're not meeting national guidance so avoid. They also have a tendency to miss ectopics this way. Check they are competent before booking.

I've been pregnant 5 times. The 3 miscarriages I had were the ones I didn't feel sick with.
Sick as a dog with the 2 successful ones.

It was true for me. The pregnancy I miscarried I had no symptoms with. The pregnancy resulting in DS was awful!

Hi all thanks for the replies.. caused a bit of a debate! It's so hard not to google things especially when you're so early and don't want to tell everyone, you can't just ask 'oh is this normal?'.
Had my second blood test yesterday and they said the results will be available today but drs told me to call next week (I'm definitely calling today), also did another digital test and it's saying 3+ so hoping that's another good sign.
I feel like I'm over exaggerating sometimes and being so negative but when you've wanted something for so long, anything that threatens it terrifies you!

I've had no sickness and I'm 30 weeks with a healthy girl

Horrendous sickness with numerous missed miscarriages long after the pregnancy had failed

In fact the sickness was more severe than in my one successful pregnancy

Hope you have better luck than me though op

It's true on a population level, but my worst morning sickness was during the pregnancy that miscarried at 8 weeks (no symptoms during the ones that miscarried at 11 and 13 weeks, moderate "I've overeaten" queasy sensation for the successful one).