Threatened Miscarriage - any hope?

[jellycrumble]

Just looking for some reassurance as I've had 2 precious MCs - I'm 5+5 today and when I first found out I was pregnant I had a little brown dishcharge for 2 days which then stopped. Today when I went to the loo I had some slightly darker brown CM - when I checked again it was very dark brown on paper and looked more like blood. Cue massive panicking.

Went to A&E, they took bloods and urine samples and are sending me to the EPAU on Friday for an early scan (apparently they can't check under 6 weeks). As I've had a sharp pain in my right ovary they want to rule out an ectopic too.

Has anyone been diagnosed with a threatened miscarriage, only for it to all be ok!? I'm desperate for some hope. Thank you!

Mine is now 21 months and snuggled up going to sleep. my first scan didn't look too positive as all they could see was a sac, despite me being certain about my dates, but a few weeks later there was a tiny flicker of a heart too.

**previous not precious MCs

Thanks for sharing @3littlebadgers! How far along were you in your first scan? So even if they don't see anything on Friday, it might be ok? God I'm driving myself mad.

I had a threatened miscarriage in my second pregnancy (first pregnancy was a MMC) and she is currently 5 months old. I had a scan at 6+4 and we could see a heartbeat. Good luck

I had bleeding and ovary pain with my first. She is 9 now. Fingers crossed for you. Xx

Yes at 6 weeks, she is currently tucked up in bed! Xx

Jelly I was similar to you. I know your mind will be going around and around in circles but I will be keeping everything crossed for a healthy uneventful pregnancy for you

Everything crossed for you. I have had both outcomes.

18 weeks now and was absolutely certain I was miscarrying again when I had dark spotting at 5 weeks but it completely resolved.

Please let us know how you get on, thinking of you

Also they always call it "threatened miscarriage" even though it can be absolutely nothing - so scary to hear though

Hi everyone thank you so much for your lovely replies - it's helped me to feel a little better! I'm trying not to have false hope but as nothing has been confirmed either way I'm clinging on to what hope I've got left!

I'll keep updating, for my sake and for anyone else who might be going through something similar.

For those who had brown spotting/bleeding how long did it last? Was it intermittent, just the once etc?

I had two MMCs and brown spotting with my DD (now 11). With my DS (now 14) I had a bigger fresh bleed, which they said at the time “might’ve been a twin”.

With my miscarriages, I had no bleeding at all.

All the best.

I had a bleed - reasonably heavy for one day - followed by brown spotting for 4-5 days, at 5 weeks. Was certain I was miscarrying. Went for a scan a week later and saw a heartbeat flickering like crazy. I was told a bleed around the time your period would have been due is very common. Fingers crossed for you OP.

I had it at 6 weeks, 11 weeks, 21 weeks and 24 weeks! No reason for it each time

I had a heavy read bleed around 5-6 weeks like a period for a couple of days, have had mmc in the past so was convinced it was all over. Had scan at epu and saw gestational sac and yolk sac but no embryo- they said either too early, or baby hadn't grown and I was going to lose it. Had rescan 2 weeks later and there was baby! Had an area of bleeding next to the sac which explained the heavy bleed. I really hope for a positive outcome for you xx

All cases are different of course, but I had brown/dark blood for a few weeks starting at 5 weeks. A scan at 5.5 weeks only showed an empty sac. 10 days later there was a heartbeat and I went on to have a healthy full-term pregnancy.

Thanks again for all your replies, it's really helping me stay sane until tomorrow! I know every pregnancy is different but the brown bleeding seems fairly common and I'm holding on to the fact it's not red or accompanied by cramps.

It's tapered off, I didn't bleed at all last night, I've had a tiny amount of brown spotting on my pad this morning though.

Tomorrow feels so far away hoping it's not bad news.

Hi everyone just waiting in the EPU for my scan - can they see much at 6 weeks? Feeling very nervous and apprehensive

Keeping everything crossed for you Jelly.

I had a private scan at 6 weeks, and could see heartbeats. I was 100% sure on dates (ivf) but from what I read at the time it's not unusual to not see it - we'd booked another scan at 8 weeks as we hadn't expected to see anything at 6 weeks. Keeping everything crossed for you!

How did it go jelly?

Thinking of you op.

I had dark brown bleeding throughout my 2nd pregnancy. Spotting during first week, a bleed around 20weeks and then fortnightly spotting/bleed from then on. No cause ever found, but I ended up with a healthy baby. Wishing you the best x

I was told by my Dr at 7 weeks that I was misscarrying and my symptoms sounded similar to yours. I'm now 22 weeks and everything is going well.

Hope everything is ok

Hi everyone please keep the positive stories coming they're helping me so much!

So it was good news! No ectopic like they feared. Everything is in the right place, she could see a sac but no fetal pole or heartbeat yet so I'm having another scan in two weeks to make sure everything is well. I'm literally 6 weeks so hoping it's just too early???

No explanation for the pain in my side or the brown spotting but the nurse assured me it was normal and if anything happens in the meantime to call EPU. They were great, actually.

Thanks so much for your lovely replies everyone. Now I just need to try and stay sane for two whole weeks until my next scan