Miscarriage??

[Emmamaclean78]

Hi all,
Just looking for some advice or reassurance. I'm around 7 weeks pregnant and 3 days ago I started with some light spotting so I contacted the Midwife and they referred me for an early pregnancy scan. During the scan they found everything to be ok but they found two sacs! One slightly more developed than the other but at this point everything was developing as it should. Good news.
However, the following day around late afternoon I started with severe period like pains and bleeding, not just spotting this time. Do you think I may be miscarrying the 2nd because of the bleeding? Would it be worse if I was having full miscarriage ?( the pain isn't too bad anymore) has this happened to anyone else? Any advice would be great, I'm worried sick.

Hi, I think you should call your midwife again just to be sure. I recently had my second MC, and it was as if I had a very heavy period, but not much pain, only slight cramping, however with first MC I had very bad cramps.
My sister though had bleeding throughout most of her first trimester, but everything was ok. She has a healthy happy 4 year old daughter. So definitely call your midwife again because I think every scenario is unique. Keeping my 🤞 for you

Hi, thanks for your good wishes and advice. I've called the Midwife earlier and they've basically said unfortunately I have to see how I get on. They could do another scan but couldn't promise they'd see anything to confirm a yes or no to mc. They did say I could take another pregnancy test to try and definitively confirm a loss so I did and I'm still a positive. Slightly reassuring but not all at the same time. They did say it could be the loss of one of the sacs as an explanation but I'll have to wait it out. It's all just a bit stressful and worrying, understandably so. I'll have to watch this space and wait and see. Thanks again x

Ps.. I'm so sorry to hear of your losses too. I really hope all is well for you in the future chips84 x

Sorry to hear that you're going through this. I was pregnant with triplets and lost one around 6 weeks (I'm now 11 weeks) and although in my case the bleeding was a miscarriage, I now know that bleeding is more common in multiple pregnancies generally.

I think your midwife gave you bad advice in terms of using a pregnancy test at this point. Firstly, if you lost one baby but not the other, it would still be positive, so wouldn't tell you anything. But also, once your HCG levels get to a certain point, the tests start going negative again even for healthy pregnancies (it's called the hook effect, if you wanted to look into it) - and with a multiple pregnancy at 7 weeks, you could well be close to that point - so a negative result also wouldn't tell you anything!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you that your bleeding turns out to be nothing

Thankyou for your incredibly kind and helpful words. What you've said is very reassuring so thank you!

I'm just waiting it out at the moment and resting up. Rang Midwife again and they've advised that's the best thing to do for now. Time will tell. I go back on Thursday next week for a re scan so hopefully all will be well.

It's reassuring to hear people have had similar experiences so therefore you feel less alone. It's still an anxious time though but I'm trying to remain positive.

Thanks for your kind words 💖

I'm glad I was some help. Sounds like you're doing the right thing - as tough as it is to wait it out. Good luck for your scan on Thursday!

You certainly were some help. I really appreciate you taking the time out to reply.

I think that's the best solution for now, I'll just wait it out and hope for some good news on Thursday.

Very best of luck to you too on your pregnancy. Congratulations and I wish you the very best. Enjoy 😄

Quick update....

Had another scan today after a full weekend of heavy, horrendous bleeding and pain and they're both still there! Miraculous.

One appears to be more established than the other one but I just think it's an utter miracle. Right this moment I'm very happy and feeing more positive today but I'm taking it day by day.

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Fantastic news!!! Thanks for coming back to update! Could they identify the reason for the bleeding or tell you how long it's likely to continue?

Amazing news, my fingers are firmly crossed for you

Amazing news :) thanks for letting us know. Keeping all my 🤞 for you

Thanks for all your good wishes and support everyone! It's lovely.

Had another bad night last night, lots of pain and bleeding. I just want it to stop now, it's sooo bad. But it's not a miscarriage as yet so still trying to be positive. The sonographer and Midwife just couldn't confirm what the cause of bleeding could be unfortunately but they did give a few possibilities...

Subchrionic heamatoma, miscarriage or it could be my ectropian cervix playing up?? (That's something else I'm afflicted with)

However,

They did a blood test and will repeat tomorrow to see if my hormone levels have increased as they should and at least that will help confirm I'm still pregnant or not.

This whole experience is such a rollercoaster of emotions and I feel for every woman out there going through the same thing. We don't factor any of this in do we when we try for a baby. We naively think everything will be plain sailing, well at least I did anyway. I'll never take it for granted ever again.

Thanks again for all your support and good wishes, I will keep you updated whatever the outcome

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Hey any update on what happened? How are you doing now? Xxx

Hi,

Yes, unfortunately I suffered a miscarriage in the end. Around 10 days ago. As imagined, it was a horrible and very upsetting experience. All the staff at my local hospital were second to none in their care for us. Very supportive. Thanks all x

Hi @emmamaclean78 so sorry to hear your news. It’s heartbreaking, I’ve been there. I’m 35 weeks now with my first baby but I never say first pregnancy. Look after yourself, in a completely non patronising way you will get there and you will be forever changed by it but only positively x

Firstly, congratulations on your imminent new arrival. You must be very excited, not long now  @HayleyHaystack and secondly, thank you for your thoughtful words. It was a very upsetting and distressing time for us both. I think the worst part of the whole thing was the not knowing for us. Every time I went for a scan they were still there and the bleeding could have been another cause. But, on the Thursday evening I awoke at 4 am experiencing what I would describe as contraction pain and they must have passed naturally during that time. There were extreme amounts of blood loss and pain. My partner was fantastic throughout.

I'm sorry to hear that you've been through this too but I wish you all the best on your new bundle xxx

The pain and the ordeal is very traumatic. It is said to replicate that of early labour. The not knowing and being in 'no mans land' for days is just incredibly difficult on you both. I honestly remember it so well. Thank you for your lovely wishes too and I really hope that your next time is smooth sailing. It will be stressful of course, but you will have gained a huge amount of strength from this experience that will carry you through it. It's a life experience ultimately. All the best to you xx

Hi Ladies,

My first ever post on Mumsnet.

OP, I am terribly sorry for your loss. I really share your pain. I have just been through a missed miscarriage, discovered on 1 June and eventually lost on 11 June (medical management). I just wanted to say that I'm with you ❤️

Also, huge thanks to the whole Mumsnet community. I don't know you in real life, ladies, but I've read so many threads on here and they've helped me enormously ❤️

So here I am, back to square one with my hubby and we'll be trying again for our rainbow as soon as we can 🌈 Even though I was initially too heartbroken to even think about it.

If anyone needs a chat about medical management or trying again, I'm here for you. Blasting "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten and sipping on my gin to cheer myself up a bit, although obviously this is a temporary fix. We gotta keep fighting though, what else can we do ❤️

Lots of love, Mrs MGE