Hi everyone
. I finally signed up to mumsnet so I can actually start posting instead of just ghosting!
I really need some lovin and some good opinions, please feel free to share your stories x
This is my 1st pregnancy. I have had 2 miscarriages before, both before 8 weeks. But I feel different this time, in a good way, and I do feel very pregnant!
So... my partner and I recently came to learn that I was 6-7 weeks pregnant. I am now 8 weeks and 4 days. I first had suspicions about being pregnant because I was feeling so sick (and actually throwing up!) and feeling so totally exhausted, and had missed a period. I also got some spotting, and it was nothing like a period. It didn’t even last a day, was barely anything, and there was no pain. I’ve also been experiencing awful tastes with food, and I am so insanely emotional! So I took a pregnancy test and sure enough, I had a line. However it was the faintest of the faintest faint. But it was there. So I took more and more until I didn’t have to dismantle the tests anymore (LOL) until I ended up with 5 solid positives of different brands. These results never got dark though. So I made an appointment with the doctor to confirm this for me as I didn’t believe it due to the lines being so faint. I went in and they told me to come back a week later with my urine simple. So I did, and 4 days later my test result came back. It was negative. Eh? What? I was devastated, but something was telling me that I had to test again. My partner suggested that I did so we drove to get some more and I did a test when I got home. It was a real faint positive. I did the other one the next day, as soon as I woke up. It was the same. At this point I already had my first booking appointment with the midwife so I did another 2 tests and they were fainter but still there.
I explained my situation and everything that had happened with the tests with my midwife and her opinion was that she could pretty much guarantee that I was pregnant and to carry on as if I was. And that the first scan will be booked for 5 weeks time. She really reassured me about everything and I started to feel like I could be excited.
I try to relax about things and do just what she says. Until yesterday morning when I got a bit of spotting. Which then turned into a big gush of blood, followed by awful cramps. This only lasted a couple of hours and then my pain went and so did the blood. I had nothing all day after that until the early hours of the next morning (today, Sunday) and have had on and off bleeding all day. It’s not heavy and it’s not even enough to fill a pad. It’s only when I wipe. But it is red blood. Well, it was. Now it’s just kinda pinky red. Sorry TMI, but these things need to be said haha.
So I didn’t call my midwife, I just decided to keep an eye on the bleeding in case it was just my period. Because even though it’s been 2 months that I haven’t had one, it’s still 2 days before it would be due. Instead, I went to the hospital later yesterday evening after spending the whole day thinking about it lol. My partner and I waited for an hour to be seen, to be told they can’t scan me as they don’t have the facilities there to do so (huh? what?) and that if I waited to see a doctor they would refer me for a scan for the following day or Monday. The estimated waiting time was 3-4 hours and as it was already 10:30pm, we decided to go home and call the midwife. Annoying.
I’m still waiting for some advice but hopefully I can get a scan and see what’s going on. However I am still in two minds about getting a scan. My feelings are basically these: I want a scan to see if there’s actually a baby in there and hopefully everything is all well and good, but I am terrified to find out that I’ve either miscarried, or there wasn’t even a little bean of our own to start with. It’s so distressing. My mum, may I add, suffered from the same during the entire pregnancy of my brother. She bled loads. She also bled on the 7th week of my sisters pregnancy too. I may have a chance with that??
Sorry for the huge post. Thanks for reading if you’ve got this far! Please help ladies - thank you xxx
P.s. can sex cause any discomfort and bleeding? We actually had sex the night before the bleeding started. I’m wondering if that could have contributed? I know they say sex is safe during pregnancy, but we did proper go for it... 
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