Probable miscarriage at 7 weeks

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Hi all.

New here but I've been doing a lot of reading in the past few days! I should be 7 weeks today but I've had period-like bleeding and cramping since the night before last so I'm pretty sure its over. It started with faint on and off spotting on Sunday night then got heavier last night.

I saw my GP today expecting to be told it was probably a miscarriage but she said she has seen a surprising number of women have heavy bleeding in early pregnancy and still have a viable foetus, so she's referred me for a scan on Friday morning. She doesn't think its an ectopic pregnancy based on examining my stomach to see where the pain is.

This is my first pregnancy at 35 and I've recently lost my mother, so don't have many people to confide in (best friend is childfree and partner doesn't know much about how all this works so they're lovely but not very useful and I haven't told anyone else).

I'm resigned to it being a miscarriage (and was disappointed but largely accepting) however the GP appointment has given me a bit of hope back, which is almost harder to sit with while I wait till Friday!

Would appreciate any experiences you ladies may have had with similar- good or bad outcomes. Xx

I did, I had bleeding and cramping at 8 and 12 weeks. I had urgent scans both times and all was found to be fine at the scan. A further bleed/scan at 16 weeks showed a low lying placenta. At 23 weeks now, the bleeding has stopped and all is going to plan. My friend reminded me that people end up having babies who don't know they're pregnant as they have 'periods' all the way through. It reassured me a bit.

Thanks for taking the time to reply! So glad to hear all is going well for you now, but how worrying to have to go through that twice!

I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant with a healthy baby and had heavy bleeding and cramps at 8 and 13 weeks.
Bleeding doesn’t always mean it’s over.
Good luck, I hope it has a happy ending for you

Thank you and great to hear your pregnancy is going well!xx

I did last year. Bled from 6 to 7 weeks and was scanned at 7 weeks.

There had been a twin that didn't develop, and that was what caused the bleeding xx

Thank you! The wait until Friday seems ages away now. I'll probably do a pregnancy test again tomorrow, although I know that a positive doesn't necessarily mean anything if I've just had a miscarriage.

Even a miscarriage takes two weeks to show as a negative pregnancy test.

Keeping everything crossed for you xxx

I'm in the same situation right now, I should be 6 + 2 and I am getting bright red blood and cramping 😔 I'm going for a scan tomorrow but I'm not holding out much hope. Fingers crossed for a good outcome for you x

Sorry to hear that ♥️

Well, I had my scan and I have definitely miscarried. I knew it by then as the bleeding and cramping got a lot heavier since I first posted. The midwife said there are still a lot of blood clots evident so I need to come back in if still bleeding in 2 weeks time or if I feel unwell.

Onwards and upwards...

Yes unfortunately me too, I knew in my heart it was all over but I still had a tiny glimmer of hope 😔 I was told that my body has been quite efficient so not much left to pass, and I'm to take a test in 2 weeks to check it's negative. The hospital were really good with us and very kind so that was something x good luck for the future x

So sorry ladies.

I know this is an awful time for you.....but just to give you some future hope.....

I bled at 6 weeks and it turns out we had lost a twin. But all was fine. Then I bled again at 12 weeks, but went to the maternity unit and they found a heartbeat.

At 14 weeks we had our scan.....baby had died shortly after hearing the heartbeat.

I had a D and C in October.

Barely any bleeding. Got my first period a week later, then in december we started to try again.

We are currently 4+1 weeks pregnant.

Take time to heal, and take it easy xxx