Should I prepare for the worst? Any advice appreciated.

[ShellySara]

Hello all, I am hoping someone can help me out here.

I am 6 weeks pregnant today. This lunchtime I went to the bathroom and when I wiped, there was some brown and pinky.red blood. And got straight on the phone to my doctor (who is very nice by the way!), he told me to go and see him at 4, in the meantime just rest. So I rested and then went to see him, he asked if there was anything else and I just said that I had to wee a lot today but that was it, no pains nothing, just this bit of blood and a little bit of brown-ish blood after. He did a scan and said "wow, thats rare" and then told me that the sac was coming away from the lining (from what I can see on the internet it is called abruption and normally occurs in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters). I am in Bulgaria so unfortnately we do have a bit of a language barrier, but he said something along the way of that my blood is not flowing into the way of the uterus (?) and he prescribed me some tablets (Dydrogesterone) which are a syntehetic progesteron. He has told me to rest for 3-4 days and that any bleeding should stop in the next couple of days. He also said that these tablets help 80-85% of patients in my situation. He tells me to relax, be comfortable, try not to stress and be positive!

Has anyone else had this? I know if its meant to be, it will be, but my and my other half really do want this baby - I was talking to it before I even knew it was there!!!

I dont know what to do, I am not stressing too much and have give up trying to find info out on the internet cause I know that a lot of it is not really true.

Has anyone else had the pogesterone tablets? Do they really keep the baby in place?

Any advice would really be appreciated.

Thanks for reading ladies.
Shell

Sorry I have no advice to gve but am praying that all goes well for you
x

ShellySara, I hope things may still be ok for you, but I've not heard of giving progesterone tablets in early pregnancy unless at specialist centres ( I don;t work in one and not heard much about it).If you were at a local hospital in England then it is likely the drs wouldn't do anything at all-and you'd probably have to wait a week for a scan- so in terms of things happening you've got a Dr who's trying hard!
Many, many, ladies have bleeding or spotting or pink disharge in early pregnancy, and some doctors refer to this as a threatened miscarriage. Unfortunately there is no way of knowing what is happening for sure- even a scan at this stage is usually inconclusive and a further scan a week or two later helps to find out what is happening. Has your dr seen a heartbeat or fetal pole? Might be tough finding out with the language barrier. I'm very sorry though, but saying 'the sac is coming away' sounds very negative to me. However,a tricky thing to explain would be an 'extra chorionic haemorrhage' (big name for a bruise). This is an area of blood next to the sac, and in itself is a very common thing to see in early pregnancy, and doesn't neccesarily mean anything at all- I see loads of these and everything turns out ok.
The waiting to find out is -HORRIBLE.No other words do. If the bleeding becomes more heavy, passing clots - sometimes the pregnancy sac is a bit jelly-like ( sorry, too much information I think), with cramping pains it might be more likely to be a mc- BUT usually it takes a while to find out for sure. My fingers and toes are crossed for you, please let us know what happens. Lots and lots of love

Thanks for the kind words ladies.

I know I have a gem of a doctor, which is really helpful - I believe in todays doctors, I know there are some sh1ts out there, but, I still have faith, they have had loads of training and know what they are doing!

He said on Friday when I first met him and he did his first scan that he saw the fetal pole (or what I guessed to be the pole - he called it a stick or something) but he says that he cant see the actual embryo yet, he says it is too early.

I am going to cross my fingers and keep on thinking positive thoughts!!!

Shell

I'm so glad you can trust your doctor- having faith in who is looking after you and advising you is such an important step, and its brilliant you can be comfortable with your dr- that must be such a relief!
Fetal pole/embryo, thats the same thing(sorry I keep using jargon which isn't fair) so I wonder if he could see the yolk sac? That's what I'd expect to see inside the gestation sac ( black hole in uterus on ultrasound which is first thing to see really suggestive of pregnancy)at around 5 weeks, before the fetal pole.And usually(but not always!), the heart beat is visible almost as soon as there is a fetal pole to measure, so fingers crossed if you have another scan next week that things will be ok. Just thinking about what you've said on the other thread- I hope your partner can be with you. Its such a stressful thing, just waiting and trying to be positive! Hope you're managing ok. love and hugs,
mumofk*

Hello again girlies,

Just thought I would let you know my good news for today.

I have had a rollercoaster fortnight, so going to waffle now - many apologies in advance!

Ok, so I had a bit of a bleed 2 weeks ago and the doc saw the sac coming away from the wall so he put me on some synthetic progesterone, and then last week he did a scan and started to prepare me mentally for a blighted ovum and told me to come and see him again today. Anyway, I was too scared to read the good and bad news that was cracking off on Mumsnet and decided to stay away for a little while.

My folks came over to visit me, and my originally pissed off dad has turned quite happily and even bought me home a big whopping piece of chocolate cake!!! I took the folks round the supermarket, cause that is an adventure in itself and my mum found all the baby clothes and would hold them up behind my dads back giggling and waving them!

Then on the day they left, I flew out the same day to see my other half, we were both a little bit worried as I had told him what the doc had said and again I had another bleed. This time slightly more, but at least my other half was there to give me a huge cuddle while I had a cry.

I got back yesterday and took it easy until this afternoon when I went back to the docs. I thought he was going to tell me off cause he asked me to postpone trip, but I couldnt as I wouldnt have seen my other half til February then. I already miss him enough as it is, and we both thought what will be will be, but we were definitely keeping our fingers crossed. Anyway doc gave me a scan and his eyebrows shot up and then he smiled and said that he could see the baby, and he was very glad, he couldnt see any risks at the moment, and it was perfect. I was so happy I was laughing and crying. So straight back home, via the shop for a king size twix, to call my other half and tell him the news, had to repeat myself I dont know how many times cause I was so excited and was babbling! I am convinced it was because he spoke to Baby Dot when we were together, and the baby was happy. (Complete and utter rubbish I know, but I like to think of it like that!)

I really do hope that you are all doing fine, I did think earlier that I was alone for a while and then realised we are all in this rollercoaster ride together.

Catch you later girlies.

Shell

Great news Shelly!

Whereabouts in Bulgaria are you? I used to live in Sofia!

Awww, that's great news Shell. So glad for you and your dp.

thats brilliant news nice to have a story like this with a happy ending, give people going through the same some hope x