Spotting beginning of week 5 - is it the worst?

[burdog]

Argh, so sorry to do another of these threads. I do tend to assume the worst at all times. On Wednesday I was exactly 5 weeks pregnant.
I had some v. light bleeding on Wednesday morning to early afternoon with bright red blood. I passed a teensy clot when I went to the loo and had blood when I wiped for a few hours, and it marked my sanitary towel a smidge. It was accompanied by cramping and mid-back pain but I'd been feeling crampy and bloated for a week running up to it.
My pregnancy symptoms have really lessened now and I'm really worried. I don't feel as tired, my boobs don't hurt as much, I feel like bloated and crampy. I rang the doctor who was really nice and sympathetic and said it's too early to know, but to wait and do a pregnancy test in a week.
The wait is killing me. I took a pregnancy test yesterday which was positive but it could just be leftover hormones. I'm really sorry to ask, I've tried googling and reading my books but can't get much info, is this just spotting?

Hey, I bled at 6 weeks and it was the implantation bleed coming away, so it could be that. Try to stay positive. I know it's hard xx

@furbabymum15 Thanks, yeah, it's so hard. It's too early to tell anyone I know face to face and I feel quite lonely right now.

Could have written your post a few years ago. Hospital told me just to wait and did an early scan a few days later - everyrhing was fine.

@africa2go Thanks for the reassurance.

I had bleeding on and off all through my pregnancy, and definitely had spotting in the first trimester. My baby was and is absolutely fine. Really hope it’s nothing. The wait must be horrible. Wishing you all the best.

I spotted a bit at 5 weeks and again at 9 weeks everything was fine x

Thanks @tartanbow and @dillybear