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[yummymummy1889]

So I found out I was pregnant last week wednesday. 5 faint positive tests and a digital at 1-2 weeks. Last night I started bleeding, not heavily but bright red mainly after wiping (sorry tmi). I put a pad on to keep track. All day today there has been blood after I've gone too the toilet and a small amount on the pad but not enough to warrant changing it out. I've had constant abdominal cramps and I just don't feel pregnant, not like I did with my other 2 where I would eat myself out of house and home within the first few weeks. I think I've already told myself it's the worst but I still have a slim hope that maybe it's fine. Has anyone else had the same and gone on to have a healthy bundle of joy?
Sorry for the essay

I'm sorry you're going through this. No two pregnancies are the same so just because you haven't felt this way before doesn't necessarily mean that things have gone wrong. Have you been able to do another test since the bleed?

I think I've been to scared to take another one. I feel like if it's still faint as it has been then it will just confirm my fears that it isn't progressing as it should be and my HCG isn't raising.

You poor thing. The best thing for now is probably to put on a fresh pad to see what kind of blood loss there is (of any) overnight and then contact the early pregnancy unit in the morning. It could still ne nothing and for now that's what we'll hang on to. Your LO could just be giving you a fright. It's very early days so it implantation perhaps? I'll check in with you tomorrow

Woke up this morning and sorted my 10 month out, no new blood in the pad but still after I wipe. I'm not sure the early pregnancy unit will do much as I think I'm only just 5 weeks. I think this may be one of those sit and wait times as horrible as they are. I just need to keep telling myself that no matter what the outcome is I didn't do anything wrong.

Had this with good And bad outcomes - implantation bleeding can be the reason - the embryo burrows into the wall of the uterus, it's common so be hopeful

That sounds good though, doesn't it? Surely if it were bad news you would continue to bleed. I'm thinking implantation. You're absolutely right about it not being your fault either way. I hope your 10 month old is keeping you really distracted today because there's very little else to do but wait. As though pregnancy wasn't physically difficult enough (HG for full 40 wks on all 3 of mine 🤢) you have this worry too. Sending you a very un-MN and socially distanced hug x

Still thinking about you OP. How are you?1

Unfortunately it was in fact a MC. Feeling a little knocked back and lost at the moment but I'll be ok in time. Thank you havinabreak for checking up on me. It means a lot!

Oh no. I'm really so sorry. Life can be just terribly unfair sometimes. There's no rhyme or reason to it at all. I hope that you're in a place right now where you can take it easy and be kind to yourself