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help mc scare at 6 weeks

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Katherine · 24/09/2002 11:34

Help! I'm 6 wks into my 3rd Pg. I had two mc before my two children so I'm well aware of all the things that go wrong. I've been really confident so far and I've felt so rotten and even have milk! but this morning I've had some bleeding. Only a tiny bit but it was red.

I'm not asking for advice. I know it can mean anything. Loads of you will tell me you had bleeding and it was OK, others will have bad news. In my expereince for me it has always been bad news. I just felt I had to share this with someone. Having had two problem free pg I hoped I was beyond all this now but obviously not.

I've not even spoken to my MW yet so I don't know if its worth ringing now. Its too early for a heartbeat on a scan isn't it (I'll be 7wks on Friday). If I am going to loose this baby then I will cope but its the not knowing either way which really gets me down. Just wish there was something I could do.

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Quimble · 25/09/2002 14:05

Katherine - your children sound so lovely, and your posts have made me cry actually, I am really hoping that it all turns out ok. I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks, which started out as brown smudge and I thought oh that's probably nothing, and then over the next two days it turned into really heavy red bleeding with clots etc. Went for a scan which seemed a bit pointless as it was so obvious the baby was gone, although having never had a m/c before, I didn't know what to expect and thought I might as well have it confirmed. Anyway the point of all this is to say that if you were going to have a miscarriage, from my experience it would have all kicked off from the first tiny bit of bleeding that you had.

Am now 15 weeks pregnant and had a lot of cramping between 5 and 6 weeks, and all is well. You really just don't know as everyone has different stories to tell.

Re: the sickness going, my sister in law suddenly lost all her preganancy symptoms overnight (sore breasts, sickness, all vanished) and she was convinced she'd lost the baby, but a scan showed all was well.

Get a scan if you can, I hope it will bring you the reassurance that you need.
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ames · 25/09/2002 16:42

Only just caught up with this thread after recent scare (bleeding at 11 weeks) Kaherine your mc and unsmpathetic doctors etc sound very similar to my experiences. Its absolute torture to wait I know its early on but at 7 weeks they should be able to tell you something, i know someone who had a scan after bleeding at 5 weeks and they found a heartbeat. As I remember from my experience they did the vaginal scan thingy. My only advice is to either insist on a scan with your doctor or bypass them and go direct to your early preg. unit or a&e (as I did) I found that my mind started to play tricks on me with regard to pregnancy/mc symptoms and the only way to know is to have a scan.

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Katherine · 25/09/2002 16:48

Hi All. Just spoke to the MW at last. She told me to phone the EPU at Stockport tomorrow morning and they may be able to fit me in tomorrow. Not sure how I will manage it with both kids but have to wait and see what happens. She also advised a MSU sample so they could check for infections. Glad she's sent me to this one and not Macclesfield which was were they were horrible. She was so understanding. I just hope I'll be booking in with her next week!

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bayleaf · 25/09/2002 20:18

Excellent news Katherine - and very glad to hear the bleeding has stopped - will be thnking of you tomorrow!

Ghosty · 26/09/2002 04:43

Hi Katherine,
Glad to hear you are being seen finally. Will be thinking of you. Let us know how you get on!

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Katherine · 26/09/2002 09:20

Got an appointment at the EPU at 11.20. The MW was lovely and didn't question my concerns at all which makes such a refeshing change. Have managed to contact DH and he is going to try and meet me at the hospital to take the children. Otherwise its going to be pretty difficult with 2 small kids. Cross everything you can for me.....

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Enid · 26/09/2002 10:32

Thinking of you Katherine, do let us know how you get on love Ex

ames · 26/09/2002 12:17

Glad you found someone sympathetic - I have found that generally midwives are far more sympathetic than doctors. Thinking about you.

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Katherine · 26/09/2002 13:11

Got an appointment at the EPU at 11.20. The MW was lovely and didn't question my concerns at all which makes such a refeshing change. Have managed to contact DH and he is going to try and meet me at the hospital to take the children. Otherwise its going to be pretty difficult with 2 small kids. Cross everything you can for me.....

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Katherine · 26/09/2002 13:16

Good news - they found the baby, even found the HB. Everything is looking good. What a relief. First time I've even had an early scan with a happy result!

They did also find a cyst on my right ovary which they said could be making me uncomfortable. Its 5mm and they don't worry till 10mm. Aparently its quite common in early pg and they will reassess at 12 weeks.

I know things can still go wrong but right now I'm in excellent spirits and have decided to go shopping for some stretchy legging (my jeans were all getting a bit tight BEFORE pg!).

Thank you all for your support. DS is also really chuffed as he was worried the baby was going to fall out. I can start to enjoy being pg now. Only 33 more weeks to go......

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Marina · 26/09/2002 15:53

Great news Katherine, what a relief for you.

SoupDragon · 26/09/2002 16:08

Great news!

emsiewill · 26/09/2002 17:09

Glad to hear your happy news, Katherine

Enid · 26/09/2002 18:42

So pleased for you Katherine, lovely news

ames · 26/09/2002 19:35

Very pleased for you Katherine. I know I presumed the worst because of a previous mc. So pleased that its good news for you too.

bayleaf · 26/09/2002 20:06

I'm really really pleased to hear your news - with my history I alwasy tend to fear the worst so I can quite understand how worried you had got - you definitely deserve the shopping spree after all the stress!
Bayleaf
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mears · 26/09/2002 20:10

Congratulations - glad you got someone to treat you seriously at last.

anais · 26/09/2002 22:39

Just to add my congratulations, I'm glad things have worked out so well

Clarinet60 · 26/09/2002 22:53

Fantastic news Katherine, what a relief, I'm really pleased for you.

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Katherine · 27/09/2002 08:31

Thanks everyone. It makes such a difference to know I have so many people thinking of me. Still having a bit of brown discharge though which still scares me. I guess the innocence has gone from this pg now and I'll stay anxious until I start feeing the baby move etc. But I do feel wonderfully sick again which is a relief!

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Ghosty · 27/09/2002 08:40

Wonderful news Katherine! Go mad at the shops!

monkey · 27/09/2002 09:21

I'm really pleased for you. btw, I'm totally medically ignorant, but I was told when I had a scare early in my 1st pg & they found a cyst, they said it was good news as it was full of hormones to help keep the pg going. They said it would likely go after a few weeks (it did), and only then did they start to worry .

Good luck. Hope those 33 weeks fly by! Whats your edd then?? Oooh, so exciting!

Ghosty · 27/09/2002 09:24

Katherine - shall we start a mid 2003 Mums thread?

AliJ · 27/09/2002 09:30

Katherine - just wanted to say that I am very happy that all is OK and you can now relax for a bit (well as much as you can with 2 kids!)