Anyone had this type of bleeding and it’s not ended in miscarriage?

[Bubblesxox]

I’m 6 weeks pregnant and I’ve been having this spotting on and off everyday since I’ve found out I was pregnant. With my last pregnancy which I carried to term I had this bleeding/spotting. But again With my first pregnancy I had this spotting/bleeding and it ended in miscarriage.
I’ve tried ringing my gp and they said to ring the early pregnancy unit and I’ve rang them and they told me I need a referral from the go (which the gp don’t do anymore) so now I’m stuck because I don’t want to go a&e with all this going on and with a 3 year old.

I suffer badly with thrush so I thought maybe it’s a bit irritated that’s what’s causing it. But I haven’t been horrifically scratching like I was the last pregnancy.

Even though I’ve been through all this before and I know even with this red spotting (that I only get when I wipe) I’ve managed to have a successful pregnancy I still can’t help but worry or want to cry whenever I see this when I wipe.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Can't give any answers but I'm in a similar situation. I'm 5+3 with intermittent tan spotting since before my missed period. I'm really anxious and stressed - my last pregnancy I had spotting like this, though later on, and it ended in a MMC.

I've booked a private scan for next week and it feels like time is going backwards.

I've not had bleeding/spotting that light but I've had both scenarios.

Red bleeding which turned pink and then brown both when wiping and some on a liner in my underwear. When I had this at 8 weeks I had a MMC and lost the baby 2 weeks later.

However I have had just as bad bleeding (again ALOT more than in your picture) at 11-13 weeks and I am currently 27+1 with healthy twins, no reason for this bleeding, no one could work it out but all is good and nothing since.

@DappledOliveGroves
There’s nothing worse than waiting around feeling absolutely helpless.
Is yours only when you wipe of do you notice it in your underwear?
I hope your scan goes ok.

@RustyCat
With my miscarriage I had this red spotting which turned to a pinkish discharge and then to a full on bleed and I was around 10 weeks at that point. Worst thing about it was I went hospital and then done an early scan and everything looked great and even heard the heartbeat.

This time around it seems to be just dots but the dots are getting bigger. Which is why I’m so nervous waiting for it to fully come on like last time.
I feel like I can feel the irritation where I wipe - which is why I’m thinking it could be thrush related.

But like you they never found the reason to my bleeds when I was pregnant with my little boy. But I bled literally right to the end and it was all different types of bleeding from about 20+ weeks!
I’m just a nervous wreck and I know nothing can be done and if it’s going to happen it’ll happen but it doesn’t make the worry any less.

@Bubblesxox only when I wipe and very sporadically. Maybe once last week, once yesterday evening, other than 2 days of more substantial spotting/light bleeding 2 days before my period was due which I guess was implantation bleeding.

But then I only had this spotting when wiping last time - nothing more - and that ended in the MMC.

My first pregnancy (20 years ago) I had no spotting, no bleeding, tonnes of symptoms and that resulted in my daughter. So I'm just massively fearful and paranoid.

And then if next week's scan by some miracle does go ok, I'll still be neurotic since I didn't find out about the MMC until 10 + 2 (scan showed baby had died about 8 and a half weeks, following two scans which both showed a heartbeat). I can't relax, I'm on edge and I just wish so much I was at least 10 years younger (I turn 39 next week).

I had exactly this! I's had a couple of miscarriages before hand but I want to reassure you, this does NOT mean the worst case scenario! I have very healthy 10 year old now.

I understand how stressed you are but please remember, it's common and may be nothing serious.

Good luck, I have everything crossed for you x

@DappledOliveGroves
Yeah that’s quite similar to me I guess, it doesn’t happen everyday but it happens more than a few times a week.

Have you noticed that you’ve had any symptoms this time round? I know it’s still very early and some people don’t get any for a another couple weeks. I’ve only had sore boobs which has been on and off and nausea and was actually sick today. That is the only thing that’s keeping me going.
The only thing you can say to yourself is that no pregnancy is the same.

See I’m 23 (24 in a couple months) and I was 18 with my first pregnancy that ended in miscarriage at 10 weeks with hearing a heartbeat at 7 weeks. But had little to no symptoms.
And I was 19 when I had my next pregnancy which I had all the symptoms but still had that horrific spotting.
So I don’t think age massively plays into it even though I was really young.
I’ve got my fingers crossed for you

@SpaghettiSpoons
Thank you!
Like I said I have a healthy 3 nearly 4 year old and I had all this.
But it’s so easy to think the worst case scenario.
I just need to focus on the fact that ive had all this and a successful pregnancy x

@Bubblesxox I've had more symptoms this time than the previous pregnancy. I'm much more tired and a bit more nausea. I'm also very emotional and crying at the daftest things. My first pregnancy, I was sick every day from about six weeks to 22 weeks, I had a bump by seven weeks (mind you I used to be very skinny!), I had stretch marks at 9 weeks - the symptoms were full on and unmissable, almost from the second I had a positive test.

I just so badly want this to go well. It was my due date today for the pregnancy I lost, so that's probably not helping.

@DappledOliveGroves
Well hopefully that more symptoms is a good sign!
And Yeah definitely doesn’t help with such an upsetting thing as well as the pregnancy hormones on top!

I really do hope time goes quick for you and your scan shows a healthy baby and that it progressing with out anymore issues!
I might get an early scan booked I’ll have to see what my partner thinks haha.

I had bleeding with a subchorionic haematoma (no idea if the spelling is right) now have a happy and healthy 3 year old! Apparently it’s like an internal bruise where the egg implants. But mine was lots of bright red blood. I also had a bit due to ectropian cervix

I’ve just got no idea what it could possibly be where it’s so little at the minute but bright red.
But I used to get spotting like that maybe a tiny bit less at different points of my cycle. So I’m wondering if it’s something underlying there. But the doctors won’t do anything to check. Everything is so much harder to get done with COVID going on.

Hiya - I am 7+5 and I had this last week. It was literally just one wipe of pinkish red blood on the toilet roll of course I panicked! Went to the GP, examined me, referred me to EPU who basically said they don’t wanna bring me in to scan due to covid risks and cos it had stopped and wasn’t cramping or getting heavier it wouldn’t be anything serious. They did give me a 24 hour number to ring incase it worsened. I had another bit on Saturday again just a spec which didn’t go into anything. I have now booked an early scan on Friday when I’m 8+1. No more bleeding so far. I am terrified of them not being able to find a heartbeat but least I’ll know either way. I would book an early scan if you can x

@Brightspark12
Oh I didn’t think they’d stop scanning because of COVID! my epu said they weren’t taking any self referrals either because of it.
It’s all so nerve wrecking! But at least by 8 weeks you should definitely be able to see a heartbeat and you don’t have that whole it could be too early which is why I’m trying not to hold off a bit longer with me only being 6 weeks.
Really hope your scan goes well x

@Brightspark12 how was the scan?

I have been pregnant five times and bled on and off during each-two were miscarriages and three were healthy babies. There was no red blood= bad, brown/old blood= good. I had red blood each time and I spent a lot of time being very anxious.

Hope it is all ok for you. By 8 weeks, a scan should show what’s going on.

Yes!! The blood colour was the exact same and I keep having it every time I get thrush (3 times now!! Annoying!!) I'm 15 weeks on Monday and everything's going well! I had to have a scan at EPU @5weeks due to the blood and no baby was seen. I was gutted. Went back a week later and there was a little yolk sac.

Congrats on the pregnancy!! Xx

Can you try to ring another EPU. I rang around when I had spotting in the first trimester and got an EPU that would see me right away.

@DappledOliveGroves scan was fine! They said no blood around the baby and that the bleeding was probably implantation bleeding. They did date me as 6+1 as that’s how big the baby was measuring but going from my last period I thought i was 8+1.. he said I must have ovulated/implanted later which makes sense as I had an implantation bleed on 23rd Jan. saw the heartbeat which they said was strong. How’s everyone else doing? X

I had this on my last pregnancy and everything turned out okay, thankfully. It was very stressful as EPU didn’t want to know due to how early in the pregnancy I was. I started off with a little blood when wiping every time I went the loo from about 6 weeks right through to 11 weeks then 11 weeks I had a massive gush and every time I stood up the blood was gushing like someone turned on a tap. I thought I’d lost the baby. Went to epu and they did a scan and heard a strong heartbeat. It turned out to be a bruise from where the placenta tried to attach itself and changed position or something like that. After that gush there was no more blood and went on to have a healthy baby. I hope everything woks out just fine for you!

Last few days I haven’t really had any spotting which is quite weird for me. But I’m sure after I’ll type this it’ll happen. I’ve just had to accept that this is normal for me no matter how nerve wrecking it is.
I’ve got my scan date which is the first week of April which feels like forever away. So I’m still pretty tempted to get an early scan at around 8 weeks.

I wonder if you might need progesterone? You’re unlikely to get it on the nhs with only one loss, but I have read studies which say it can help prevent mc in women with bleeding. It’s called the Tommys Prism Trial if you want to look it up.

I had a mc at 9 weeks last year which started with spotting. This time I’m on low dose aspirin which I decided to take myself (as it does no harm but might help) and I also wanted to take progesterone. GP wouldn’t help me so I looked at private options as o just want the progesterone as soon as possible in case it could help even though I haven’t bled yet.

I saw someone on here had an appointment with Nova Fertility via zoom and got the progesterone prescription via email the next day, so I looked it up and got myself an appointment which was on Thursday. I got the prescription and am picking it up from Boots today!

It cost £150 for the appointment but luckily there is a scheme at my work for private health insurance and I can get private consultations free up to £200 a year. I’m not sure how much the progesterone itself will cost.

If you want to, I would say it would be good to try to go private to see if progesterone might help you. According to the specialist I spoke to, it doesn’t do any harm but might help. Good luck xx

Also just to point out I’m sort of going for a belt and braces approach for this pregnancy- my mc was extremely traumatic and I don’t want to go through that again, so I’m throwing everything at it. If it can’t harm but could help I’m taking it even if it costs a bit of money xx

@Cafeaulait27
Yeah it’s something I’ll have to look into. I’m assuming it’s something that’s got to be started pretty early on. How far gone are you at the minute?

It’s hard my mc was very traumatic too (I think it is for anyone going through it) even though it happened nearly 5 years ago I could still remember everything about it.
But yeah of course you’d do everything in your power to protect this pregnancy.

I’m just really trying to be positive and not think too much into everything. Which is hard.

@Bubblesxox I’m 6 weeks, so I was worried it would be too late but the specialist assured me it would still help at any point before 12 weeks.

The women in the prism study had already experienced bleeding, and then started the progesterone and it increased their chances for a healthy pregnancy, so I do think it would be worth it in your situation xx