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Wife spotting brown blood and period cramps 5w2d

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JC88 · 30/03/2021 22:35

Hi, my wife and I have had two miscarriages in 7 months and I fear we’re having another. Our first miscarriage happened on the day of our 12 week scan in October and then we had a chemical pregnancy around 5 weeks over new year. We got pregnant against quickly but this week, a few days after the positive test, there was some blood. It was pink at first and has been brown since, that’s been 3 days. It’s only when she wipes. She also has intermittent period-like cramps.
She doesn’t really have any pregnancy symptoms apart from needing to pee often and fatigue - no sore boobs like she had first pregnancy. This pattern is following the same as the chemical pregnancy. The chemical pregnancy never became heavy blood, just brown spotting then a negative test a week later. Our most recent pregnancy test a couple of days ago still showed a strong line. Has anyone experienced similar and gone on to have a healthy pregnancy? We know first hand how this may end but hoping it’s not what we fear. Early pregnancy advised for us to wait till Sunday when we’d be 6 weeks and to take another test then so it’s just a waiting game now.

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Rubyrecka · 30/03/2021 22:51

Hi so sorry your going through this. Hopefully someone be along soon with their positive experience. fingers crossed for you Thanks

SnooperTrooper12345 · 30/03/2021 23:06

I've had pink and brown spotting between 4 and 8 weeks with all 5 of my pregnancies.
Had a scan with 2 of them and doctor confirmed it was leftover blood from implantation along with the foetus burying deeper.

2 of them ended in miscarriage but that wasn't related to the spotting. It had stopped for weeks before that. My miscarriages weren't until 10 weeks.

I've also never had symptoms with any of my pregnancies apart from the odd sore boobs that come and go.
Symptoms don't mean anything so don't worry how many or how little she has. Along with not worrying if they disappear either

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JC88 · 30/03/2021 23:14

Hey SnooperTrooper12345, that’s reassuring that you had brown spotting and still had a successful pregnancy. I’m sorry to hear about your two miscarriages but glad that you’ve managed to have a lovely family!

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Coffeeandmilk · 30/03/2021 23:24

I had a miscarriage in my first pregnancy then fell pregnant a year later. I bleed every month up to 6 months, I panicked every time I went to the toilet. I didn’t enjoy my pregnancy one bit as I worried all through it. I went on to have a son, he’s 10 now. Doctors couldn’t explain the bleeding. I just put it down to hormones.

Workinghardeveryday · 30/03/2021 23:43

Sorry you’re going through this. In both my pregnancy’s I had brown and sometimes pink from about 5 weeks throughout on and off. Went full term with both.
Good luck with everything

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JC88 · 31/03/2021 18:09

Thanks for the feedback everyone - I’m glad to hear your positive stories. Her spotting has eased off now and no more stomach pains, that was about 4 days it lasted. Neither of us are particularly confident but it’s more self preservation mode we’re in I think. She’ll take another test on Friday, fingers crossed!

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Workinghardeveryday · 31/03/2021 18:59

Please let us know how you get on. Just remember every pregnancy is different! No reason why it won’t be a great outcome x

Snally82 · 01/04/2021 06:07

Hoping for the best for you both. I had pink spotting and cramps, I’m now 28 weeks x

MySocalledLoaf · 01/04/2021 06:16

Loads of bleeding that went on for weeks in two successful pregnancies. It can happen.

RunnerGirl123 · 01/04/2021 06:43

I had pink and brown spotting from 5+4 fading to nothing at 6+6. I too feared the worst as I'd had 2 previous miscarriages that started the same way, but tried to keep positive.
My nausea and tiredness symptoms kicked in around 6 weeks. All was fine, had no further bleeding or spotting and currently 21 weeks.

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JC88 · 01/04/2021 14:15

Crossing our fingers and praying for good news. Rachel is going to take a pregnancy test tomorrow so we’ll see how things go. The spotting and cramps have stopped so either the miscarriage has completed or it was just normal spotting/cramps which were to be expected. Praying it’s the latter! To hear of similar issues that have had a happy ending is really reassuring. How lucky are those who breeze through pregnancies eh?

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SnooperTrooper12345 · 01/04/2021 15:46

@JC88

Crossing our fingers and praying for good news. Rachel is going to take a pregnancy test tomorrow so we’ll see how things go. The spotting and cramps have stopped so either the miscarriage has completed or it was just normal spotting/cramps which were to be expected. Praying it’s the latter! To hear of similar issues that have had a happy ending is really reassuring. How lucky are those who breeze through pregnancies eh?
Unfortunately even if it was a miscarriage, the tests may not be negative. Mine took 6 weeks to be negative. First couple of weeks were still strong positives
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JC88 · 04/04/2021 09:51

Just a little update. Not looking great. Positive test again on Friday but on Saturday the spotting turned red and a bit heavier. Eased off and back to brown spotting now. She took another rest this morning an fit was positive but it was one of the date ones and it was 1-2 weeks when she’s 6 so I think that’s just the HCG levels gradually going down. An issue we have is the NHS didn’t count the last miscarriage as it was before 6 weeks. The EPU is closed for Easter so by time they open on Tuesday the miscarriage could be over and it won’t count again. They won’t do any tests till we’ve had 3 miscarriages that “fit their strict criteria” so, even though we’ll have had 3 in 7 months, they’ll only count 1. Any advice on this?

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LadyBillyBon · 04/04/2021 10:35

@JC88

Just a little update. Not looking great. Positive test again on Friday but on Saturday the spotting turned red and a bit heavier. Eased off and back to brown spotting now. She took another rest this morning an fit was positive but it was one of the date ones and it was 1-2 weeks when she’s 6 so I think that’s just the HCG levels gradually going down. An issue we have is the NHS didn’t count the last miscarriage as it was before 6 weeks. The EPU is closed for Easter so by time they open on Tuesday the miscarriage could be over and it won’t count again. They won’t do any tests till we’ve had 3 miscarriages that “fit their strict criteria” so, even though we’ll have had 3 in 7 months, they’ll only count 1. Any advice on this?
Call your GP and tell them she thinks she's having a miscarriage. They'll put it on her notes and advise her.

They don't count chemicals in the '3' unfortunately which will be why they didn't count the other one as they're even more common than a miscarriage.

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JC88 · 04/04/2021 10:48

Hey! Thanks for your response. I totally get that they don’t chemical pregnancies but we’re now 6 weeks and still testing positive (if only barely). So I just worry that by the time EPU opens we’ll have missed the window to be seen before the miscarriage ends.

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LadyBillyBon · 04/04/2021 12:48

You don't have to be seen at the EPU for it to go down as a miscarriage

parsnipsnotsprouts · 04/04/2021 12:51

I’ve had bleeding both brown and red with all of my pregnancies. The healthy ones and the ones I lost. I did take aspirin for all my successful pregnancies though. It might be worth a go if this one doesn’t work out

SnooperTrooper12345 · 04/04/2021 12:55

As a PP said, you don't need the EPU to confirm miscarriage.

My first and second I only contacted my GP. I was never scanned and both have gone down on my record.

Daffodil21 · 04/04/2021 15:48

Hi, sorry you're going through this.
It's definitely worth making sure it's on your notes. By the time my 3rd mc was looming i was fed up of all the scans etc that I was planning on letting it just happen at home. At the time we were under a fertility clinic and I called them to see if it was ok I just let it happen or did I need to 'prove' it. She said they weren't in the habit of doubting people so she would have taken my word for it. I did up having a scan in the end though, but it's definitely worth getting it on your notes so you can get a referral if needed

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JC88 · 04/04/2021 16:14

Just back from triage where they did a urine test and it came back negative :(

The nurse was lovely and is going to write to recurrent miscarriage consultant to ask for investigation. We’ve to ask our GP to refer us too. Have always got private option too I guess. Will definitely try baby aspirin and maybe progesterone prescription too. Hopefully they investigate and find if there are any issues though. 3 miscarriages in 7 months is a lot to take. Thanks for all your help and advice everyone.

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SnooperTrooper12345 · 04/04/2021 16:19

@JC88

Just back from triage where they did a urine test and it came back negative :(

The nurse was lovely and is going to write to recurrent miscarriage consultant to ask for investigation. We’ve to ask our GP to refer us too. Have always got private option too I guess. Will definitely try baby aspirin and maybe progesterone prescription too. Hopefully they investigate and find if there are any issues though. 3 miscarriages in 7 months is a lot to take. Thanks for all your help and advice everyone.

Sorry to hear ❤️
Mammyofasuperbaby · 04/04/2021 16:21

Sorry that you are both going through this. Having lost 3 babies in 9 months, I know how you feel.
I just wanted to give you some hope for the future as after losing 3 I fell pregnant again and had my baby at 36 weeks, 8 months ago.
My babies were lost at 6 weeks, 10 weeks and 4 weeks and all have been recorded.

Daffodil21 · 04/04/2021 16:58

Sorry to hear this too.

Also to add to the hope, I'm currently 21 weeks after 3 early losses. I was on progesterone and an immunity suppressant. No idea if this will turn out ok but crossing everything.

Good luck to you both

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JC88 · 04/04/2021 17:06

I’m so sorry you had to go through that but glad you have a healthy baby now. Did you change anything in the successful pregnancy?

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JC88 · 04/04/2021 17:07

Congratulations on your pregnancy :) Were the progesterone and immunity suppressant prescribed by your GP?

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