Hi im looking for advice. My wife has had 3 positive pregnancy tests, it is 8 and a half weeks since the first day of her last period. She has been having cramping pains for the past 3 weeks and yesterday she had some pale pink mucus only a small amount. The maternity unit said to come up for an early scan. They have scanned and cannot see anything obvious growing. they thought they may have seen something at 1 point but due to position and angle they were unable to confirm or be sure. They have said they cannot see an ectopic pregnancy but they did comment that they saw a lot of her bowel (not sure if they mean a lot of solids inside the bowel and makes it harder to get a good view). She has experienced no bleeding at anytime and has had a blood test done to check hCG levels. This has come back at 16500 IU/L which she has been told is a good value for someone at 8 weeks. They have asked for her to come back in 48 hours to repeat bloods. Has anyone else experienced this. The contraceptive pill was stopped in December, she had a period in January and then in February 28 days later. I know ovulation can happen 2 to 3 weeks later which means she could only really have 5 to 6 weeks of grown rather than 8 weeks. I find it all very confusing with pregnancy dates. Just so hard to see her so upset this morning :-(. Any words of advice or wisdom much appreciated.