Hi,
So I’m around 5 weeks + 5 days pregnant and for the last week I have been experiencing mild to moderate ‘period like’ pain across my lower abdomen which I presumed was normal due to my uterus stretching. However, yesterday while at work I had severe cramping which lead me to feeling faint, I had blurred vision, cold sweats and almost passed out. I ended up in the EPU where they did a transvaginal ultrasound to check for ectopic pregnancy. The midwife said that she’s certain it’s not ectopic, however she could see the gestational sac, but no yolk or fetal pole was present. She said usually at almost 6 weeks she would expect to see at least something by now and to go back in 10 days to see if there are any changes.
All of this had got me petrified that I may be miscarrying. I’ve been obsessively reading about blighted ovum’s and MC horror stories. This is my first pregnancy so I’m completely new to all of this. I’ve also been reading that it can be common to not see anything on ultrasound this early, but that alongside the severe pain and almost passing out has got me really worried.
It might be worth mentioning (sorry tmi) that I suffer from IBS and every time I get these period like cramps it’s usually followed by getting the urge to go to the loo. Not sure if there is a correlation between IBS and uterine-like cramping?
I know there’s no definite answer at the minute and I’m just going to have to go through this long dreaded wait until next Saturday, but was hoping that someone may have had a similar experience?
Sorry for the long post!!
Thanks in advance