Hi,
I’m wondering if anyone can help as I’m going out of my mind a bit with this and haven’t been able to find another thread with my exact issue.
I’m currently 5+6. This is my second pregnancy, the first one sadly ended in miscarriage back in March this year at 4+5.
I was understandably nervous but something about this one felt like it would stick, I had a lot more pregnancy symptoms and knew even before BFP that I was pregnant. Sore boobs, nausea, trapped wind
needing a wee all the time etc. I did have a bit of brown/pale pink spotting when I was 4 weeks but figured this was implantation bleeding, it didn’t last long and was only when I wiped.
Then this Monday when I would be 5+2 I started with some red blood which panicked me. It was light at first and then around lunchtime not exactly heavy but heavy enough to concern me, sort of like a period amount. I rang the GP who sent me up to EPU.
EPU did a scan and said I’m measuring at 4 weeks not 5. They can see the gestational sac which is 7mm x 4mm but no yolk sac or fetal probe visible (but if only 4 weeks I know this wouldn’t necessarily be seen). I had bloods taken and then some more done Wednesday to see if they’d doubled.
Mondays HCG was 322 Wednesdays was 540 so while it’s not exactly doubled it almost has and is certainly still rising. I’ve got to go for another blood test tonight and then another ultrasound on Monday afternoon.
I feel reassured by the fact that my HCG is still rising and also that my pregnancy symptoms are continuing. My boobs are very sore and swollen and the right one in particular feels rock hard. I still feel nauseous throughout the day and need to see all the time. But I’m also incredibly worried because of the bleeding. It is consistently red, although Wednesday night I lost some black clots (sorry for the TMI) but it was after losing those clots that the pregnancy symptoms increased
sometimes it’s heavy-ish mainly if I’ve been walking around but most of the time it’s just red when I wipe and doesn’t go on to a pad.
Has anyone had similar and baby been ok? The doctor at EPU has just said they can’t really say at the moment it could still be viable, it could be a miscarriage or it could be ectopic but I don’t know how it could be ectopic if they can see the gestational sac in my womb?
Any reassurance or advice or anyone who can share a similar story would be much appreciated TIA xx