Does Pain and spotting always end in miscarriage?

[pleaseno]

Am i clutching at straws here?
I have been cramping quite badly this afternoon and the brownish loss i have experienced for a week turned bright red.... its sort of mixed with other gunk and not a lot but red!
i have lain down and rung epu and got appointment for thursday..
I am seven and a bit weeks - been bleeding for one .
have had a scan and there was a baby wit a little heartbeat and a patch on uterus where blood loss was apparently coming from
anyone had such an experience and gone on to a happy pregnancy?
this is so horrible - only m/c in july

put simply, no it doesn't, not at all. I normally get something this at some point, but have actually never miscarried (touch wood)

I think what is perhaps concerning is the length that the bleeding is going on for. But how recently were you scanned?

I think if you get to the stage of seeing a heartbeat, the odds are in your favour.

God I hope its ok for you.

maybe should have put this under miscarriage

thanks charlie and lola
scan was saturday - the sonographer said to me - ' if you bleed some more and its old ish - dont go running to the doctor' but it is not old - its new....

Was about to log-off and get dinner but saw your post.

I'm not a medical person and haven't seen your scan either - but i wanted to let you know that i'm thinking of you.

Any chance of an earlier scan - maybe call them up and say that you are panicky. I don't want to put ideas in your head but I know that i couldn't wait till Thurs if it was me - I would go straight to hospital and not leave till a scan was done.

Please keep us posted.

i daren't lmm!
thursday is soon enough - i am not sure i dare find out...

I'm going to eat dinner in a few minutes so please don't feel lonely if i don't post anymore tonight.

Whatever happens, happens. I'm 26 weeks pregnant with no.1 and luckily, all is well so far, so i can't say i know how you're feeling. All i can do is to let you know that i care. I admire you for being level-headed enough to type, cos i would be in the EPU and not budging till i got seen (especially if i had already had a m/c).

Why have you got to wait till Thurs? It seems cruel to make you wait. It may put your mind at ease.

hmm

all I can say is that I have never had brown bleeding, only bright red stuff. Which is bloody terrifying BUT I have 2 absurdly healthy kids, and another on the way, and have never (touch wood) miscarried.

So. It CAN work out. Honestly.

oh ar$e just saw that you've already m/c once, missed that.

Sorry wasn't trying to emphasise that I've never had one, just that, for some women, this is just what happens in pregnancy.

thanks charlieandlola
daren't go to the loo....

pleaseno, I am wishing you all the best, fingers crossed.

With my first pregnancy, I too had consistent brownish bleed from 6 weeks - scanned twice, heartbeat. One day, it turned bright red and heavy - I was convinced I had lost the baby, but scan showed baby was still there and ticking. Scan also showed an area of bleed - sub-chorionic haematoma.

I never got a red bleed again, just brownish bleed until about 13 weeks when things resolved themselves. Dd is now 4 years old.

For my second pregnancy, I had suddenly a heavy red bleed at 7.5 weeks, not having bled before that. I stood up and whoosh. I passed a grey sac that day. That one ended in miscarriage.

For my third pregnancy, no bleed at all. Ds is now 1 year old.

pleaseno, you said you dare not go to the loo. > made me cry, I remember that too. Hope it works out

Waiting for oventimer to ping!!

Is there anyone there with you? I don't like the idea of you being alone.

Hi,
have just seen your post, when l was 10wks started spotting which became heavier and had occ cramps too. Had scan at 11wks and everything was fine but continued to spot and had on a couple of occasions had fresh blood and gunk (sorry itmi!!) Another scan at 12wks was again fine and l have my 13 weeks old dd2 lying on my lap after spending 2 1/2 weeks thinking we were going to m/c.
Was told it was just one of these things and nobody could tell us why it happens in some pregnancies.
hope everything works out for you, would try and get an earlier scan, thurs seems a long time to wait
x

Going to eat dinner now.

Will try to log on before i go to work tomorrow.

Remember, mumsnet is here to support you.

XX

blueshoes thankyou for that - i have hope! the sonographer said it was extrachorionic bleed and not related to the actual pregnancy
but that was when the blood was brown on saturday.

I am glad scan is thursday ...if the news is bad it will be more conclusive - if not then i may be able to get through the weekend!

cali thanks for your comments! they mean so much at this time

lovemymum dh is here puting the ds's to bed and keeps saying 'its fine'

Is there any chance of being seen earlier? Thurs. is a long time to wait.

I have had several miscarriages. I am at 8 weeks now. At my scan last week when there was a heartbeat my OB said that it is rare to miscarry after seeing a heartbeat.

I know how scared you are. I'm sorry you are going through this. I hope everything is ok. I am thinking about you.

Glad you are not on your own, make sure you get plenty rest tho with other little ones might not be too easy!

Going to put dd2 back to bed as she is fast asleep, as lovemymum said, we're here to support you, tend to log on most evenings,
will be thinkung of you
x

please excuse spelling , was meant to be thinking

hi, so sorry you going through this. I have had 3 mcs and then I got preg with ds1, who is now 5. When 7 weeks preg with him I bleed heavy for a week and had cramps, I then bleed again at 13 weeks, 18 weeks and then 32 weeks they never found a reason. the same thing happened when preg with ds2 who is now 4. Hoping all goes well on thur

thankyou all so much! your words really calm me

paula congratulations btw
I have been lurking on july thread but too nervous to dare to hope yet... the bleeding has not helped
i have spotted before but not quite the amount - last time they found no reason - this time they had
have cancelled all engagements (!) and am going to sit tight for a couple of days until scan
que sera and all that ...
this is the best of mumsnet - thanks all for giving your time to help me x

Hi Pleaseno, just wanted to add my best wishes. I know how you are feeling too, I had a miscarriage for my first pregnancy at ten weeks. I now have two DS's who are nearly three and one...with ds 1 i bled at about six weeks for about a week, with some pain, but it was all brown blood and not much. With ds2 however, i bled for five weeks, and it was just as you describe, mainly brown blood (and more than i would call just spotting) and then i remember going to the loo and getting a gush of bright red blood, almost like a period. I remember coming downstairs and saying to dp "thats it, im miscarrying", but i wasnt, the pains and the bleeding gradually went and he arrived on boxing day absolutely fine. I remember the doctor saying to me that bleeding in pregnancy is very common, its just something that people dont always talk about, and also as others have said that it was much less likely to miscarry after youve seen a heartbeat.
I really really hope its all ok. Being in this limbo of not knowing whats going on is awful you must feel ragged. Im really hoping that you get good news on thursday and that dh takes good care of you till then! xxxxx

I must have missed you by thirty seconds. Glad you have someone with you. Sleep well (fingers crossed) and we'll catch up tomorrow or whenever you post again.

How are you feeling today? Hows the bleeding?

i cant believe i am doing this but have lain down all day!
poor ds is just playing round me...
i am still bleeding but jut brown - not really giving any blood chsnce to come out as flat!

feeling symptomless - whoknows?
i hate hate hate this

thankyou all for asking!

Hi,
just wondering how you are?
have been thinking about you today, hope you are ok!