Hi all,
I’m just after some advice from anyone who has been in this situation. I’m 36, first time trying to conceive, and came off the mini pill in May. Periods quickly returned and in the second month of trying to conceive I found out last weekend I was pregnant. Last period was 8th August and last cycle was 24 days. I happened to do another digital test last Thursday and it said pregnant, but Friday morning I woke up and I was bleeding, dark red like a period. No clots just blood. Had to use a pad and used two on Friday. The bleeding also coincided with having a job interview on Friday so I was feeling stressed anyway. I panicked and called the Early Pregnancy Unit at the hospital and they just said if the bleeding was so heavy I was changing a pad every hour I was to go to a&e but otherwise just monitor and do another test in 2 weeks time. The bleeding did not get to that level, it was heaviest on Friday but it eased off on Saturday and now it is faint spotting. I called my GP surgery today and the receptionist said the doctor wouldn’t be able to do anything at this stage, she suggested calling the midwife for advice. The receptionist added that she had bleeding all the way through her pregnancy and she now has a 9 year old! The midwife wasn’t available so they put me through to another early pregnancy unit, this time a different hospital. This time the advice was very blunt and she said there was nothing they could do and I just needed to wait 2 weeks before testing again. She said really I was only 1 week after having a period so I may not even be definitely pregnant and right now the lining is just thickening up and there is nothing to see on a scan. She said if they seen everyone who was worried the hospital wouldn’t be able to cope. She even said it is pointless seeing my GP this week (although I am going to go as I managed to get an appointment for Friday as I want to talk to someone). I do understand they are busy but at the same time some support would have been appreciated and I’m sure loads of people have felt a bit lost at the beginning. I keep reading about implantation bleeding and I’m wondering if that is what I’m experiencing, or if it is an early pregnancy loss, but right now I know I won’t get any definite answers until a few weeks down the line. From what I have read it could still go either way so preparing in my head for both outcomes, there just seems to be a lack of support at the very early pregnancy stage so I wondered if anyone else had been in this situation before and had any words of advice x