Am I having a miscarriage? What should I do? :(

[BLLMCP]

Hi everyone,

I am approximately 9 weeks pregnant at the moment.

When I was about 5 weeks I had some bleeding and cramping and was sent for a scan and all seemed ok.

I then went again at 8 weeks and they found a heartbeat but said I was measuring at 6 weeks.

Since then I have been going by the scan dates so I am about 9 weeks now.

2 days ago I had some very minimal brown discharge that didn't last very long. It worried me a bit but it went away quickly so I haven't been concerned.

Last night I had cramps. I've had cramps throughout the whole pregnancy and they last about 30 seconds each time and then go away. Last night they were no worse but I had more of them.

Today I woke up and had quite a bit of blood when I wiped. Apologies if TMI but initially it was red/brown and slimy (like discharge) . This has since continued slowly and is now more red but like a light bleed.

I have also noticed that my boobs don't hurt anymore. I felt a bit sick this morning but it's gone now. My only symptoms throughout my pregnancy so far have been sore boobs everyday, and some nausea every 3 or so days.

I am so worried that I'm having a miscarriage because of the bleeding and loss of symptoms. I am staying at my mother in laws house and it's 3 hours away from home. We are due home on Friday. I don't know what to do. When I had my scans at the EPU they just told me to go A&E if I have heavy bleeding and bad cramps and I don't have that.

I could call my local day assessment unit but I don't think there's much they can do. I could book a private scan for tomorrow but I don't know if the bleeding will have stopped by then.

Any advice? Has this happened to anyone else with a good outcome? I am feeling so negative about it, I'm just convinced this is the end of my pregnancy :(

When did you have your last scan? You need to call your local epu and be seen for a scan. Hopefully it's nothing to worry about but you're going to drive yourself crazy wondering. Wishing you all the best

It does not necessarily mean you are having a miscarriage, as it is quite common for symptoms to start to ease around that stage of the first trimester and light bleeding can happen for other reasons than miscarriage. But you really should ring your EPU and discuss it with them. As it is another instance of bleeding they may scan you this time to check the pregnancy and they will be able to advise best. Keeping fingers crossed for you 🤞❤

@janicewheeler I had my last scan on the 10th December which showed the baby was coming along nicely with a heartbeat. I am just trying to get hold of my GP as advised by the DAU, thanks for your advice!

@2ndTimeRound90 thanks for your reply. I really hope so, I know that symptoms can come and go it just seems a bit of a coincidence that it's gone today when I started bleeding. I am trying to get an appointment for a scan with the EPU through my doctors now

Hi all, just an update to say that I was having a miscarriage and it was pretty awful and I ended up in a&e on morphine basically passed out from the pain and had to stay in overnight for monitoring. I had to have all the tissue removed in a&e and it's gone for analysis.

So if anyone is reading this as they have similar symptoms in the future, don't do what I did and worry about wasting hospital time and put off going to get checked out. Go with your gut instinct and go to a&e if you feel you need to. I wish I had done it earlier than I did.

I'm so sorry xx

So sorry @BLLMCP what you went through sounds very traumatic. Please take some time to grieve xx

Thank you @Cakecakecheese and @janicewheeler I am just glad to be home now and I have some time off to process everything.

So sorry for your loss xxx

Thank you @EmJay19

Oh @BLLMCP I’m so sorry that is a tough thing to go through. Stay strong love x

Really sorry to hear this @BLLMCP 💔 sending lots of love your way

so sorry to hear this

Thank you all, you are all so kind, it's comforting to know there are so many lovely people out there

I’m sorry your pregnancy appears to be ending in miscarriage. Been there myself a couple of times. Are you ok and coping OP? Phone the assessment ward if it’s worrying you or if you are feeling unwell.

@AthenaPopodopolous I'm sorry to hear that :( it's not something I would wish on anyone, it is so cruel.
I am doing ok, I am lucky to have lots of amazing family and friends nearby, and my husband has been a rock, so I am doing better than I imagined. Being able to come home and cry and be looked after has been good for me.
I'm not normally a big New Years Eve celebrator, and the same goes for tonight, but actually having some form of closure and going into the new year tomorrow is also mildly comforting.
Physically I am also doing much better too, I thought I would be reliant on painkillers but apart from some continued bleeding I am fine.
Thank you for asking!