Bleeding in early pregnancy

[Shanya123]

I just hope this is the correct group to post this. I do apologise if it is not. I am so anxious, but still holding on to some hope.
I will try to explain what is going on…

12 days ago (4th January) I started bleeding and I thought I got my first period back (after having DS, 14 months ago.) I am still breastfeeding.
So, I bled for 4 days - light to medium flow and I was using pads and then very light spotting for 2-3 days. I thought nothing of it, it was different then the periods I used to have before DS (2days periods with light bleeding) but read that this can be normal.

I thought: now I have higher chance of ovulating every month and high chance of getting pregnant soon.
3 days ago I did an ovulation test which was positive and got me thinking, surely ovulating now is too early for me. So I did a cheap pregnancy test and it was positive. Then I did a frer because I didn’t trusted the cheap test and it was so positive. I did another test yesterday and today morning and it seems to me that the test line is more pink then 3 days ago. (But I guess this is something my mind wants to see)

I have a scan on Wednesday to rule out ectopic pregnancy, but I am pretty sure I had an early miscarriage that started on the 4th January. I am still hoping this is not the case, but the more I read, the more I see that I am lying to myself.

Is there anyone who is going through something similar or who had bleeding (not spotting) for a couple of days in early pregnancy and still had a good pregnancy and a healthy baby?

I can’t stop thinking about it and I don’t know what to do for Wednesday to come quicker! I know that by waiting longer , chances are that I will get an answer then- a positive one or a negative one.

Also I have no idea how many weeks the pregnancy was/is. I am assuming around 5-6 weeks. I had a negative pregnancy test on 30th december.

I bled pretty consistently from 6-11/12wks. Currently 16wks

Hope you are doing well now! Thanks for replying! Tomorrow I will find out what is going on. I am holding on to hope… still

Update: scan didn’t show anything. They said there can be 3 reasons:
Too early viable pregnancy
Too early ectopic pregnancy
Or an early miscarriage and it took to long to be scanned so there is no evidence anymore
They did a urine hcg test with my water-like urine (very diluted) and it was positive (I already knew that, I did one early in the morning and it was still progressing)
They took bloods to check my hcg levels and progesterone levels and said I’ll get a call later on to see what we should do next.

I had a chemical pregnancy.
Bled like a period.
Took a week for my HCG levels to hit 0.

Sorry your going through this, it's very stressful.

Let us know when you get results

@BlueSky8
I am so sorry for your loss.

I will see today what my hcg levels are, but it is more then likely a miscariage😞

Hey Op, I had bleeding 6.5 weeks to 12 weeks it was horrible but now have a lively chatty 20 month old keeping me on my toes. X

It's so stressful. I had bleeding 4-13 weeks in both of my pregnancies. Some really heavy bleeds and I have two healthy DC.

Of course it does also go the other way. But when I was furiously googling I desperately wanted to hear from the people who had successful pregnancies.

Really hope it works out for you

@ohthejoysoftoddler
It is so true I was desperately looking for a little bit of hope and positive stories.
Unfortunately for me, it doesn’t end well. My progesterone level is very low , but HCG high. They haven’t said anything yet. They don’t know for sure what is going on. I will repeat the blood tests on Friday. I am guessing they want to see an increase in progesterone level and a doubling in the Hcg level.
I am a bit better now compared to last couple of days, even though I don’t have an answer just yet..

Also I want to thank you for replying!

Hi all, this is my first pregnancy and I believe I'm about 3 weeks pregnant. I have had period like cramps for a couple days and have had some light bleeding/ spotting since last night. It's only when I wipe after going to the toilet and it's like a brown colour. I think it might be implantation bleeding but I'm really anxious it might be early miscarriage. Has anyone else had cramps and light spotting this early on?

@Katie98
Hi
I remember having period like cramps and back pain early on with my first pregnancy (my boy is 14 months old now). I didn’t experience any spotting with that but every pregnancy is different.
Have you had a positive pregnancy test?

@Shanya17 the cramps have been for a fair few days possibly a week, so I feel like that's normal from what I have read. The bleeding like I say is only light when I wipe and brown like old blood ? . Yes I have had a positive pregnancy test. I've been doing both clear blue digital and the manual ones.

@Katie98
From what I read, very light, spotting brown or pink, shouldn’t be something to worry about. If the pain gets worse and the spotting goes to red I would recommend checking with a dr. 🤗 But for me it looks like normal early symptoms.

@Shanya123 Thankyou, that's reassuring.

Update: This is my story. It is a low chance of 1% in all pregnancies of having an ectopic pregnancy. Half of the women who are experiencing this have certain risk factor. I am a part of the other half. No risk factors, 1 previous healthy pregnancy to term, natural vaginal birth with just gas and air. No complications at all.
14 months later, after giving birth, something went wrong in my body. After a week of despair and still hoping every single day for a better outcome, I’ve been diagnosed with a tubal ectopic pregnancy. It is still small, 15mm and my options are limited. I have a hard time deciding what I should do. My hcg levels are high and the cytotoxic treatment might not work and in the end I might need surgery. The waiting is just risky, but to do that my hcg levels should drop…
I am inclined to have the minimal invasive surgery. They will remove the fallopian tube with the pregnancy in it. I just hope the one tube that will be left will get to do a good job for both.
I am scared, I need to arrange for someone to come and helps us out. I won’t be able to lift my baby boy for a couple of weeks. My family leaves in another country. The flight tickets are so expensive now and I don’t know why! My husband can’t miss work anymore.. he’s been taking half a day off every other day for me to have scans and blood tests.
I am also sad of the small lump of cells that would have developed into a beautiful baby,a smart brother or sister for my baby boy.
It all happened so fast.. my heart hurts.
I hope some luck will come by and I’ll be able to have another baby some day, when my body is prepared.
Sorry for the rant..

Sorry for the grammar mistakes. I wanted to say that my family lives in another country

[quote Shanya123]@Katie98
From what I read, very light, spotting brown or pink, shouldn’t be something to worry about. If the pain gets worse and the spotting goes to red I would recommend checking with a dr. 🤗 But for me it looks like normal early symptoms.[/quote]
Hi, I'm 5 weeks pregnant and I've been bleeding on and off. I was at hospital yesterday and they looked at my cervix and that was closed. I've had more bleeding today, not heavy, goes away in a few wipes and doesn't reach my pad. Only when I wipe there is blood. Anyone have any ideas what is happening? I just want my baby to be ok!

@Emilyyy1
Sorry I didn’t reply sooner, I had surgery to remove my right tube and the pregnancy. I was broken for sometime.. still am, not 100% myself.
How are you? Did you find out what the bleeding was?
Hope everything turned out ok for you

@Katie98
How was everything? All good with you and the pregnancy? Sending best wishes x