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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Brown spotting at 5/6 weeks

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Fräulein10 · 19/08/2022 12:01

Hello everyone,

This is my very first post on here and I think I am doing it for moral support rather than finding answers.

I am currently 6+3 weeks pregnant and started spotting about 5 days ago. First it looked pinkish but now it is more of a brown colour with "stringy bits". I had a miscarriage back in March that started exactly the same, but I was told not to worry as long as there is no red blood. I even went on holiday. 4 weeks later I miscarried. They told me the baby had died at about 5 weeks which is about the time of the very first spotting.

It took my body a long time to reset. I still tested positive 3 weeks after I had miscarried. The physical pain was not any worse than my periods are. The emotional pain is something I don't wish upon anyone.

I was so happy when I fell pregnant again a few weeks ago and despite what had happened, I wasn't too anxious. That changed very quickly when I started seeing blood again. There is no way I will be waiting 4 weeks again to pass the pregnancy tissue.

I have a 3 year old daughter who was born in Germany. Over there, everyone has their own dedicated gynecologist and you can ring them every time you are worried and they scan you there and then. I didn't have any bleeding in my first pregnancy but as it was my first one and I didn't know what to expect at all, I called the practice almost every other week and she saw me every time. I feel like here we are told by a GP (who is not specialised in this field) to just wait and see. I find this very hard emotionally. Even though there is nothing they could do, it is still a lot better to know rather than worry oneself sick.

I have booked a private scan for later this afternoon as I just cannot wait again for this to happen and me being completely unprepared.

Is there anyone here who has a similar story but with a happier ending?

Xxx

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Ireallywantsomechips · 19/08/2022 20:19

I’m only 11 weeks still, but I had bleeding at 5 weeks. It started off quite red which was alarming then it turned pink/brown on and off. I had a scan but they could only see the sac so I had to go back at 7 weeks and baby had grown and was all okay. The bleeding stopped for the most part at about 9 weeks. It’s been worrying because I also had no bleeding with my first but at the second scan they found “fluid pockets” which was basically just floating blood that would come out.

Ormally · 19/08/2022 20:24

Things relating to your early pregnancy do seem incredibly emotionally hard. I couldn't really put them to the side of my mind for long. I hope you will soon be reassured.

This happened to me to the extent that I thought it was a light period, so it was another few weeks along from 5 before I found out I was pregnant and I'd also worn pads for a day or 2. All was ok. Alongside that at that time, which I would not have put as typical pregnancy symptoms, I was also having nosebleeds quite easily, don't know if that has any relevance.

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 19/08/2022 20:33

Yes, I had implantation spotting with my first and then heavier bleeding with my second - in that case it was some kind of haemorrhage that can happen in your womb wall but not affect the baby. I can't remember the name of the condition, but I had a healthy baby both times. Weirdly, after a really unaffected doctor the first time, they took the bleed in the second pregnancy much more seriously and did a scan.

I really hope you have good news - do still call someone if you need support. I'm sure they'd try to help xx

Fräulein10 · 20/08/2022 06:10

Thank you everyone for your replies.

I went to the private scan yesterday and it wasn't good news: she could see a sac but there was no baby in there. So everything started in the right place but nothing had developed.

They now have to do a referral to a hospital of my choice and I can then decide whether I want to wait for everything to pass naturally (which I don't want to do as it took weeks last time) or whether I want some help with it.

I know it can go either way, but I knew that something wasn't right. At no point did I "feel pregnant" and the bleeding just confirmed it.

It will be not be an easy journey for the next few weeks/months but hopefully I'll get through it xx

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firstbabyworries · 20/08/2022 06:18

I just want to send you so much love. I'm so sorry x

Fräulein10 · 20/08/2022 06:40

Thank you, my lovely xx

I just didn't think it would happen twice in a row.

I will keep you all updated. Maybe it helps someone else who is going through the same thing.

I'm not scared of the physical side of things at all. I'm scared of how I will be coping mentally and I'm not sure whether I will be able to try again.

Xx

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Randomname1234 · 20/08/2022 08:02

I’m so sorry. The loss is so, so hard. It can feel overwhelming, like you will never feel better again. Just take it one day at a time x

Fräulein10 · 20/08/2022 08:44

Thank you xx

It is weird because in a way I am a lot calmer this time because I know what to expect, yet I am more worried about trying again.

I would really like to get some tests done before embarking on this journey again, but they are usually not done until you've had 3 or more miscarriages. I think I will pay for them.

Wishing everyone who is going through this all the very best and I hope you have all the support you need x

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