Red bleed that wasn’t spotting, am I miscarrying?

[EllieJade95]

Hey everyone,

I am looking for a bit of support, not sure if reassurance is necessary as I feel like I already know the outcome, but any help is appreciated.
I’m either 8 or 9 weeks pregnant (haven’t had first scan yet and haven’t spoken to a midwife yet either) and today I have had my first bleed. I haven’t had a bleed through this pregnancy whatsoever, not even light spotting. I’m fearing the worst (and have already accepted this is likely the outcome) as it was bright red blood and enough to mostly fill a scrunched piece of toilet paper. I have noticed the sore boobs I have had continuously seem to have mostly subsided also. I haven’t had any blood since (this happened today about 3 hours ago) and have put a pad on to monitor this. I didn’t and haven’t had any pain other than before it happened I had the mildest cramp (I wouldn’t even describe it as pain, it was almost like when you sit in an uncomfortable position for a bit too long) and some slight pain around my belly button (but I also have had this earlier on in pregnancy).

Frustratingly as it’s a Sunday there is not much I can do until tomorrow morning and call my GP to get referred for a scan but I was wondering if anyone’s had this and it has turned out to be fine? (I know it’s unlikely).

I had a big bright red gush of blood in my first pregnancy which was followed by a few days of brown. Baby was absolutely fine and I was told not to worry about the brown blood as it was 'old'.

I subsequently had a very very small amount of pink spotting at (what I thought was) 8 weeks in my second pregnancy and unfortunately this turned out to be a MMC.

The waiting is hell on earth, sending big hugs and thinking of you x

@MrsHsGirl Thank you for your message and well wishes. It honestly is hell waiting, I was hoping I could maybe get a scan for today so the fact I have to wait another day is just awful. It’s so hard when there’s not an obvious answer, it could be a miscarriage and equally may not be. I keep focusing on the fact if I had quite a big bleed I’d expect that if it was a miscarriage I’d then continue to bleed but that could equally not be right. So awful we have to go through this xx

Brown blood is old blood and I was told previously by EPU not to worry about brown blood

@EllieJade95 mine filled a whole few sheets of toilet paper too.
Like BRIGHT pink, very much a lot of blood in the mix compared to a slight tinge of pink on some posts on here.

Sending good vibes for tomorrow x

@violetskypurple Yup I have seen a lot about brown blood is usually not a cause for concern however mine started as bright red blood and enough to fill toilet paper. If it was just the brown discharge on its own I probably wouldn’t be concerned but the fact it started with the red has me worried

I’m in the same position. Red gush and now light brown spotting. Any updates? So worried

@Picie Hey, so sorry you are going through this anxiety - I remember how hard it was. This is an old post and unfortunately it did end in a missed miscarriage, I had no further bleeding after and had to wait 10 days after my initial scan to confirm.. BUT it doesn’t mean that’s the case for you! I had a second successful pregnancy (baby girl is 7 weeks today) and I had bleeding in that pregnancy too (and more of it) it turned out I had a hematoma which was a red gush and then turned brown, I had it on/off from about week 9 to week 13 ish. Super common and can be missed on scans initially. I would just remind you that bleeding is very common in pregnancy & the only way you will truly know if everything is okay is a scan. Try not to think of worse case as like I say, it’s so common. I know exactly how you feel so sending you all the love 💗