Brown discharge 10 weeks pregnant, so scared

[bunny2023]

I am 10 weeks pregnant & today when I wiped after going to the loo I notice I had brown discharge.
I had a scan at 8 weeks and all seemed fine.
I am so worried, I have booked a scan for tomorrow but I am terrified I am having a miscarriage.

I am 35 ( 36 on Saturday ) and this is my first pregnancy, I didnt even think I could get pregnant and was about to start IVF before falling pregnant naturally.

I dont have the best relationship with the father who is my on/off partner of 10 years.

We live separately and I am pretty much on my own, since I found out I have only seen him twice for the scan & my booking appointment which was yesterday.

All the child's father is interested in is coming to all the appointments, at times I have been pretty sick and he isnt bothered and is just interested in going to raves with his brother.

Sorry for the rant, I just feel so alone and depressed.
I have a friend taking me tomorrow to my appointment but just know it will be bad news.

How much brown and was it mixed with discharge? Enough to fill a pad or fall out on its own or did you have to wipe/'dig' for it ?

Please don’t despair; some people do have this kind of discharge and keep their babies. I hope it all ends well for you.

Sorry you are so worried. Unfortunately it's impossible to know what's happening. until you've had a scan. Some women can experience extremely heavy, bright red bleeding and go on to have a healthy pregnancy. Some can have no bleeding or brown discharge and miscarry.

One thing to hold onto is that after seeing a heartbeat (which I assume was seen on your eight week scan) then your risk of miscarriage does decrease quite dramatically. I really hope you get good news tomorrow

You won't know until the scan. I had miscarriages and only found out at the scans. With mu daughter I bleed heavily for the first 16 - 18 weeks. She's now 4

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you x

I hope everything is ok but no way to know until you have the scan. I had brown discharge at 13 weeks and everything was fine (I’m now 25 weeks) so it doesn’t always mean bad news. Fingers crossed for you 💐

It was when I wiped and wasnt much and then I kind of dug into it ( sorry TMI ) and there was still a bit of brown discharge there.

Yes a heart beat was seen at my 8 week scan, it is just so worrying.

I am trying to keep my mind of things but cant stop googling :-(.

Thank you for the reassuring replies, makes me feel a bit better about tomorrow.

Can you book another private scan before your 12 week one? Might put your mind at rest

I had brown spotting at 8 weeks, also was scared and did private ultrasound. Thanks God everything was ok. Please try not to worry much, hope everything will be ok🙏🏻

Was your previous scan internal. That can cause issues. It is completely normal to have some spotting for some women. You could call epau for advice.

I bled heavy bright red with both my pregnancies and the boys are fine.

I had this around 8-9 weeks too, even some red - again had to "dig" mostly. I was so scared. I went to the doctors after a couple of days and they didn't do much - just a tribe test. I'm now 22 weeks pregnant and all is going well xx hopefully you'll be absolutely fine x

Thank you to you lovely ladies for all your replies.

I had a first scan ( an internal scan )at 5 weeks as they thought it was an ectopic pregnancy due to right sided pain.

The second scan at 8 weeks was on my belly.

I am just so worried, I am really praying its good news.
xx

I had it at 7 and 12 weeks… worse at the latter stage and more pink than brown. Currently 17 weeks and private scan last Friday showed bouncing baby boy..x

I had this, was about 20 weeks I think. They said brown means old blood, so less worrying that red. The midwife said that the vessels are so full of blood down below that a scratch inside or anything small could cause a bleed. I think mine was caused by shoving canesten up there (sorry) Fingers crossed for you

When I miscarried it was bright red blood, not brown and quite a lot.

Again, thank you so much guys, I really appreciate the support.
@Chestnutlover its interesting you mention about the Canesten as I had thrush last week and used a pessary up there.
Thanks again guys, I am hoping for the best tomorrow but expecting the worst xx

Thinking of you today.

@blahblahblah1654 im sorry for your loss.
@Hellno45 thank you for your kind words.
xx

I just thought I would give an update just in case anyone else maybe go through the same thing.
I had my scan & saw my baby dancing around :-).
The sonographer said brown discharge in early pregnancy is very common & said it was old blood.
Thanks again for all the support and kind words from everyone :-)
xxxx

I'm so happy for you. I hope the rest of your pregnancy is easy and uneventful.

@bunny2023 Amazing update, so happy for you☺️

That's great news. So pleased for you.