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Continuous spotting

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sunshowers01 · 13/08/2023 14:26

I'm 7 weeks today and have been having continuous spotting from 5 weeks. Mostly pinky coloured but it has been browny and slightly red too. The spotting is light and mainly on wiping rather than leaking onto my pad etc but it has been continuous. I had a scan at 6+3 and all looked well with a tiny heart beating away and sonograoher couldn't see any reason for the spotting on the scan. I've been reading so many threads about this but it seems most people have one or two days of spotting that clears up or those that have more continuous have a fibroid or subchronic haematoma that explains the spotting. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this continuous spotting throughout their first trimester and what their outcome was. I have another scan on 26th august when I will be 8+6 so know I have to wait it out until then and hope it doesn't get worse in the time being but I'm so anxious and two weeks seems a long time away.

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Autumntimeagain · 13/08/2023 16:16

Yes OP, I had continuous spotting for weeks, then nothing for a couple of months, then lots more dark red, much more spotting for 3 weeks, then nothing for a while, then more spotting...

It was like that for the whole pregnancy.

I also had them telling me my dates were wrong, because she was too small (my dates weren't wrong as we were actively trying ), then I was told she had a 'lemon shaped skull' so needed to have an amnio, but it was just the bloody 'angle' they'd gotten during the scan.

Then I was told although the amnio was fine, she was still not growing properly, and at 35 weeks I went for yet another weekly scan, to be told she wasn't moving enough, so I was to have an emergency c-section with in 30 mins (That was an awkward phone call to my boss as I'd just popped out for the damn scan !)

Ended up finding out my baby had 4 true knots in her umbilical cord, which were periodically cutting off her blood flow.

I'm tell you all this, because I learned the hard way to NOT listen too closely to all the 'worrying issues' because I simply couldn't stay on 'panic/anxiety' mode for the whole damn pregnancy !

Sometimes things DON'T go 'smoothly' during pregnancy, but that DOESN'T mean you won't carry to term or have a perfectly lovely little baby at the end of it all. (And all the 'worrying' in the world won't affect the end outcome in any positive way either.)

|So try to take each day as it comes, and don't read too much into your 'spotting', because it can be totally normal. Discuss with your midwife/GP as and when you need to, but really try hard to minimise your stress levels too.

( By the way, my little 3lb baby is now in their Honours year at Uni and coaches a bloody dangerous sport 4 days a week 😉, and I'm sure your 'little one' will surprise the hell out of you too ! )

ApparentlyGeriatric · 13/08/2023 20:20

Heya, just jumping on with some solidarity! I’ve had on/off spotting continuously since about 6 weeks, like yours all different colours etc and one or two small bleeds.
Im now almost 13 weeks and it’s still happening - but baby is apparently all fine. I just posted another thread about this a day or so ago and got some really helpful responses.
I guess for some pregnancies it’s just normal 🤷‍♀️ But stressful as well I appreciate! I hope it all continues positively for you 🤞🏻

Angloitalian83 · 13/08/2023 20:42

Come join the due in April thread if you'd like good company & moral support! First few weeks are a rollercoaster, hope you're ok

Retrogamer · 14/08/2023 09:33

OP, do you have a pattern with the spotting? Like after walking too much or lifting? I've been reading about cervical erosion that can cause that. I don't know much about it though.
I'm in a similar position, spotting brown, pink, or rust colour but mostly just in mucus. (Sorry for tmi) Had it since 4 weeks, I'm 7 weeks now. I'm beside myself as I had a mmc in May (no bleeding) and I have no idea if everything is ok or not. EPU will not scan me. I'm in tears every day with anxiety.
I hope the two weeks go quickly for you and get a positive scan. Wishing you all the best

sunshowers01 · 17/08/2023 11:32

Thanks for the solidarity everyone. Still spotting here - there does seem to be a pattern, seems to be worse in the mornings and tmi but after a bowel movement too. That's intersting about cervical erosion, hopefully it will be something like that. Have you managed to get a scan with EPU at all? The other thing worrying me is lack of sickness - with my other pregnancies I've always been very sick in the first trimester but this time it's just very very slight. So between the spotting and lack of symptoms I'm so anxious

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Jsmith1992 · 01/09/2023 22:17

Hey.

sounds like it may have been a thought wait! How did you get on? Im in pretty similar position now at 8 + 3 and got to wait out a scan x

SnowWhiteAndTheTwoKids · 01/09/2023 22:22

I had this, try not to worry. With pregnancy one I still got my period for the first 20 weeks too! Two healthy babies now and spotted loads through both pregnancies. If you are at all concerned though just go to the EPU. They always scanned me and reassured me all was okay. Don't ever feel like you're pestering them x

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