Experiences of bleeding during pregnancy?

[AFireAtASeaParks]

Hi everyone - I don’t know where else to turn and I’m hoping that some people will have experiences similar to what’s happening to me as I’m driving myself mad! It’s a long one, sorry!

I’m 6-7 weeks pregnant, first baby. 28, fit and healthy, no health issues.

On Thursday night at about 10pm I started bleeding - I’d had other small very light pink watery bleeds when I’d wiped but nothing serious but this was more bright red and accompanied by quite severe cramps. There seemed to be quite a lot of blood but not enough to soak an entire pad after several hours. I continued bleeding and threw up at around 3am, when I called the EPU and they said it sounded like a possible miscarriage. Obviously DH and I were devastated.

I rang the EPU the following (Friday) morning to update them - I was still bleeding but not too heavily and the cramps had stopped. I was told that it wasn’t necessarily a miscarriage and could be many other things, and the fact I wasn’t soaking through any pads at all was a good sign. I was told to keep my first midwife appointment (which is on Thursday 7th) and they have booked me in for an early scan on the 15th September.

I feel totally in limbo and very emotional - the waiting is killing me. I’m still very slightly bleeding now (it’s brown) but only when I wipe, not on the pad so much. No more cramps after Friday morning.

Does anyone have any experiences of bleeding like this and going on to have a successful pregnancy?

I start work again tomorrow and don’t know if I can face it or if I should go in to distract myself. I feel so strange.

Any experiences, advice or support is more than welcome!

Thank you 🥲

Does anyone have any experiences of bleeding like this and going on to have a successful pregnancy?

Yes, on and off light watery bleeds for first 10-11 weeks

All fine.

I bled in 2 out of 3 pregnancies. The first one I bled for about 3-4 days. A mix of red and brown and it was a miscarriage. Early on about 7-8 weeks.
The second I bled around 9 weeks. Similar to the first time however this one was a healthy pregnancy. I also bled in that pregnancy around 16 weeks as well.
It could be ok or not. No way of telling really until you have a scan. Fingers crossed for you

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Especially with the long wait to find out what's happening.

With my first pregnancy, I bled quite a lot. Pink/brown spotting around 5 weeks onwards and then a big bleed which did fill a pad quickly at 6.5 weeks. I had lots of cramps and some left sided pain so the GP suggested I get seen in A&E due to possible ectopic.

They scanned me that evening around 11pm to show a perfectly healthy little bean, heartbeat fluttering away, surrounded by quite a big hematoma.

I continued bleeding and had a further scan a week later which again showed baby was fine.

At the 12 week scan, the area of bleed had gone and my bleeding had stopped. It was a happy healthy outcome.

It was an SCH causing the bleeds which had no impact on the pregnancy but absolutely terrified me. My nerves were shot!

I have everything crossed for a similarly positive outcome for you.

Thank you everyone for your kind replies. Your stories give me hope and have made me smile for the first time since Thursday! @Olivia199 Your post especially almost brought me to tears, thank you so much for your kindness 💕

I had some bleeding and my EPU saw me for a scan. It seems unusual they won’t see you at all? The 15th is quite a long time to wait IMO can you pay for a private scan?

@Montydin Do you think it would be worth me calling them up and requesting an earlier scan this week? I agree it’s ages away and I’m not sure what use the midwife appointment will be to me at this stage…

@AFireAtASeaParks I think it’s worth asking, I only had a tiny bit of spotting and they scanned me the next day. I guess it depends on your hospital but I was expecting to say don’t worry about it, but they were concerned.

Yes, I bled with both pregnancies in the early weeks, did an early scan and went on to have two healthy pregnancies and babies. I am surprised you can’t get in for an earlier scan to put your mind at rest. I’m sorry you have to wait because I remember the worry and it’s so stressful. Thinking of you.

Hi all

Thanks to your prompting, my husband has managed to find us a private clinic locally that can offer us a scan at 2pm today!

God I feel so nervous now but your stories of positivity have given me hope. Thank you for all your lovely wishes 🥰 You have made me feel so much better 💕

I had the exact same thing. Light pink, then some bleeding, it was a subchorionic hematoma like others have said above. My son is 16 months old now and a fucking tornado of chaos, we joke and say he started off dramatically and is continuing in that fashion.

Never had one with my daughter, she's 13 weeks now, but the constant fear of it and driving myself insane (and sore from the constant wiping to check the entire pregnancy) never left me during the pregnancy with her.

I should add I did 15 years on labour ward and now work in Fetal medicine, so you can imagine my brain went straight to the worst case scenario.

Sending you hugs and positive thoughts OP ❤️🤞

So glad you managed to get a private scan. Sometimes having hope is all that keeps you sane in these times. I've got absolutely everything crossed for you. It's such a tough time. X

Hi all

Sadly it was a miscarriage, feeling quite low and very strange. My first reaction was to smile and laugh which is very odd. I think I knew it would be.

Starting to sink in a bit now.

Thank you to everyone for your support, at least I know now and we can start planning for the future.

@AFireAtASeaParks - Oh I am so so sorry to hear this. Sending my thoughts to you and hope you're surrounded by support.
I had surgical management of a MC on Friday so I very much understand how you're feeling. Just try and be kind to yourself for now. I'm always happy to chat if you need.

@Olivia199 Hi, yes thank you I have lots of support around me so I’m very lucky - I’m so sorry to hear about your sad news as well. Sending love to you as well, hope you have people around you as well, I’m very grateful for your support ❤️

I’m so sorry OP, thinking of you

@AFireAtASeaParks - Glad to hear it, it. And thank you - yes I do too and as awful as it is, it means a lot when people can rally with you or mope with you. Thinking of you in what is an horrible time. X

I had lots of bleeding for the first 15 weeks of my second pregnancy- basically I continued to have my period (it was quite heavy as it usually is). Lots of early scans which all confirmed my dd was fine. No one really explored why it was happening until I ended up in a&e with it one night and they said my womb lining was growing outside of my womb hence why I was still having a period. They gave me a good clear out and that stopped it! I didn't have a history of endometriosis so not sure why it happened but it was such a relief when it was over x

I'm so sorry. I clearly didn't read the full post before replying and I don't know how to delete it now.
I'm so sorry for your loss 💕

So sorry for your loss x

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience to me whilst pregnant, and the hospital finally found out what’s causing it for you?

This is my second pregnancy, at 15 weeks I woke up early hours of the morning to leaking fluid all on the bed and in my pants, went to the toilet and had fresh blood in the toilet, dripping on the floor etc. Rang the hospital and they told me to get an ambulance, they got there and told me to expect the worst, but the scan will let us know for sure. The scan was fine, they sent me home.

I booked a private scan for just under 2 weeks later and they found a hematoma. I was told these are common and should have healed by my next 20 week scan.

I had my 20 week scan, at 21 weeks, and all was fine, I found out the gender and was excited to know what I was having.

About 2 weeks after this, I am now 23 weeks, I started bleeding again, so rang the hospital, they asked me to come in. They did an examination and said the blood is old now, go home and monitor it, come back if you get more. That evening I had a lot more, all of this is mainly when i go to the toilet, it doesn’t come out much in my pads.

So they admitted me, I had another bleed that night and then was fine for 24 hours so was discharged. Then within another 24 hours I had to go back with another bleed, wasn’t as bad. Got admitted again, and had a bigger bleed than any I’ve had before the next morning. So they decided to take me to delivery unit for closer monitoring. The hospital decided to transfer me to a different hospital as they are ‘more prepared’ for babies to come this early, if he did decide to make an appearance soon. I didn’t have anymore bleeding since, until just under 24 hours again, the next morning, nothing major, just when I wipe, but it’s fresh with clots. So now I am waiting for the doctor again.

Every time they listen to his heartbeat and do scans, they say everything is fine. They can’t find out where or why I am bleeding and this is often the case.

I am loosing my mind with all this blood loss with no explanation. Has anyone had a similar experience?

@NewMammax hi mamma🫶🏻was hoping if you could share an update? I’m going through something similar