TMI - Bleeding and clots at 6 weeks pregnant.

[doofirst]

Sorry for the image.
I am 6 weeks pregnant with my second baby. and have been bleeding for the last 3 days. It started off pink when I wiped and quickly turned very red. I have experienced a few dark clots quite small and one larger one which I have included a picture of (sorry). I haven't had any bad cramping, although I have experience cramping and a bad back since I found out I was pregnant. I have been in contact with doctors and have a scan booked for Monday (2 days time). They've asked me if I'm still having pregnancy symptoms but I haven't really had any to start with only a bad back and cramps so can't really judge from that. I feel fine in myself and the blood hasn't been filling pads. Just slightly on them. More when I wipe and wee. Just wondering if anyone can share their experience positive or negative. Just need to hear a few different stories.
Thanks in advance.

Hi @doofirst, I'm sorry you're going through this.
Until you have a scan it's hard to say... are you able to get to an A&E and request a scan that way... explain that you're concerned you have extremely heavy bleeding and need to be seen

When I spoke to the doctor, they said if I was filling pads then to go to a&e but if I wasn't just to go to this early scan I've been given on Monday. I'm not filling pads, just small amounts on them. One pad is lasting me all day and then I'm changing it for the night. It's just horrible not knowing. And that clot in the picture isn't giving me much hope.

I lost my first at 6 weeks and 1 day, probably a few days behind you. I started to spot on a Saturday then bled on Sunday. I did a scan at 11a.m next Monday. It was complete miscarriage. Then at 1 p.m I also had a big blood clot coming out on the pad. Your looks like mine but slightly bigger.
I hope your scan will bring you good news. If not, I am sorry that you are experiencing this.😔

This is what mine looked like. I am sorry if it is tmi.

Did any of you have any other symptoms? Also how long did your bleeding last?
Thanks in advance.

Hi OP. I’m really sorry to say this but those clots looked just like my miscarriage. That level of bleeding only lasted a day - I then had cramps and lighter bleeding for for 4 days until all the tissue had come out. My miscarriage completed on its own. I’m so so sorry if you’re experiencing the same OP.

I had a miscarriage this week at 10 weeks.
I started with spotting on Tuesday evening. Very little over night but got worse around Wednesday lunch time when it went to period levels. Wednesday afternoon I started passing clots and apologise for tmi but when I sat on the toilet blood was dripping out of me. I passed blood clots and a sphere of yellow jelly. I filled a night pad in a few hours. I went to a and e and they did some blood test to monitor my HCG and haemoglobin. I already had a scan booked for Thursday morning. They said to wait for that but if I hadn't had a scan booked or I had a long wait they would have arranged/rearranged one.

They did an internal ultrasound and after a good look around they said they couldn't see any signs of pregnancy and that it looked like I had had a miscarriage. As I should have been 10 weeks they said this was conclusive enough to diagnose miscarriage. As this was my first scan in pregnancy they said had I been earlier in my pregnancy they would have concluded it was a pregnancy of unknown location and done another scan in 1-2 weeks.

They did my HCG levels again and they had halved between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. They booked me in to have them repeated after 48h which I had yesterday and my levels are now at the equivalent of 5-6 weeks pregnant and they will repeat them again in another 7 days.

I'm still bleeding at light -typical period levels for me. I had hyperemesis in the pregnancy and I still have some nausea although it is improving day by day. I have been told this is because I still have the hormones in my system. I have been offered ongoing support from the epu and given various leaflets of organisation. If I have another pregnancy I can contact them at 5 weeks and they will arrange a scan at 6 weeks and discuss whether progesterone would be a benefit.

I have taken a couple of days off work to look after my mental wellbeing.

I hope this helps from someone a few days ahead of you.
Do go to a and e if you are worried. Even if they can't do a scan they can do bloods to monitor your HCG. I was seen quickly. There was a 4h wait when I got there but i was sent straight to urgent triage where I was seen 10 minutes later and was leaving with 30-45 minutes of getting there. They tested my haemoglobin to see if my blood loss was having an impact on my body. I could have stayed until I got the results as these would have determined if I was admitted to wait for my scan or sent home to wait. The nurse was honest and said the results would have to be particularly bad to warrant this and as I wasn't reporting any symptoms suggestive of problematic blood loss I could wait for the results at home and if they were surprisingly bad she would give me a call and to get me to come back in. Also to come back if anything was worse and so on.

Hi @doofirst sorry you’re going through this, I’m going through what I believe to be a miscarriage, scan also planned tomorrow.

I started a very small amount of spotting on Monday and then progressed to cramps, brown blood, period blood, red blood and now back to brown. I haven’t passed any clots but have had a lot of ‘bits’. I’ve read the whole of mumsnet, tattle and Reddit on miscarriages in the past few days and there are some hopeful stories in there - hope your scan goes well tomorrow.

Hi @doofirst how did your scan go today?

Unfortunately it didn't go great. I've had a missed miscarriage at 6 weeks. I kind of knew it was happening/ happened. I just felt different. Luckily I don't need any intervention and I'm having negative pregnancy tests.
Thank you so much for your help and for remembering to ask how it went today.
I hope you are okay, it's not easy is it. We're all strong though and can get through this.

Hi 😘 just sending some love and hope to you. I have had 4 miscarriages this year since March. It doesn’t get easier. I really hope you get your rainbow baby 🥰😘❤️

Sorry to hear that @doofirst, sending ❤️ your way. mine wasn’t so straight forwards as the pregnancy is in an unknown location, I’m still bleeding and my hcg levels are still v high so I’m back in tomorrow. You’re right though, we are strong and we fill get through this.

Sorry to read this @doofirst ❤️

Thank you everyone. You've still been so lovely and helpful. I really appreciate it during this time. Sending my love to everyone experiencing the same or similar things x

You definitely will get through this! I hope it all gets sorted out for you soon so you can recover and start to process what's happened in your own way x

I'm now 7 days from my miscarriage. The bleeding has stopped and the nausea has gone.
My last bloods were on Saturday and my HCG was 1500 they are repeating them again this Saturday to see if they are still coming down.
I got my referral letter to the perinatal mental health team yesterday. I've messaged the GP and they are contacting them to cancel it.
I'm just starting to get back into the swing of life. I'm should have been having my 12 week scan on Monday. I think once I have got passed that date and there's less reminders of what might have been it will get easier.
I'm just taking things day by day trying to stay busy and occupied but keeping up the self care and compassion too.

I'm so sorry to hear this. It's been 5 days since I miscarried and 2 days since my confirmation scan. It's not easy is it and you're doing great to even be taking it day by day! I went back to work yesterday as I'm finding keeping busy is helping and then I'm having my time in the evening to grieve and feel how I need to. Honestly you've got this, we all have. People say time is the biggest healer so I'm hoping that is the case.

It's not, sorry you are going through this too but it's nice to have companionship.

I had Thursday and Friday off work then went back on Mon WFH and in the office on Tuesday. I have been off sick for most of the last 4-5 weeks and a few people asked if I was feeling better. I couldn't find the words so it felt like there was this big ball of things unsaid and I felt distant from my colleague-friends. I just wasn't ready for the conversation rather than feeling I shouldn't say it, if that makes sense. I went for lunch at an unpopular time just to avoid conversation. I'm finding being around people quite emotionally draining.
I'm trying to keep busy too. Work has been helping. I returned on Monday to a long list of things to do for a meeting late Tuesday afternoon. It helped to focus the mind and have a deadline minimised the mind wandering time. I spending my evenings colouring too. I had some therapy after having my daughter and they used the threat, drive sooth cycle. I have a tendency to live in drive in order to avoid the threat zone which can lead to burn out so I have to actively make sure I'm accessing the soothing zone too. It's all a balance.
I'm feeling a bit fragile today. Yesterday evening was a week since I was in a and e and my world has changed so much. For the worse and for the better which just adds guilt. I can't lie life is easier when you don't spend the entire day vomiting and when you can keep down food you have more energy. I'm home alone for the first time today. I'm WFH so will try to keep busy but there will be less distractions

Ah @Superscientist thanks for posting - I feel exactly the same re friends / colleagues. I told my boss as I wasn’t able to attend a client on site meeting and he’s been great. I’ve had a bit of time off this week, and going to go off again later I think.

i feel such a gulf between my friends though, firstly keeping the pregnancy secret and then the loss. These seismic events that have happened to me that I’m concealing, I feel a bit panicy at the thought of seeing friends now, it’s horrible.

I had another scan and bloods yesterday - they are 90% sure not ectopic but back in again for the same. Hope you guys are getting on ok today.

My advice is to not conceal it. We told everyone after my miscarriage and the support I’ve felt has been incredible. Obviously it’s when you’re ready but I know for me, telling people helped.

We had my in-laws to visit at the weekend and my wanted to tell them. I had to go to the hospital for blood tests and out of all the options Saturday bloods with a phone call with the results 2h later a miscarriage is one of the least serious options. I also didn't want them to take my quietness as not wanting them around. It went ok and it was fine but I think it possibly would have been easier if they knew. I absolutely will never be telling my parents!

I think for me, it feels very much like something that is still happening. I have spent the last couple of days getting appointments and referral letters so having to deal with telling professionals has taken up words on the matter. I think once it is in the has happened it will be easier and less raw. I need to process it internally a bit more before I venture into conversation. I did tell the random people at the bus stop on my way home from finding out. I had bought a cream cake on the way in a moment of less nausea. They were admiring it and I said I wanted something nice to eat as I hadn't been able to eat because of pregnancy sickness but I wasn't pregnant any more. I got on the bus with the woman and she gave me a sympathetic look. I phoned my boss a few minutes later and it did help to have said the words to people with absolutely no investment in me or the pregnancy. I can't get the words to formula sentences I'm happy with at the moment. None of the options feel right. I don't quite know how I'm supposed to feel

How’s everyone doing?

This week has been a bit wobbly. I was meant to have my dating scan on Monday and the train I got went very slowly passed the hospital. My last HCG levels were 150 and they are expecting them to be normal when they repeat them on Saturday. Have had a few days of spotting again with a bit of cramp which was an unwelcome reminder I didn't need. I spoke to my partner and friend and they were lovely. We are waiting for my period to return to start trying again and are mostly feeling optimistic but a bit sad when there are reminders of what might have been. I think all my appointments and referrals have now been cancelled.

I haven't mentioned it to anyone else at work but I do feel more ready should the conversation fit. The friend/colleague I told knew I was pregnant as she noticed the pregnancy sickness and she checked in with how I was doing knowing i had been off sick

How are you doing?

I’ve been very similar to you @Superscientist a wobbly week. I had another / scan bloods on Friday, HCG dropping but not as much as they’d like so still not able to rule out ectopic though I just can’t see it now.
Checked I was ok to exercise and did a bit across the weekend, then had heavy bleeding sat / sun / mon which threw me again. All I really want to do is go to bed, but I don’t think that helps either. Still just don’t want to socialise. Have a charity committee meeting later and going to try and force myself to that as a test.

I rang EPU yesterday as bleeding was so much heavier they didn’t call me back. I get it, but it does make you feel worthless.

Has anyone had severe headaches as a symptom? I had a dehabilitating one yesterday, had the afternoon off. I’ve read since if you have a drastic dip in HCG that can cause them, which would make sense with the heavier bleeding.

Glad your partner and friend have been lovely @Superscientist ❤️ how old are you if you don’t mind me asking?

how are you getting on @doofirst ?

@ConfusedCrab sorry I've not experienced that, do you think you could give the epu a call back to ask about the headache and bleeding, it's hard when you have to keep advocating for yourself.

I'm 36.