Spotting, cramping and back pain

[2026baby]

I am 8 weeks 4 days pregnant today and sonce Wednesday last week I have been having all of the above. What should I do?

This is my first pregnancy. I spoke to GP on Friday who were quite dismissive and said lots of pregnancies end in miscarriage at this stage and it's just one of them things.... Called 111 yesterday who said I should speak to the GP again..... I have my first midwife appointment on Thursday and still 3 weeks until my first scan, I don't think I can wait that long to find out my baby is okay or god forbid my symptoms get worse.

Is A+E too dramatic? It feels like it, I considered booking a private scan but can they actually help if it is a case of baby is okay for now but high risk so we can do XYZ to hopefully prevent miscarriage or is just literally scan and off you go?

Really don't know what to do next

A&E isn't dramatic but I would actually call EPU department if you're in the UK because they are excellent. I called them last week and they got me booked in for the morning after.

A&E can keep you waiting for hours and then still say you can't be seen. However if it's an emergency of course please do go.

Thank you, I am in the UK. Do I just find the number for my local EPU and just give them a call?

Yeah. I used the EPU unit that I plan to use to give birth. It was a very local one.

Explain the issues and stress that you're quite concerned and want to be seen.

They may not be open on a Sunday so you'll have to wait until tomorrow. But tomorrow call them first thing in the morning and I think they'll be helpful. Do let me know how it goes. Wishing you well 🙂

Thanks for your help, really appreciate it 🙏

That was not a kind thing for the GP surgery to say! ‘It’s one of those things?’ FGS that’s your health and your potential future baby! ‘One of those things’ is a phrase better suited for rain coming on a bank holiday!

Hope you end up ok OP.

Yes it was quite upsetting tbh and made me feel like I was being dramatic but this is a longed for pregnancy. Besides that as you say its my health too, for all he knows I could be having an ectopic (I don't think I am FWIW) but if I was then my health and life could be in danger!

Regardless o how wanted or not it is, if you are even potentially miscarrying it's a medical issue and not 'just one of those things'. No matter how often it happens, it needs correct management to avoid infections, retained tissue etc. Which hopefully won't be the case for you, but it should not have been dismissed like that.
Sorry you had that experience OP. Our GP receptionists are brilliant - I know they get a lot of stick.

It was actually the GP himself not the receptionist! They gave me a same day appointment but he was then quite dismissive

I'm so sorry your GP spoke to you like that - I would definitely write a complaint. It's never "just one of those things" it can have serious mental health implications, sometimes long term. At the very least it's an incredibly stressful and upsetting thing to lose a pregnancy.

As others have said, your EPU is the best place to go. They are literally there for first trimester issues and will hopefully show a lot more empathy than your GP. Hope everything turns out ok xx

Oh that's sad. I hope you get some answers soon.
I am not an expert but lots of women do have slight spotting (or more) early on and they don't develop big problems. It settles in time. Hope that's the case for you.

I am sorry about your GP. That was unacceptable and they shoukd have referred you to the EPU. You should complain but nicely and from the perspective of how much it upset you and you would like to prevent it happening to anyone else.

I lost our first baby at 7.5 weeks. I can still hear the time of the lady GP sating "did you want it" I should have complained.

Thank you, I've already looked up the number for my local EPU and going to call first thing in the morning, hope I can get seen tomorrow and hopefully my mind put at rest

Thank you, I am trying to be positive with that way of thinking but the GPs reaction was hardly reassuring. Positive vibes though 🙏

I am so sorry for your loss and the comment afterwards. It's astounding how insensitive people can be towards early pregnancy loss x