Spotting early pregnancy - *pic attached*

[MrsOverthinker25]

Hello,

I am 4 weeks, 5 days pregnant. Since 10dpo I have had very light pink, intermittent spotting when I wipe. It disappeared for 2 days around 13dpo and then came back for 1 day, just once.
it is not consistent, sometimes I can wipe and nothing is there then 8 hours later, something very light is there. It has never been red, only light pink and sometimes even peachy coloured.

i have spoken to my GP who said as I’m under 6 weeks, they cannot see me and to “monitor it”.. my midwife said last week “sounds like implantation bleeding, only ring your GP if it’s red/clots”.. and the EPU’s policy is no blood tests to monitor HCG, if under 6 weeks.

tried booking a private blood test out of sheer desperation, even though I think it’s outrageous I should even have to, and no appointments for 4 days.

I am at a loss! It’s taken me 17 months to fall pregnant and I am beside myself with worry.

i will post a picture which i took after i wiped when having a bowel movement (sorry TMI) which I know can sometimes be the cause of the spotting and I’m aware that light pink spotting is common this early in pregnancy, but I’m terrified this isn’t going to be a happy ending 😢

anyone else experience similar and went on to have a healthy pregnancy? Thank you for reading.

Sorry to hear, it's such a worry. If it's any reassurance, I was bleeding same stage as you, in fact a lot worse than this. It was just implantation bleeding. He's nearly 13 now and taller than me.
Just rest rest rest and look after yourself for the next few weeks.

Thank you so much for this response. It’s so incredibly hard to remain positive at times. Your post has reassured though so I do appreciate that x

If it’s still there when you turn 6 weeks get straight in- I had it from 6+3, called gp at 6+6 and they saw me within the hour, booked me into EPU another hour later.
I guess under 6 weeks they might not be able to see anything on a scan anyway so wouldn’t be able to diagnose if anything is in the wrong place. As such I wouldn’t suggest going for a private scan either.
Sending positive thoughts, it’ll be a long 9 days.

I definitely will be, come midnight the minute i enter 6 weeks ill be there 🤣 I have booked a scan privately for 7 weeks 2 days already. However, if I make it to 6 weeks I will be cancelling that. I just want some form of reassurance 😢 so cruel as it’s just such a long wait. Thank you for your message, I hope everything worked out well for you x

Have you got any cramps?

Not particularly, I had some initially from maybe 9dpo-14dpo, now I just get random cramps/twinges throughout the day but it’s not often at all and they have reduced over the last few days. None of them are painful and they last seconds x

That’s a positive if you don’t have any period like cramping.

I had pinkish spotting like this with my first, and brown spotting with my second! I had a scan at 8 weeks to check it all out, it was fine but the pressure of the ultrasound did make me have spotting for another day. But thankfully that was the end of the spotting. I did have a cervical ectropian (found out a few years later) which might have been bleeding due to the pregnancy. Try to rest, remember that nothing you do will change anything, so just stay positive and I have everything crossed for you.

I had it with my 1st and 2nd early on , both over 6 foot tall now !
Then I had bleeding at 18 weeks with my 4th pregnancy ,she's a beautiful 18 year old now.
Oddly my 3rd pregnancy that was a missed miscarriage was my only one without any bleeding.
It is so very common but extremely worrying i know !!!! good luck i hope it all works out for you.

Thank you @MrsAnon6 :)

@OneWildSloth that’s really interesting.. did you find out about the cervical ectropion because of a smear? Thank you that’s really reassuring to hear! :)

@tsmainsqueeze so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. Thank you very much for your message, definitely reassuring to see that more than one have you have also experienced the spotting. Just over a week before I can ring EPU and ask to be seen. It’s going to feel like forever x

I’m in a very similar boat and started a thread exactly like yours just recently. I’m now 8w4d and bled everyday since conception… like 10 days before my positive test! Some of which was red, I thought I was on my period. Similar looking blood in more recent weeks though. Still happens on occasion and when going to toilet. I was seen at EPU as soon as I had a positive test so just a few days after 4w, but it was pointless as obv they can’t see anything on a scan so they just did a blood test which found hormone levels consistent with pregnancy. The thing to look out for is any symptoms of ectopic but I think bleeding this early is more likely to be normal than an ectopic symptom. Get them to scan you at 6 weeks so hopefully they can locate the pregnancy (it’s very early though). They did with me at just over 7 weeks and it was a huge relief to rule out ectopic.

I had absolutely no bleeding in my first pregnancy so am not loving this myself, I know how stressful it is ❤️ but having read loads about it at this point it does seem common… as long as it stays not bright red and large volumes. Take really good care of yourself and try to stay relaxed and distracted until you get your early scan to locate pregnancy. Positive thoughts! xx

@m00ngirl thank you so much for this! Super reassuring! It is incredibly stressful 😢😢 I just pray I have the same good news when I go and get checked out.
so far im not having any ectopic pain, i do have the odd cramp in one side of my pelvis but it lasts seconds and goes away and happens once a day if that! I’m 99% sure I’ve felt it on the left side too. Apart from sore boobs and fatigue, I have zero other symptoms and probably wouldn’t even know I was pregnant if I didn’t test 🤣

I’m glad you had such a positive outcome and wish you the best for the rest of your pregnancy❤️ thank you xx

I completely understand how u feel.
I was suggested counting leaves on a tree, to take my mind away from thinking.
(He's 13 on Friday and my special boy)

@Downloadfilms awww that’s so sweet! So glad you had a happy ending ❤️ that will definitely keep me busy, I may have to try haha! Thank you x

I had bright red bleeding but baby did survive.

A friend of mine had the equivalent of her normal period and he survived although born at 30 weeks.

It's a really tough time because you don't know whether to be optimistic or try and prepare yourself.

I think you can afford to be hopeful with no red blood and no cramping. And focus on the fact you now know you can get pregnant.

My ectropian was found when I was undergoing fertility tests for baby no.2.

Don’t worry about lack of symptoms, that’s not an indicator of anything at this stage. When I told my midwife at my booking appointment about lack of symptoms, she said it can be a sign of an easy pregnancy… and she was right!

Sending good luck xx

I found the difficult part not knowing what's going on inside my own body.

Imagine waves crashing on the sea-shore: The tide goes in & in goes out.
(Visualise it, I find it very relaxing cos it slows down my breathing)
It happens no matter what we do, we have no control over it.
Whatever happens, happens & in pregnancy, we have maybe less control then we would like.
We have to gently accept that.
It's not always easy, but it's necessary.
Xxxx