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Bleeding at 7 weeks, is that it then?

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TippytheTipsyTurkeychick · 23/02/2009 20:27

Hello all,
I couldn't face faffing with a name change so would those who know me in RL please pretend not to have seen this? I haven't told anyone about the pregnancy yet.

I'm 7 weeks preggers and have had period pains since last week. I have been bleeding lightly since saturday morning, still bleeding now. Not as heavy as a period and no clots of icky stuff, just blood. And (TMI, sorry) it may not just be blood if you get me - it could be blood colouring pregnancy discharge.
I went to see the doctor today, a v. dour old bloke who refused to comment on much but booked me for a scan tomorrow avo.

This is my second pregnancy but I had nothing like this before. Am I miscarrying? It's too late for implantation bleed, I haven't just been shagging and I wasn't due on. I would have thought that I'd be seeing more matter by now if I were losing the baby, not just a little blood. But I do have dragging period pains.

Arrrgggghhhh, it's so stressful. What does everyone think?

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xxhunnyxx · 23/02/2009 20:48

Tippy I had exactly the same as you until about 11 weeks but I'm now 21 weeks pg and everything is totally fine.
My GP explained that only a small percentage if the uterous is taken up by the pregnancy at the beginning so the bleeding doesnt necessarily mean bad news.
I know it's a terribly worrying time but worrying is the worst thing u can do for baby.
I hope everything goes ok tomorrow {{{{{hugs}}}}}

Mummyfor3 · 23/02/2009 20:52

Tippy,
lots of sympathy to you.
There is no way of knowing what this might mean for your pregnancy until you had your scan, and I am glad you are booked for one tomorrow.
Like xx said, it may mean nothing (I had 2 period like bleeds when pregnant with DS2) or it could indicate a pregnancy in trouble. Either way there is nothing you can do to influence the outcome so early in pregnancy.
Hope you can get some sleep tonight and very best of luck for tomorrow. I hope somebody is able to go with you to your scan? It helps if you can celebrate with a supportive person or cry on their shoulder if need be.
Fingers and everything else crossed for you.

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TippytheTipsyTurkeychick · 23/02/2009 20:53

Oh thank you hunny, I am going slightly mental here. I'm even in two minds about whether to stay home before the appointment tomorrow or go in to college as usual. I kind of feel as if I should be lying in bed to give it the best chance - silly really.

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TippytheTipsyTurkeychick · 23/02/2009 20:54

X posts, thank you mummyfor3 too.

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xxhunnyxx · 23/02/2009 21:04

I did read on the internet that resting doesn't actually make any difference and apparently they now recommend that you just carry on as normal to keep your mind occupied. It's completely up to u tho, u may find that the time goes faster if u go in to college but u might just not be able to concentrate. When you're waiting for such important news an hour feels like a day.
Let us know how things go tomorrow, I've got everything crossed for u xxxxxx

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TippytheTipsyTurkeychick · 23/02/2009 21:10

me too but I feel as if I'm jinxing it if I don't. I keep imagining it hanging on by a thread and me causing it to let go. Quite inaccurate and not a little mental I know but there you go.
I will keep y'all updated tomorrow of course.

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susiey · 24/02/2009 10:44

I bled really heavily and had terrible period pains with my dd at 12 weeks and they said we had lost her but she is here 3 years on.
thinking of you

Sparklytwinkletoes · 24/02/2009 11:50

Tippy, sorry you're going through this. I would say do whatever you need to to make sure you have no regrets - which probably means taking a day off college as long as you don't drive yourself mad with worry.

Its not supposed to make any difference, but resting can't hurt can it?

I've been there and I know its scarey, thinking of you and fingers crossed for the scan for you. x

altagloria · 24/02/2009 12:55

Tippy, thinking of you and hope you get good news from your scan.

I'm having a similar experience with light brown spotting since last night at 7+1, first pregnancy. So I know how you feel. I won't get a scan unless it lasts over 48 hours or changes to red blood/cramps so just playing the waiting game. With feet up, like it'll make any difference

Hope to hear from you soon.

funnypeculiar · 24/02/2009 13:13

I'm a serial bleeder in pg - with both pg ending in healthy babies.
With ds I bled from about 6 weeks and bled throughout my pg. Apart from one 3 week interval, I bled at least a couple of times a week. Sometimes scant, sometimes more, in the early stages, often with cramping too. It was very very scary. With dd I had an easier ride, but still had 4/5 fairly heavy bleeds.

I was diagnosed (at 34 weeks) with cervical erosion - apparently very common & totally benign.

My wonderful, wonderful GP was hugely supportive, and I second all the good advice here that you should take things easy - even though the research suggests that it won't make any difference. If the worst does happen, being able to say you did everything you could and that the pg was obviously not meant to be must be so much easier than the whirl of guilt that would result in having 'just got on with life'. My GP actually signed me off for a week when I was bleeding, and then insisted that I come for appts every week in the middle of the day so I missed half a day of work, just so as to force me to sit about. It was stressful (understatement of the century) but in retrospect she did me a huge favour.

Obviously, miscarriages are sadly more common than many of us realise - but other causes of bleeding in early pg is also very common. Fingers firmly crossed for you.

funnypeculiar · 24/02/2009 13:14

NB Assuming you're going to an Early Pregnancy Unit - they are usually wonderful, but be warned you wil probably get a trans vaginal scan at this stage - ie they tick something like a dildo up your fango - more accurate pictures, but a bit disconcerting if you're not expecting it

DungunGirl · 24/02/2009 13:29

Tippy I have had 2 experiences like you.

With my first DS, all went like clockwork.

This time round, I had one miscarriage at 7 weeks...started with brown discharge, then slowly became pink, then became red blood - but no clots in early stages.

I had a scan after the weekend once bleeding and clots were like a proper period and they confirmed it was a complete miscarriage - my uterus was empty.

However 2 months later, preggers again, Had a little old blood ( brown) at 7 weeks and thought not again! But turned out to be fine - saw bean on scan - little heartbeat and now I am 33 weeks pregnant.

So, to be realistic just keep your chin up and see what the scan turns out....good luck!

llareggub · 24/02/2009 13:44

I had a massive bleed at 7/8 weeks with DS> There was massive amounts of bright red blood and I didn't even really want a scan because it seemed so obviously over. DS is now a healthy, robust 2 year old. It was such relief to see his little heart beating on the scan. Good luck!

granty · 24/02/2009 13:56

i know what you are going through.i had bleeding with 3 out of my 4 pregnancies.i had to wait to be scanned too and it was the scariest time ever,but chances are your babies fine.i just tried to stay positive and put my feet up! dont no if that helped but was told to by midwife when i rang her in a state.anyway my bleeding settled so fingers crossed yours will too.good luck xx

sarah76 · 24/02/2009 18:05

My first pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 7+1, but there were other warning signs in that my symptoms disappeared (mostly noticed boobs weren't sore anymore). I'd say the cramps I had were much worse than normal period cramps--I remember thinking something was DEFINATELY wrong. I had just a bit of brown spotting the day before the MC, and then on the day of was in so much pain that DH called the EPU who said to bring me in. By the time we got there about 25 minutes later, I was having soak-through-your-trousers bleeding and it was all over in a matter of hours.

With second pregnancy, I kept having twinges and had that 'dragging' feeling, but it was definitely not like what I experienced with the MC. I had two bright red bleeds around 9 weeks and 10 weeks, but they couldn't find out why on the scans and said I shouldn't worry. I'm 14 weeks now and everything is fine--12 week scan showed baby moving!

Best of luck to you, hopefully everything will be fine.

brettgirl2 · 24/02/2009 19:37

I had period pains and bleeding at that stage I'd stay off tomorrow because going to work won't take your mind off it at all.

As someone was saying it is impossible to know until after the scan but it isn't true that it's too late for implantation bleeding - the EPU told me it could go on until 16 weeks and I bled until I was about 11 weeks.

I don't know about the resting thing, but personally I would take it easy because I definitely bled more if I did too much. I carried on working though, because my job isn't really more strenuous than sitting at home.

brettgirl2 · 24/02/2009 19:38

BTW, my period pains weren't as bad as the 'real thing'. I tried to take that to be reassuring.

Gillyan · 24/02/2009 20:17

Hiya - I had the same thing from anout 6 weeks unitll 14 wks - I had to go to The Early pregnancy assesment Unit about 4 times to be scanned, Inever had ebough blood to need a pantyliner. I am now 21 wks pregnant and everything is fine - In my case it was most probably cervical erosion which I have never had but which pregnancy can cause cos of all the hormone changes.

You should ring the hospital and get booked in for an early scan to put your mind at rest! I was advised no sex till after 20wk scan, I had my scan last wk and we had sex on sunday and I bled but am not worried at all as it stopped and am feeling baby moving.

Hope you're ok and good luck xx

tattifer · 18/03/2009 08:31

Hi, Ive been lurking on several sites like this desperately looking for tales of bleeding at seven weeks with positive outcomes. Not that it'll make any differnce - just desperately hoping! I had a miscarriage in december 08 (spotting turning to light bleeding then finally after two weeks of that there was massive cramping and flood of blood and clots). This was at 9 weeks, early scans said baby was only six weeks - from then over the two weeks boobs were no longer sore and falling hormone levels were confirmed by blood tests etc etc.
Got pregnant again and should be seven weeks today but yesterday started sudden brisk bright red blood flow and some 1"/2" size clots also bright red and smaller dark ones. It's been completely different from previous pregnancy - I wasn't ever really sick or tired just sore boobs. This time I thought YEH! I feel sick as a dog and sooo tired I could fall asleep anywhere anytime. But now this. No pain, no cramps just blood and clots for about 6 hours. This morning stopped.
I was all upbeat and level headed for hubby last night but nows he's taken kids to school I'm trying to hold back (not very successfully) tears.
Midwife phoning me this morning for update and talking about early scan... Aaaargh!

Charba · 20/03/2009 19:00

Hiya! I'm new to this site and been looking for the last 3 days to see if there's anything to put my mind at ease. I'm 11+5 weeks.

I started bleeding & not just spotting on wed. It has died down but still a little there when I've been to the loo.

I managed to get in to the EPAU on Wed aft and had an internal were they said my cervix was closed & the scan showed a heartbeat & very active foetus. It also showed a little blood clot under the sac which the Dr said would come out over next few days.

From what I've read on other sites it's known as a Haematoma (blood clot). Apparantly a lot of women bleed & go on to have healthy babies but I can't help but think I'm doomed. I just keep crying.
I know I'm not the only 1 but you can't help feeling so lonely.

ladylush · 20/03/2009 19:05

Charba I've had bleeding since week 7 (now 14+3) due to a haematoma. It is nerve wracking but the sonographer told me that it is separate from the baby and does not adversely affect the pregnancy. All was well in the nuchal scan. I bought some dopplers so that I could listen to the heart beat periodically. It's been very reassuring. It sounds as though things are progressing well in your pg so try and stay positive

Charba · 20/03/2009 19:23

Thanx Ladylush. It makes a little difference when you hear something positive. I'm glad alls going well with your pg
I've got my next scan 31st Mar and I probably won't feel at real ease until that!

AliGrylls · 20/03/2009 19:55

You poor thing. I had a similar experience with miscarriage. Bleeding started off lightly and was told everything was okay. For two weeks thought everything was fine as everyone kept on saying that you can get a bit of bleeding early on. Scan showed baby not alive - was really sad. However, on a positive note my husband made me go and see specialist with current pregnany. Specialist said that apparently the real risk time is 9 weeks and if you make it past then there is a 99.9% chance you will have a baby. I hope that this helps you to feel a bit better

mumblemumhome4lunch · 20/03/2009 23:07

Big hugs all round - it's massively stressful but nothing is certain til they scan you, and then you still worry til it stops.

Hope this helps a little - I'm 37wks this weekend with DC no3 but have had bleeding wk6-wk10 with each of my pregnancies....I've been told that some women just bleed like this early on, for no apparent reason, and I'm clearly one of them. Doesn't make it any easier when it's happening and I've been pretty panicky each time.

Hope everything works out okay with you all, fingers crossed.

ladylush · 21/03/2009 08:19

Charba - nothing anyone says will stop you worrying and I totally understand that you won't be able to relax until you've had your scan. I've had 4 m/c but all of them have been before 9 weeks. Ironically I didn't bleed nearly as much with those (missed m/cs) but this one is going strong. I just listened to the hb this morning You are at a much safer stage now. Let us know how it goes in your scan and feel free to use this forum to voice your fears. That's what it's for