signs of a miscarriage

[Sheena]

Hello, Congrats on your pregnancy

Its hard to answer that question really as it can happen a few different ways. Sometimes many women dont find out until they have a scan,and thats classed as a missed miscarriage, some women have a little bit of light spotting, just when they wipe, then maybe have a scan and find out they have lost the baby but its not expelling itself naturally and they end up having a D and C to remove the pregnancy sac etc, and then some women(such as myself) will start having spotting, that gradually gets heavier and then eventually miscarry fully themselves passing big clots and lost of thick dark blood, which is what happened to me. I had no cramping what so ever until the morning I woke up and had the m/c, then that day I cramped and bled bad, then it eased up over the next few days.

I wouldnt worry yourself too much about m/c, by the sounds of it you are doing just fine I know m/c is always on a pregnant womens mind, but its not good for you to worry about it too much, try and relax and enjoy being pregnant BUT if you do see any blood(pink, red, or brown), brown discharge or anything not normal then see your midwife or doctor and get it checked out, I had more bleeding with this one at 6 weeks, but a scan showed that everything was fine Its good to have some piece of mind and see that heart beating away