Hi all

I'm after some advice, otherwise I'm going to go crazy with all these things and possibilities going through my head. I think I may be miscarrying but I'm still clinging onto the hope that I may not be, and I'm hoping that some of you can offer your advice or experience.

I got a very faint positive test almost 2 weeks ago when I tested. My LMP was 25 Feb. I tested a further 6 times, the last one being 2 days ago, and they were all positive results. I am/was pregnant.

However, today, at around 10am, I bled. The blood was a brownish red, it was more than just a little spotting, it looked like the start of a period. Of course this alarmed me as during my first pregnancy I had no bleeding at all. I immediately went to the emergency dept at the local hospital. I had an ultrasound and got my blood tested.

The u/s showed a small gestational sack for 6 weeks pregnant (which is what I thought I was), and showed no fetal parts visible. My blood test showed a hcg level of 81, which I was told is low. I am scheduled to have another blood test soon in a few days to test for the hcg level again. In the meantime I was told that as there is no cramping (yet), although I'm still bleeding as I type, it is a good sign.

I asked the DR outright if she thought I was miscarrying. She said that she cannot be sure and that basically I have to wait and see. It's driving me crazy thinking about this all night. I keep thinking of other reasons why the gestational sac may be small for the stage of pregnancy such as maybe I wasn't as far along as I thought I was (FYI, we DTD on 16 March) and also why the HCG level was low, again maybe I'm less far along as I thought. My HcG level seems to be consistent with being 5 weeks pregnant only. I know that it's the rate of the rise of the hcG level which is important and not actually the level itself, so I'll be waiting to do my blood test again a few days, but I guess I'm just trying to justify why my level was so low.

I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance that the bleeding is not indicative of the start of a miscarriage, but I'm not hopeful . I'm trying to stay positive and trying to hold onto any glimmer of hope, but I think I may be deluding myself. It's been almost 13 hours since I started bleeding, and there is virtually no pain at all. Does this sound like a very early loss/chemical pregnancy?

If anyone has any advice or experience they'd like to share, I'd like to hear from you.

Thanks in advance.