6w 3d with spotting & cramping

[Grake]

Hi,

Just wanted to share my feelings at the moment as I am a first time mum and not sure what to expect!

I had been spotting (very light, can only be seen on toilet paper) and had some mild cramping for the previous week, so I went to the doc and he sent me for an u/s. It showed a gestational sac which was implanted in the correct place, and they said they couldn't see inside the sac as it was too early (5w6d). I also had a trans-vaginal exam which showed that the cervix was closed.

Just yesterday I had some more cramping which had been worse than i've had previously and when I went to the toilet I had some red blood come out. It has since stopped and gone back to the light spotting i had previously.

Now im concerned that im going through a miscarrage. My doc wants me to have another u/s to see if the pregnancy is still there. What can you expect to see and a 6 week u/s? Has anyone experienced anything like this?

[SamiH]

Oh hun, this is such an anxious time for you.

If it is light spotting etc and you haven't passed any clots etc - it sounds like all is well fingers crossed. It might just be some implantation bleeding - I experienced this in my last pregnancy around the same time, it is very stressful.

Sending you lots of sticky vibes

[Grake]

Thank you

I haven't seen any clots so i guess its a good sign. I was also wondering if it was an implantation bleed.

I'll just have to wait and see what happens at the ultrasound

[mum2maddieand1]

grake, this must be very stressful for you. there is a forum about bleeding in pregnancy cant remember where on belly belly but there is one so keep an eye out.
let us know how you go, when is your ultra sound?
good luck

[mummy2chloe]

just checking in to see how you are doing? hope the spotting has stopped and that you are ok?

[tellytubby]

Hey grake i know exactly how you feel :hugs:
I had some spotting around 10 weeks which absolutely freaked me out!

If it helps you at all, when i had the m/c with my last pregnancy there was NO mistaking it! There were biig clots with A LOT of blood, heaps of bad period like pains. Sounds to me what you're having is VERY mild compared to that!

I had a scan at 5 weeks 3 days, they did a vaginal scan, and you could see the tiniest flicker of a heart beat - so surely you could see the flicker of a heart beat at 6 weeks ?

I hope all goes well for you
-tellytubby