Dear Ella,

Hope all is going well. I had a similar experience to you, with spotting from 5.5 weeks through to nearly 9 weeks, with a big sudden bright red bleed then a few more days of spotting. I must admit I was petrified about what that meant. Multiple scans through that time all showed a very healthy little bub - with a similar heartrate to yours. We never established the cause of my bleed, like you I thought, surely that can't be good. I was advised to take it very easy & rest through till 12 weeks - which did the trick, and I made it!

I would recommend asking the doctor about activity levels. I was told later (not straight away) to avoid doing anything strenuous, minimise activity & not DTD. I don't know if that made the difference, but I figure it can't hurt to take it easy (I think there's different schools of thought about whether it makes any difference).
I think it's great that the heartrate was there, and bubs looks good. You didn't mention having any pain which is good too (so saying, my friend had massive cramps in her first trimester, and she turned out fine too).

Hang in there, post here to keep yourself sane, I know it's heard not to stress (particularly when others don't know yet). Good luck with the u/s today - I'm thinking of you and sending big good luck vibes and

Cheers,
Belfie