Hello ladies!

I will be 12 weeks on Friday, but this morning when I went to the toilet at work I saw bright red, heavy bleeding!! I was devastated and rushed to make a doctors appointment and thankfully they could squeeze me in. My doctor sent me for an urgent ultrasound next door and I had my ultrasound.

My scan was amazing because not only did I see my baby in there, but he/she was kicking, waving, moving around! The heartrate measured at 162bpm and everything looks good and normal. The lady who did my scan said that everything looked fine and that she couldn't find the cause for the bleeding and said that I had a small cyst on my left ovary, which shouldn't be anything to worry about. My scan report shows the conclusion as "a viable pregnancy".

I went back to the doctor afterwards and she said that if everything is well with baby that I won't need to worry about anything and that everything will be fine. She also said that they couldn't see any cause inside for the bleed and the doctor said that she doesn't know why I could be bleeding, except perhaps because I lifted something that may have been a bit too heavy or just the fact that the vagina could be more sensitive...

The doctor put me on bed rest for a couple of days, said to take it real easy as that will help the bleeding stop hopefully and didn't seem too concerned at all about it.

I'm feeling relieved that my baby is kicking away in there with a strong little heartbeat, but I'm still a bit worried about the bleeding and where it came from...? It's much lighter now than this morning and more a pink type colour, but why don't the nerves just go away!!??

I guess I was just wanting to find out whether anyone else has experienced this and what was the cause of your bleeding? I guess I'm terrified of the fact that I had a m/c earlier this year and I just want some reassurance that this pregnancy won't turn into a m/c as well...

I have my first OB appointment on Friday, so hopefully he will be able to tell me more and help reassure me a little more.

Thanks for reading!