Im currenlty 16.5wks pg and I have had one episode of spotting at 7wks and had a large bleed at 14wks. The spotting was very light and an ultrasound showed little blob with hb so went home and had some rest and spotting stopped in two days. At 14wks, I had a small brown smear one evening when I wiped. I didnt worry about it and went to bed. I woke up at 6am the next morning for a wee break and when I looked at the loo paper and in the bowl, there was red blood everywhere (but no clotting). I woke up dh, rang the ob who was going to meet me at the hospital at 9am. Dh and I went for brekky (I was trying to be really positive and I was very proud of myself too) and the ob examined me saying my body is threatening a miscarriage. She used the doppler machine and we got to hear a nice strong hb. The next day we had an u/s and it showed a perfectly healthy and active bub. The bleeding stopped the same day and I had some light spotting for a few days afterwards.
There was no real reason for the bleed and the sonographer explained that it could be a number of things but bub / placenta etc looked nice and healthy. I was sent home for 2 weeks bed rest. And here I am nearly 3 weeks later and (touch wood) no further bleeding or spotting or anything.
Having had two losses previously it was hard not to panic, but bleeding in pg is not as rare was what we think, and I think that trying to stay calm and positive really helped me get through.
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