Thanks everyone,
Your advice has helped loads, and I will tell her. It has been really helpful for me to read this forum and know that there are other people going through the same thing as me. Good luck to everyone reading this, and thank you again for your advice,
Canary
Hi Girls
Good to hear all your stories, some happy and some sad.
I have been bleeding for my whole pregnancy...now 6 weeks. At the start it was light and I thought it was a light period which I often get. However for the week it has been real bleeding that drips out when I go to the loo etc. I rang my OB and they tlold me to come in for 48 blood tests. I was expecting the worst but was 3500 for the first and over 7000 for the second which I did yesterday (Thursday). So now a little confused as my blood tests were good, but I have bleeding! I dont have any preg symptoms this time around and also no pain...hmmmm. wish I at least felt pregnant.
So after preparing myself for the worst yesterday where I expected my hcg levels to have decreased, I now feel a 'little' ray of hope. I have a scan at 8am on Monday morning, so will know by then I guess! NERVOUS. Def dont want a second miscarriage in 3 months!
B
Hi! Just thought I would share my stories - hope you don't mind!!
1st preg - slight bleeding weeks 6-8, all OK, healthy baby girl @ 42wks!
2nd Preg - heavy bleeding 5 wks, was at work (in hosp) went down to ED, told that since I was very early preg, was prob miscarrying and to come back for U'S in morning. When i went back for u/s, they could see a sac, no heartbeat, but lots of blood around baby. Was told I had a 30% chance of carrying baby any further. Continued to bleed off and on, went back for u/s 2 weeks later and all was good!!!! Healthy baby girl @41 wks!
3rd preg - had bleeding, thought was AF, but felt preg, so went for blood test. Came back neg, was really sick and was on ab's for severe chest infection. ALso had chest x-ray. Still felt preg, so did home preg test, came pack positive! Was an emotional wreck cause I had had the chest x-ray and heavy duty antibiotiucs, started bleeding quite heavy, went to Dr who said I was prob miscarrying from having the x-ray/radiation. Was devastated, went to anothe Dr who sent me for emergency U/S. According to my dates I should have been 5-6wks. Had u/s, was told during examination that I had had a compete miscarriage cause there was nothing in my uterus. Also had bloods to check my hcg. I was so devastated cause had been ttc for 6mths, I cried for days and we went away camping to get away from it all. Anyways, I kept bleeding and had to have more blood tests to make sure my hcg was dropping. Well it didn't, it was rising, so was told I most likely had an ectopic preg and rushed away for another emergency u/s. Well low and behold they found a baby!! In the right spot, hiding!! I was so amazed., along with the dr's and sonographer, I cried some mre!!!! But I was also angry at all I had been through, cause at my first u/s when they said I had had a complete loss, I felt rushed and she was quite rude cause they had to fit me in. But anyway, I had a beautiful baby boy at 38wks!!!
So, just goes to show, sometimes it ends good!
I am really sorry to read about all the losses in here though, my heart breaks for you, and I wish you all the luck in getting those bubbas to stick.
hi im not sure where to put this but i figured here is the best place,
my gf had just had her normal pill period about 15 days ago, and only now, eg last nite, she had noticed a bit of brownish blood discharge? i was wondering what that was, and thinking about the whole implantation bleeding and pregnancy it has got me concerned. any idea on what that represents. should b noted that she takes her pill everyday, always around the same time, However, lately she had been taking it 15 mins later for a week and on saturday about an hour earlier? would that make her have a slight breakthrough bleed?
we use condoms during sex, however every now and then, prob only a handful of times we dont start out using a condom, but end up putting one on during climax. She has continued her bleeding today, and it is again very light and faint, last nite it was a brown colour and was very light. She isnt in pain from what im aware and she has not skipped a pill since and always takes it within and around her regular time. She has been on the pill since june of 2007, and even before then she has been on it for the last 3 years with a 1 or 2 month break per year.
its just really worrying as its been 15 days since her period, or sugar pill withdrawal, and this has come out of nowhere. i heard implantation bleeding is very light, and either brownish or pinkish, this is light and brown, however from my understanding if you get your withdrawal period on the pill and you bleed it is highly unlikely , very unlikely to be pregnant as that is a sign of not being pregnant? is that correct.
Hi Neo,
You sound really worried, so I thought I'd let you know that I used to have breakthrough bleeding, or spotting, whilst on the pill. At first, I was worried, so contactd my GP. They tested me for chlamydia (negative), so I never really had an explaination for it. I was pregnant recently, and also had what could be described as implantation bleeding, but it was just normal spotting for me and I didnt worry too much. My best advice would be to ask your gf to see her GP just to check that everything is OK.
HTH,
C
Hi Everyone. I am five weeks and five days pregnant. Last weekend I started having streaky mucous. Monday morning I woke up at about 5.30am in the morning with cramps (not severe but enough to make me uncomfortable) and I had light bleeding enough to stain a pad. The bleeding stopped Tuesday afternoon. I had a little bleeding around midday on Wednesday and since then the occasional bit of blood when I wipe. I have no idea if I am still pregnant. I haven't had a blood test yet, as when I went to the doctor last week I got a negative in his test ( drank too much water) and he said to wait a week before having my blood test. I have tested several times since then and got strong positives each time. I have no idea if I am still pregnant as I didn't have tender breasts and only slight nauseua. Though I can't seem to handle perfume any more. What do you think?
Go and have a blood test honey, waiting a week sounds absurd to me. They are more accurate then POS and will show you results now, doesn't make sense to me to wait a week. GL honey.
I meant to say that when I first went to the doctor (this is before the bleeding) he said to wait a week before having a blood test. However things have now changed since I had the bleeding. I am going to make an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow morning and go and get a blood test regardless I think.
Sorry the only reason I was saying that, was because my urine tests always came back at negative and the only way of confirming for accurately was a blood test.
The doctor said I should wait so I could allow the hormone to increase. He said to test mid week but I have been away on holiday so it wasn't possible.
You should be getting your hcg level rise evaluated. But you need a starting point, so a blood test to confirm pregnancy, see the level and do them every so many days after to see the levels rising. Hope I am making sense. That is why I don't understand the doctor saying to wait, cause atleast the first test would have shown you were pregnant and given you a starting point.
Well I got my first test back today and it was a positive. I go back on Wednesday for another. My doctor said that it sounds like I am still pregnant because my bleeding was light and there was no clots. So fingers crossed.
GL Miss lightning. I feel for you. I have experienced bleeding in all of my pregnancies so far. I have regularly had HCG levels tested. They are a gr8 indication but you should not always accept because they re rising everything is ok. Lots of people have told me that and that scans are more accurate. But in my experience the HCG levels were always a good indication.
This is my history to date:
1st pregnancy - brown discharge - pregnancy ended in M/C (twins)
2nd pregnancy - brown and red discharge from 5-8 weeks, then started again at 11 weeks. At 11 1/2 weeks I woke in a pool of red blood and passed a clot the size of my palm and as thick as my thumb and I was cramping. I was in hospital for a couple of nights. This was my successful pregnancy. I stopped discharging at 15 weeks.
3rd pregnancy - no discharge until 8.5 weeks when I had a stab in my guts that took my breathe away and lasted for only a few seconds and I instantly started discharging brown (only slight) - pregnancy ended in M/C (twins)
4th pregnancy - I discharged brown and slight red from 5 to 9ish weeks and have been fine ever since and now I am 17 weeks pregnant.
So bascially all can be just fine, but it is very worrying all the same. GL with your next lot of levels. You are just looking for a nice rise, preferrably doubling every 48 hours.
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