Bleeding During Pregnancy - Women's Stories Of Bleeding In Pregnancy #3

[tschwinler]

Went to the Dr and my HCG was 260. So it lookslike I am only 2-3 weeks instead of 5 weeks like they thought. Everything else DR was not to worry about. Going in tomorrow to get another HCG to make sure all is well and the little ones is growing!

[belfie]

tschwinler

Good luck with your second HCG, and I'm glad they said not to worry. If it helps, I had lots of spotting & bleeding with my current PG, and it all went on to be fine. I also found that my symptoms were very different with a successful PG compared to a PG that m/ced. I had MORE PG symptoms with the one that didn't stick - go figure huh! So it goes to show that absence or presence of symptoms isn't necessarily the key.

I know how stressful it is, so hang in there & keep posting - all the best
Belfie

[JennP]

I know it has been a while since someone replied to this thread but I am hoping someone can help me. I recently found out I am pregnant for the 3rd time this year. My 2 previous pregnancies ended in miscarriages so of course I am pariniod. I am trying to figure out how far along I am but I am a little confused. My last full period was in August but last month 6 days after when my period was due I had what I originally thought might have been my period. my periods are pretty regular and usually 3 to 5 days long. This was less than 24 hours but it was decently heavy and I had some cramping like in a normal period. Could this have been just a short period or could it have been implantation bleeding or break through bleeding? I don't know much about either so I am hoping someone can help me.
Thanks

[Rexy]

Hi everyone. Wow thank goodness for this forum! I am 6 weeks pregnant, I found out last week. So imagine my horror after discovering some spotting last night, which turned into heavy bleeding today. As I have had a m/c 6 years before, I am absolutely terrified that this pg will have the same fate. I did not realise how common blding in pg can be. I went to see my doc, and he sent me for blood test, I have an u/s tomorrow, so I am anxiously waiting till then.

It is very re-assuring to know that others have been through similar problems, and have had a happy outcome.

Mandy.

[JLeigh29]

Thanks for this forum. Was an absolute mess when I first began reading but feeling lots better now. Think I may be/have been pregnant (just over 6wks, tests all show neg though, waiting to try again) but have had heavy, bright red bleeding for last 24 hours. Pretty sure I've m/c. Would love to know how the rest of you are going...

[picasso]

I'm a 36 yo, no prev m/c or bleeding. I have a 2.5 yo daughter, who was conceieved through IVF (my partner had a vasectomy). Had three further IVF attemps before I conceived again. At 14 wks PG, lying in bed, I had bright red blood loss (about the size of a saucer). I freaked out, started crying, thinking the worst - m/c. I rang our local hospital (40mins away) and spoke with a nurse, who urged me to come in. After I was asked all the routine questions: cramping - NO, dark blood - NO, clotting - NO, the doctor (under the phoned advice of an obstetrician) did a vaginal examination. The speculum, caused another bleed (about the same size as before), and I was told I was most likely experiencing a "spontaneous abortion". A horribly distressing term, when she could have just said "miscarriage". I had stopping bleeding almost immediately, both times and just had a small amount of old blood spotting. I was sent home 3 hours later, only to return for an ultrasound appointment the following morning. Baby visible and good heart beat! Woohoo! Placenta lowish, placental lakes/pools visible... which I was told could cause bleeding again. 4 nights later I had a small bleed (about 50c piece size), did not sleep at all that night from worrying, next day I didn't 'feel' pregnant, but knew I had to find out for sure. So went to the hospital again - everything still okay, and as far as yesterday - everything still looks good! Keeping positive.
So I guess if you experience bleeding during pregnancy I would suggest: don't lose hope, get it checked out as soon as you can (either way it could help you sleep better) and get a second opinion if you feel you need to.
P.S. This was a fantastic thread for me when I needed information and reassurance - THANKS!

[arwenreborn]

Thank godness for this thread!

I found out I was pregnant a few weeks ago, doctor estimated me for around 5 weeks upon discovery which would have made me 8 weeks this Thursday. It wasn't planned and I had only just gotten off the implanon 12/09/08 but was very welcomed and my partner and I were stoked.

Everything has progressed along well, went for a dating scan last week in which everything looked normal but the radiographer put me back to being only 5-6 weeks. He told me to come back in 2 weeks and have another scan so I could get a determined due date. So I'm around 6 weeks and 2 days today! However on Saturday afternoon after having lunch with my friends, I went to the loo and had a little bit of brown discharge - really dark brown. About the size of a ten cent piece.

Well I panicked. Cried my eyes out, called my mum and calmed myself down before telling my partner who was also pretty worried. Thought I'd stick it out and see how I went. The discharge was there a little at night and when I wiped, had gone by Sunday morning but by Sunday afternoon I had another ten cent piece worth there. Again, really dark brown and not like blood but just like a mucus or something.

Monday was the same, had a little discharge at work and a little in the afternoon...and again today, none in the morning but a little this afternoon. Boobs are still really tender, I haven't been suffering a lot of morning sickness, just a bit of dry retching and feeling ill in my stomach which has continued. However I learnt that if I constantly snacked then I could avoid feeling sick so I've been snacking all today and have only felt ill a few times.

I called my doctor's office and they told me that he was going on holidays and fully booked out, next available appointment being in December. I explained to the receptionist that I needed to be referred for a scan and that I needed to see my doctor urgently so she's booked me in for an emergency consultation this afternoon. So will see what he says then...here's to hoping that everything is good and I have a sticky bub in there. Not sure if he'll send me for an U/S or whatever but fingers crossed and reading the stories on here have given me hope!