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

[Alx]

Hello, I am very new here, in fact I found this thread & site on Sunday afternoon. I know that there has been no new replies here for awhile, but anyway I just needed to share my story so I can move forward. I have a lovely 8yr son who was a miracle baby in the sense he died during his birth. I was very traumatised by the birth & didn't want to go down that track again, my ex husband couldn't understand why we couldn't just have more and more. But 8 years later, my partner & I really want a child of our own & my son really would like to be a big brother. I am 36. We have been trying for 10 months, my partner had some tests done recently that came back a.ok for him & then we finally found out we were positive 2 weekend's ago. we did 3 tests we couldn't believe it. Then this last Sunday afternoon, I started spotting, very dark brown, so I started to stress & found this site which helped me see that it is normal (good or bad). I rang 13health & they advised me to rest & go to the hospital if anything changes (cramps, change in colour). In the middle of the night I woke up & there was a reasonable amount of redder blood, I tried not to be concerned & went back to bed, knowing I was seeing a DR in the morning. When I woke up,the one thing i noticed was my breasts weren't sore at all. I told my partner & he decided to take the day off work to come to the Dr, which was booked for 9.45am. I started to bleed a lot more & it was bright red, I was starting to really get upset. At about 9.30am at home, I passed a very large clot & I knew....i started crying. We went to the dr & she checked internally, I was so sad & my partner was crying too. I still need to have an ultrasound, to ensure that nothing is left, otherwise I need to go to hospital for a D&C. I had no cramping, we were 6 weeks pg & it was a lot more heavier that my usual flow. But as we know when we are pg, I also knew when I was about to lose bub too. Now I am so concerned as the Dr was giving me the talk...which is the over 35 talk. She said that we need to wait until after the next flow then we can start again, she said if in 6 months we still have had no luck then she will give me a referral to an IVF specialist just to help us out a bit. I have no idea what that means - I am just praying that we can fall again without any assistance. Is anyone in the same position as me, I have never had a miscarriage before & just so unsure about the future. Thank you for listening (reading) Alx

[mejulie]

Hi there

It's been so helpful to read about everyone's experiences on bleeding during pregnancy. It's so scary when it happens because no one really knows what it means, it's just a matter of waiting to see what happens, or testing to see whether it has led to miscarriage or whether the baby is absolutely fine. so many different experiences.

There haven't been many posts on here recently, but I thought I would write what is happening to me, maybe someone will have something to say, or maybe it will just help me to process it!

As with most previous posts, I am giving a lot of gory details! It's the only way!

I am 34, first pregnancy. I am 7.5 wks pregnant. I had the first ultrasound at 6.5 weeks and saw the heartbeat. very happy and excited. On Saturday night, after sex, I went to the toilet about a half hour/one hour after. When I wiped there was bright red blood (I had to wipe twice) although not runny, and I also looked in the toilet bowl where I saw two small clots in pinky-red. I was wondering if that could be the baby I have no idea and felt so ignorant and confused. I also checked the towel I use to wipe myself after sex, and found blood stains on it - bright red.

I was so scared, and didn't know what it meant. I couldn't sleep so I went to Google and read up on bleeding in pregnancy. I found that there is such a thing as post-coital bleeding during pregnancy due to the extra blood vessels on the cervix and increased blood flow. I am so hoping that's all it is, but I'm still so nervous and scared.

Also I'd been feeling nauseous every day for the last two weeks or so, but since the bleed two days ago I have felt better, which also worried me. Am hoping that is just coincidence, but it could mean the pregnancy has ended?

I'm seeing the Dr today to tell her what happened. want to know if the baby is still alive, but also want to keep calm about it and wait to see what happens...

[Alx]

Hi mejulie,

all I can offer is wait till you see your GP, they will hopefully be able to put your mind at rest or let you know what is happening.....can i just say thou, when i miscarried it was a very large clot that filled up the bottom of the toilet (so sorry for being so graphic). So fingers crossed that what you are experiencing is normal & that you & baby are ok!

On a lighter note, AF finally came 29 days after the miscarriage, so this week we begin BD'ing again....I hope it doesn't take 10months again, because I will need to see a IVF dr after 6 months

Good luck mejulie!!
Alx

[tellytubby]

I agree with Alx, try and relax and see what your GP says. He may send you for an ultrasound to see things in detail - which would be great! My experience is similar to Alx, when i had a m/c there were very very large clots.. and sorry for being graphic, it looked like clots with 'extras' iykwim. Things that shouldn't have been there (yes i had a good look) - so i'm hoping yours isn't anything to be too concerned about.

I also had bleeding with this pregnancy, on and off up until 16 weeks, and it was similar to what you're describing. I ended up stopping DTD in the first 12 weeks, just to be sure. And i'm due to have bub in 3 weeks! Hope you have a story like mine xxxx

[emstar]

mejulie - my situation sounds a bit similar to yours... pls let me know how you go!

I had a vaginal ultrasound on Wed at 6.1 weeks preg, saw the heart beat and everything looked great!

friday night went to the loo and noticed lots of brownish red bleeding and started bawling, no pain or cramps. Phoned the hospital and they said the fact they heard a heartbeat meant a good sign and no pain.

24 hours later still bleeding a bit brown/red when wiping. Going to phone ob on Monday

I'm wondering whether the vaginal ultrasound caused disruption?? I'm so scared of it all going wrong

[Persephone1]

*double post*

[Persephone1]

I thought I should post in here given the title of the Thread. It's really just a record of my experience, not meant as a reflection of anyone else's experience or anything.

I had some minor light-brown spotting at 9dpo, and thought the cycle had failed. I had no more spotting that week, did a HPT at 12dpo and it was positive. Blood test at 14dpo confirmed pregnancy.

I then had some more tiny, light-brown spotting at 18dpo, and totally freaked out. It was awful. I had a repeat blood-test, which confirmed that my hCG was doubling nicely.

I then had some more, occasional light-brown spotting every few days. I had a dating scan at 6w3days, which was a vaginal scan. That night I had a very small amount of red blood. No cramps, but again it was very upsetting and distressing.

I had a repeat (external) ultrasound two days later and the heartbeat was strong and everything looked fine.

I've since had a little bit of the light-brown spotting, which ended about 2 weeks ago - I'm now almost 10wks pregnant. I'm hanging out for the 12 week scan, but everything is looking okay.

Fyi, I had two embryos transferred for this cycle, obviously through IVF. I've read there is more reports of spotting from IVF pregnancies, something to do with the embryo/s being implanted lower in the uterus.

Also, despite us having two embryos transferred, there is only one heartbeat. There is, I suppose, some evidence that perhaps my spotting is/was related to the other embryo 'dying,' but nobody can say for sure.

Oh, and the bright red blood I had, I think that was related to the vaginal scan I had that day. The uterus is "vascular," which means it is related to blood vessels - so any bumps, interference, lots of movement, etc, can often be blamed for bleeding during pregnancy. It doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong, it's just the uterus doing what it does. Oh, and given that I'd had a vaginal ultrasound, which isn't technically much different to having sex, it was not unsurprising that I had some bleeding. I've heard of other women bleeding after sex during their pregnancies.

I haven't had any spotting in over two weeks. I've had acupuncture which I think may have helped.

None of the above increases or decreases my chances of miscarriage. It has however left me with severe anxiety, which has been made more difficult because I have antenatal depression (a result of a long IVF journey). I have however found that googling "bleeding in pregnancy" and "miscarriage" DOES NOT HELP ME because the chances are, the stories are negative. No google search will tell me whether I am miscarrying.

I hope everyone reading this thread is doing okay - bleeding during pregnancy, even with a known and "normal" cause does not make it any less upsetting. I have for everyone and hope you all have happy and healthy pregnancies.

Seph

[elaine.lot]

Hey Ladies,
I need some advice here,

Af is regular, 17th everymonth and this month on the 7th I had some brown bloodbout the size of a ten cent peice, just once. Possible implantation? So i went to the doctors (yesterday) to inquire what it was because it is the first time it has every happened and with all other symptoms like very sore bbs Doc seemed pretty convinced I've conceived so He booked me in for a BT a week from now. But today (two days before AF is due), Straight after we DTD it hurt a little and straight after I had similiar AF cramps and about two hours later there was blood, its not heavy, its just red and watery. doesnt look like normal AF blood but certainly FEELS like it. cramps and bloating.
Could it be AF playing tricks and bleeding on the 7th was just spotaneous? or could it be breakthrough bleeding? damage to cervix during sex??


Thanks, Im really worried about this one.

[elaine.lot]

Just woke up and bleeding wasn't much overnight, and has stopped now.
Still confused to what this is?!

AF has never done this before so fingers crossed

[raffy]

hi everyone. i need some advice...

im 6 weeks pg this wednesday, but ive just started bleeding. its not very heavy but its more than i would like to see (sorry for TMI) i also have cramps in my lower abdomin that come and go and can sometimes be quite bad i cant help but be really scared as much as i try to think positive. i need to go to the doctors and have U/S and all that but im only 19 and its really something i cant afford until pay day. whats do you all think it might be?

[pinkcows]

Ok so here is my story my 1st preg went perfect no issues or bleeding ( besides pupps) a preg rash. So in Nov 09 I had a MC no symtoms except a weird left side pain.Close to my hip bone very sore to touch and sometimes sharp pain just in the left side i was worried about it being a tube preg and went to the ER they did blood work and a US the blood work came back fine but kinda on the low side i was about 6 weeks preg at the time. The US in the ER are not very good. They couldnt see a baby or heartbeat only a sac so they booked me for a US at the gyno office at the hospital the next day and more bloodwork. So the next day i went in and had a US done and bloodwork for hormone lvls.The hormone lvls went down from the day at the hospital so they said i had a expecting MC and about a week later I had very bad bleeding ( no cramps or pain ). So i went to the hospital and they did another US and had a full MC so they sent me home.

Now I found out im preg again feb 2. Three days later after i found out i started having the same pain on the left hand side very tender and sharp pain. So i booked a apt with a Gyno and go in at this time i would ahve been around 5 weeks preg. She did a US and couldnt see anything anywhere and told me it might be to early or the preg might be somewhere else and if the pain got worse to go to the hospital. So a couple days after that one night i was laying in bed and the pain gt s bad i couldnt sleep so i went to the ER. They did a pelvic exam and blood test. The blood test showed my hormone lvl being rle high so they went ahead and did a bedside US. The US showed a baby and a heart beat this time. They told me everything looked fine and to go home. They next day when i woke up i was bleeding Just a lil on the TP i bearly noticed just a light pink. Later that day it became a dark red but still very light spots. So I called the hospital and they booked me with a gyno office for a better US. I went in and they did 2 US the abys was doing fine and the heartbeat was fine. And i started geting sick on my tummy so i figured my hormone lvls were stll going strong. And since i started bleeding the left side pain has stoped. The same pain i had with the MC and this one.stll bleeding a lil brown spoting now.( they said they sawblood next to the sac where they assume im bleeding from ) No one can tell me why iv had this pain on the left side that is so bad. And iv not heard anyone else having this. If anyone has any ideas? Or similer experince?

[seashell]

I have been reading through all your threads and i'm happy to find out that there still can be positives to bleeding in pregnancy. I would like to share my story too...

I've been trying for two years to fall pregnant, at the start had a very early chemical pregnancy and have nothing since so hence my fearfullness of bleeding during pregnancy.

Now I started bleeding when AF was due, so didn't think anything of it. It stopped about two days later, still didn't think anything of it. Started bleeding again 3 days later, for some reason decided to do a hpt (no symptoms or anything) and got a bfp to my surprise. I'm now about 6 and a half weeks, still bleeding (dark brown, occassionly some red streaks and very small bits/clots, sorry tmi), still getting bfps and still don't really have any symptoms. I have an appointment with my ob in 1 and half weeks...i'm hoping that everthing will be alright, however given my past experiences am not too positive.

Will let you know how I go, and good luck to others who are experiencing similar problems.

[Meggles]

I had sex this afternoon and when I went to the toilet after, there was some pale pink on the toilet paper. I know that this is completely normal because of increased blood flow in the vagina etc

However.. about half an hour later I went and checked again, and the bleeding had become red and with a few small clots.

I immediately freaked out of course. I rang the midwives at the labour ward after hours number, and she said to just lie down and rest and if I get bad cramping or it gets heavy to phone back.

I laid down and slept for about 2 hours, and when I woke up there was still a bit dripping into the toilet, but when I wiped it was only kinda pale again, like it was watered down. And there's no extra on the pad, so it's not like it's flowing.


I know that almost half of all women experience bleeding during early pregnancy and it's all fine, but still - I'm not feeling great about it all.


Did anyone else have similar? I was fine with the pale pink on the toilet paper, but once I saw the clots and heavier blood I freaked.


Please stay alive little baby