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