worrywart all I can suggest is look at the positives. Bub is in the right place and HCG was doubling. That is fantastic. No one wants to see bleeding in pregnancy so of course your worried but its brown mostly so that is great and it doesn't sound like your in pain with the bleeding just at night which is also normal to have some stretching pain. You still feel pregnant which is great. Any other symptoms like sore boobs etc? I hope Thursday comes quick for you and your scan shows a lovely little bub with a gorgeous heartbeat then you can relax a little more. I know this probably doesn't help but just wanted to point out the good things. When you have had such a difficult journey to get to this point I think your anxiety is 1000 times worse. Sending you stacks of sticky vibes.
One of the girls in my belly buddies group has had frequent spotting and another one had a few episodes of bleeding around the six week mark too. Just wanted to let you know that it does happen! Both these girls are now nearly 20 weeks pregnant, so there is lots of hope for you hun! Also alot of people have stretching pains, I still get them if I turn over in bed at night, all of a sudden its a searing ouchy pain in my lower lower tummy, so you're not alone there either.
I had bleeding at 5 & 6 weeks. Quite heavy. It's not that uncommon actually, but knowing that doesn't make it any less stressful of course. I hope that your scan goes beautifully on Thursday and you can find a bit of reassurance. Taken together with a baby in the right spot and nicely rising HCg that sounds very good. And, cramping, even painful cramping, is quite normal in early pregnancy also - I think especially for a first pregnancy as your uterus is stretching out for the first time.
Can I be quietly excited for you? Pregnancy can be a very stressful time, and even more so for the LTer. You get so used to disappointment and failure it's hard to accept when things go right. And then I think there comes the dawning realisation that although you've finally reached the point you've been aiming for for years, this is really only the start of your journey.
If it makes you feel any better I had some cramping and bright red bleeding at about week 5 which totally freaked me out. Then I had brown spotting a few times after that.
Like you I went to the doc and Hcg levels were good and then the six week scan showed a strong hearbeat. My FS told me that about 1 in 4 women will have bleeds during pregnancy so we shouldn't be so scared by them.
I hope this helps to ease some of your concern and that Thursday gives you more peace.
Maggie
Last edited by Maggie; June 15th, 2010 at 02:15 PM.
Worrywort,
Firstly, congratulations - I remember your name from the forums and are so happy for you!!
I know it may be hard to believe and difficult to get excited about, but what you are experiencing is very normal for lots of women. My positive story for you is that of my sister - she didn't tell me she was pregnant until she was 13 week, the 1st 12 weeks she was cramping and bleeding a lot, she didn't want to tell me she was pregnant as she was so worried she would lose the baby and didn't want to upset me as she knows how hard it was for us to have our little girl. My Mum told me afterwards my sister was convinced the pregnancy was going to end as she kept bleeding and the doctors weren't sure why she was bleeding but everything seemed fine with the baby. Like you, my sister was pretty sick during pregnancy and this was the strongest sign for her that everything was OK.
My sister is due in just a few weeks and the baby is perfect. I hope this gives you some hope and will be thinking of you on Thursday!
xxx
Spotting can be really horrible and a constant worry.
If its any help, with my first DD I had brown spotting every time I went to the toilet (bowel movement sorry if thats TMI) and after BD. With my second DD I had so much brown and pink spotting I thought I had a period, I still had spotting for quite a few weeks and on and off during the pregnancy (after bowel movements and BD again). Both girls were born perfectly healthy and born on time!
I wish you all the best and hope everything is going well!
Thanks everyone for these supportive comments.
Well, I just got back from the scan and there's some good news and some fairly worrying news.
The good news is that the pregnancy looks good - the fetus looks normal and the heart beat is good.
The concerning thing is the bulge on the scan. I might have forgotten to mention this last time, but our doctor saw a small bulge near the placenta or thereabouts (this was 5.5 weeks). Well, it's still there, and now they're saying that we need to come back in two weeks for another scan to rule out a "partial mole". This is a fairly rare but definitely bad condition, ie it ends the pregnancy.
We were kind of happy, but also seriously worried. The doctors are so neutral.
So, of course I googled "partial mole" and then I learnt the full extent of this problem - not only does it end the pregnancy, but it seems you need to wait a year to try conceiving again (and sometimes have chemotherapy because it's like a cancer). Well, I mean, that sounds .... just terrible.
I hesitated to even put this up here. I have read loads of horror stories already. I mean, I've been through 3.5 years of trying already - what's a year's break? But still ... it just sounds so terrifying.
Trying to stay positive, but basically submerged in fear right now.
Thanks again everyone for the words of support,
WW
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