pain + little bit of blood - 6 weeks

hi all,

i am new to this forum, and have spent hours on the internet reading blogs and advise. hoping someone might have some more for me.
i am 6 and a bit weeks pregnnt and about four months ago suffered a miscarriage at 7 weeks.
yesterday i had pain in my really lower tummy and thought that was weird. about two minutes later i felt a gush and went too the loo to check and there was less than a teaspoon of blood. i freaked out and nearly fainted, i went all hot and sweaty and thought i was going to be sick, i was and still am so worried.
managed to drive myself home and called my gp, he said to go to bed and put my legs up and wait and see, take panadol too he said for the pain. he called back a few hours later to check on me and said that from what i told him he is hoping it is just a small placenta tear and to wait till my ultrasound tomorrow morning to see.
i am of course terrified i want ths little baby so badly, so much so after loosing my last one.
no clotting and the bleeding stopped after about half hour, i would say all up i lost a teasoon if that. since then there has been the tinest little bit of brown on the toilet paper when i go to the loo only. i have been wearing a pad and no marks on it.
any suggestions? i am 24 if that makes any difference, pain has gone, went away when i took the panadol. my boobs are still sore and i still have to pee all the time. i am hopeful.
we have had sex a couple of times since finding out i am pregnant, we had been very gentle, we did have sex the night before this happned, it happened about two in the avo though...
does any one have a simular story or advise for me??
thankyou for reading.

erin

Hello ez84

It looks as though you have sought advice from a doctor, which is advisable. Is there any way you can go and see a doctor in a ER or something?

It could be anything. When I had my miscarriage, the doctor told me that people bleed for all sorts of reasons, not necessarily miscarriage. So, you could be for any amount of reasons.

I know it's going to be difficult not to worry, because you are going to. But all you can really do is wait until the scan and see what that tells you. Hopefully you'll have the scan and they'll tell you everything is great and not to worry. Even if it doesn't, you'll know the answer and the questions that tend to cause so much pain will be gone.

Let us know what's going on, won't you?

thankyou for your kind words.
your right to try not to worry, it is hard though.
if anyone has suggestions, good or bad i would love to hear them, thankyou.

I'm in the same boat as you, I'm 7 weeks along and last night when I wiped there was bright red blood and I had cramping pains off and on all night although no more blood. I bled throughout my previous pregnancy but that was brown old stuff.
My midwife has told me to ring in the morning and see if I can change my scan for tomorrow (I have one booked for thursday today is sunday).
I still have period like pains and spent all night crying, I am also concerned because my morning sickness has been less the last 3 days, it went from being really bad to quite mild and for not as long.
All the best for your scan tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you Erin, cheers Missy

Erin - I hope this is just what some women experience in early pregnancy. :hug:
:hug: for you as well Missya.

Hi Erin,
It could indeed be anything. Last pregnancy I had a small amount of cramping and bleeding at around 5 weeks and nothing came of it. Healthy pregnancy.
Hang in there until tomorrow. There's nothing you can do either way except try your very hardest not to do too much physical stuff. (I know there's no point telling you to try not to stress.)
Sometimes even when not pregnant I bleed a little bit after DTD, so it could be that too. I think it could happen if your cervix gets 'bumped'.
Hopefully this reassures you a bit and I wish you all the very best for your scan tomorrow and for the rest of your pregnancy. :hug:

my wife is about 6 weeks pregnant and had similar experiences. she has also had a miscarriage before and worries at the slightest sign of pain or blood.

we went to the melbourne royal women's emergency room to check everything was fine, and saw a really great doctor who gave us some great reassurance.
he said there was nothing anybody could do, 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in miscarriage (not a reassuring statistic in itself), but that you should really only be worried about great amounts of pain or blood.

he said to think of it not as bleeding from your vagina, but bleeding from, say, your hand. meaning, if you cut your finger and lost a bit of blood, you would not go to the hospital. if however you lost a lot of blood from your finger, you would get worried and go to the hospital.

sorry to be a bloke and unable to speak from first-hand experience, but i hope this advice my wife got helps you worry less. think of the AMOUNT of blood you're losing, not where it's coming from.

hi everyone,

i am really touched that you all wrote to console me. thankyou for your kind words and reassurance. im trying not to think about it and wait for tomorrow, i hope i hear a little heart beat.
thankyou again.

erin

Hopefully tomorrow you will see a little heart beating my love. Its reassurng that the bleeding has stopped AND that it was minimal.

I bled thru 2 pregnancies - and I know how scary it is. Sending you my hand to hold... :hug:

missy , my thoughts are with you. i very much hope you can arrange to have your appointment brought forward. bed rest and keep your legs elevated on a pillow, thats what my doc told me to do, only move to pee ! we need to stay positive too!
good luck to you also!

good luck to all my new pregnant friens and thanks again for your thoughts xx erin

Wishing you all the best for tomorrow. Fingers crossed you hear an amazing little heart beat!!

Im sure all will be fine with your little bub. Good luck tomorrow hun

stick, stick, stick!!!!

stick stick stick ???

Lesty was talking to your embryo, Erin :) (That it sticks just where it is.)

Yup!! I'm ordering your baby to stick to mum and not go anywhere!!

Do you hear me baby??

Hey Erin,

Congrats on your pregnancy!! I had bleeding between 5-6 wks it was hours after we'd had sex (gentle too), then had brown for 3 days afterwards. My GP said that in some people, sex can cause bleeding.

I hope everything is a ok and your scan will be comforting sending :stickyvibesboy: to you

Hi Erin

I am in the same boat as you. I had some bleeding (old blood tho) last Thursday, however it stopped the same day. I phoned the midwife and they said to see what happens over the weekend, and then get an ultrasound this coming week. I haven't had any bleeding since then, so hopefully it is just a one-off bleed and not a miscarriage. The only way to know for sure is to get the ultrasound to see what is going on.

Hopefully if there is no more bleeding it is a good sign.

All the best for the appointment.

goods news all,
baby is fine, little heart beat and all!
phew, i cannot tell you just how relieved i am... i was so happy i cried !

i am only five weeks not the six i thought so maybe i was experiencing ' break through bleeding '. i still have a tiny bit of brown discharge / blood when i wipe, so who knows what is the cause, i suppose it could have been anything?

i guess staying positive with my fingers crossed and bed rest did the trick.

i really want to thank everyone for their support, it really means a lot to me,
to those mummy's who are experiencing the same thing i am i really wish you the best of luck. try to stay positive and rest!
to all the other mummy's, good luck to you too!

thanks again everyone !

Hiya Erin,

I have good news too, strong heart beat, not eptopic, 7wks 4 days YAY!!.
They had to do the internal scan but it wasn't too bad. I was so relieved I cried too.

So pleased it was good for you too,
Take care, Missy

That's great news - amazing that they found a heartbeat at 5 weeks - you must be relieved.

Exellent news, I hope you enjoy the next 8 months

Aaaw that's awesome news girls ! Lots of big :hug: and :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Congratulations, girls. I am so very happy for you both, Erin and Missy. Take care of yourselves, and your precious little ones :)
ETA: Could be an 'implantation bleed' perhaps Erin? (i.e. not too dissimilar to what I experienced 1st pg, if you are 5 weeks along.)

Well, that is just fantastic news all around.

Congratulations to both of you. I am just so happy for you.

Congratulations! That is really good news. What a relief.

Hope you have a happy and healthy pregnancy :)

What great news!

That's such good news Erin. Hopefully all will go well for you now.

So how far along are you now - you would surely have to be at least 6 weeks to see a hb?

good lck sweetie! let us know how you go!!!

hi girls!

missy great news, i am so pleased for you, good news all round, how lucky are we!

i am five weeks and four days they said. the heart beat was 126 bpm which i am told is normal, yah ! i feel so relieved, doc said to keep my feet up as much as possible, thinks it was a tear in the lining of my uterus that was not attached to my placenta? caused from over doing it were his words, hah! i have been ordered by doc and hubby to bed rest, hubby has been doing dishes and dinner how lucky am i ! lol

thanks again for everyones support and sticky vibes, right back at you all !

Congratulations Erin and Missy - I read the whole post just about holding my breath for the 2 of you so I am really, really happy to read that you and your bubs are both well!
Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!
Lily