Just an update. I'm still not sure what is happening, this is so frustrating! The bleeding stopped initially after about four days and was just what I would call 'old blood' for a few days after that. I was feeling quite positive and then on Friday I started spotting again, not much and again the brown blood - very light. I have however been having strange cramping intermittently, again not that frequent but quite strong when they come. I saw my doc on Friday when the spotting started again and he had the results of my third HCG test, my results have been 21000, 24000 (4 days later) and 26000 (another 6 days later). My doc said that with a slow rise like this it is likely I will miscarry and he expected that it might happen over the weekend. But here I am still no wiser. The spotting is still there but not getting any worse. I have not passed anything like a clot the whole time.
Sorry to keep going on but this is just so difficult. I keep preparing myself for the idea that I am losing this baby, I think I will be OK if it happens. I keep telling myself that it would be because there is something not right, my oldest boy is severely disabled and I can't imagine myself coping if I had another child with difficulties.
At the same time, I keep thinking maybe there is still some hope.
These last two weeks have been so stressful and I have read stories of it taking months to miscarry!