Hi everyone,
I'm 5weeks, 6 days pregnant and have all the symptoms and they're on the increase. My boobs are really swolllen and tender, over the last few days queasiness has turned to waves of nausea, I feel constantly tired and I've got a pulling sensation across my lower abdomen. But,... and it's a big but, I started brown spotting 3 days ago. It's only on the loo roll but I've become frantic with worry and in such a state that my midwife, who I've not even met yet, arranged an early scan for me.
Just come back from that and feel worse - they couldn't see anything with either an abdominal or an internal scan. I'm so scared and can't stop crying. Instinctively, I feel my baby is OK, but I'm on tenterhooks, waiting for the phone to ring with the results of my blood test results, testing for HcG and progesterone.
Please, has anyone else had this? I'm so scared my baby has died.My poor husband has gone back to work worried and unsure what to do with me!
Although they say that spotting isn't normal it is common. You are quite early so it may be that they can't see anything because of this. Hang on in there and wait for the results of your HCG and Prot blood tests. You're doing everything you can... hang on in there
Hi Suzan,
Nope, no sac, no baby, nothing, just a vast grey expanse of my uterus. Very scary experience. I sobbed the whole way through when I couldn't see anything. My midwife warned it may be too early for the scan but booked me in because I was verging on neurotic with the spotting. I''ve decided this is just like buying a house - when you agree a sale you think it's all over but the hard stuff and worrying all lies ahead. Pregnancy is just the same - we've gone from being euphoric when the home test result was positive 3 weeks ago to being frantic with worry.
Thank you so much for replying so quickly! I feel very alone.x
You guys are great! I posted my reply to Suzan and saw more replies! I feel a bit better just with your support and the babydust - thanks so much! I keep prodding my poor boobs to check they're still sore and they retort that they are. This is so stressful. Almost wish I hadn't gone for the scan. The brown spotting was what was stressing me out and other than telling me it's not unusual/could be ectopic/could be missed miscarriaage, all of which I knew anyway, I'm none the wiser.
Hi Suzan,
Nope, no sac, no baby, nothing, just a vast grey expanse of my uterus. Very scary experience. I sobbed the whole way through when I couldn't see anything. My midwife warned it may be too early for the scan but booked me in because I was verging on neurotic with the spotting. I''ve decided this is just like buying a house - when you agree a sale you think it's all over but the hard stuff and worrying all lies ahead. Pregnancy is just the same - we've gone from being euphoric when the home test result was positive 3 weeks ago to being frantic with worry.
Thank you so much for replying so quickly! I feel very alone.x
Maybe it's still very early hunny, please have faith in God.
I hope everything turns out to be ok.
I will be praying for you.
I know exactly what you mean. I am sort of in the same boat as you. I am about 5 weeks/5 weeks, one day pregnant. I got brown spotting and a bit of pink spotting this weekend. All my pregnancy symptoms have gone (sore, full boobs and tender nipples) and have started to get cramps in my abdomen today. I am so worried. At least your pregnancy symptoms are still there, that is a good sign.
I went for a blood test today as well, awaiting results - I am not positive about it though (did heaps of hpts last week, all positive - did two on Sunday, one was positive and one was negative!). So, I think my hcg levels might be dropping. I have spent about two days crying, but am a bit calmer now.
In your case, you are still experiencing pregnancy symptoms and it is really hard to see a sac or anything on an ultrasound at 5 weeks - the midwife unit of our local hospital won't even see you until you are over 6 weeks due to the unlikelyhood of seeing anything.
Hi Poppy,
I really feel for you and you hang in there too. There's nothing either of us can do about it, is there? If it makes you feel any better, a friend of mine had profuse red bleeding and intense abdominal cramps three times in the first 12 weeks and went in for a D&C each time with the hospital adamant she'd had a miscarriage but each time they found a heartbeat at the eleventh hour.
Let's both hang on and hope for the best. My mum keeps saying what will be, will be. I'll keep my fingers crossed for us both and I now think it's maybe a good idea not to scan before 6 weeks. That empty screen was a truly horrible sight as I searched frantically for my baby. x
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