Had quite a few early losses over the past few years that have stressed me out so I had decided to chill out this time after strong positives following my FET. Got 3+ on the clear blue weeks indicator at 4+6 and decided not to test anymore and try and relax, what will be will be type thing, had one day of chill and then over the weekend has fresh red bleeding and brown spotting at just over 5 weeks.
Booked in with the clinic for bloods today but from past experience I know what it’s likely to mean! Clinging o n to the tiniest bit of hope though as I did have bleeding with my son in 2020 but had strong symptoms that time (of which I have none this time!)
Gawd why is this never easy! 🤪😩
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Oh love I'm so sorry you're going through this. There is still a chance it isn't what you think - the body works in utterly weird ways and maybe this is just your 'normal' for this pregnancy. But crossing everything for you and really hoping for the best. x
I had fresh red bleeding at just over 5 weeks too. A lot of it. My 18 month old is now playing in front of me so all is not lost yet. Try to rest and wait for the clinic. I have my fingers crossed for you lovely xx
Thank you soooo much! I had horrendous bleeding with my 3 year old but I’ve had so many times it’s been a loss now I think I’ve just lost hope but reminders it does happen sometimes and works out okay defo helps! Xx
Its so hard to stay positive when you have been hit over the head so many times. We are all thinking of you. Keep us posted and we will be sending positive vibes tour way xx
Thank you 🤗 no I’m only 5+3 so too early for a scan getting bloods done later today to see what’s going on which I’m really relieved about as starting to worry about eptopic etc as your mind does!! Xx
They should still be able to see a sac at this point so if it would put your mind at ease then it might be worth it? Although totally understand that it often causes more stress!!
Bloods will be good as you'll definitely get more of an idea of what is going on.
Yeah with my little boy HCG was high enough at this point to do a scan and see the hematoma which caused the bleeding and his sac and yolk etc but with other losses it was so low I didn’t bother and just stopped meds and with the last one we saw sac but too small so at least knew it wasn’t eptopic so will see what the blood results say and what they reccomend from there or if they need to repeat them etc. I’m just in for a nurse for bloods today so defo won’t get a scan today and I’m not going to one of these private places this early again as that was horrendous on my last miscarriage! Just glad the clinic are helping as sometimes they can just be like ‘let’s wait and see what happens’ Xx
Ah that sounds sensible. It's awful that we've all enough shitty experiences to really know what this all can mean. I really hope it's good news today with the bloods. Will you update us? xx
Omg twiglet how stressful, i hope everything turns out well, i'll keep my fingers crossed for you, this is really such a rollercoaster of emotions, try to stay calm, hopefully there's still hope, bleeding is not always a bad thing it could be a hematoma and could reabsorbed itself xx sending you a big hug and loads of good luck!
Thank you! Yes got a wee tiny bit of hope that it’s something like that but doesn’t feel that way this time (I had a hematoma with my son) but got to hope! Xx
Got a call from the clinic my bloods HCG are over 21k so they are going to scan me tomorrow to see what’s happening… the wait continues with a glimmer of hope ✨ thanks for all the thoughts and positivity it’s so so helpful!! Xx
Ahh what a relief ! Just take one day at a time ! Hopefully everything will go well on the scan and keep progressing well , bleeding is not always bad, keeping everything crossed for you 🤞🏼🤞🏼
Oh my goodness, you poor babe, your head must be all over the place. Please add my hopes and prayers to all the lovely ladies above. We are all rooting for you! Great that the bloods are showing some positive signs xxx
It's good that you're getting checked out, and I hope the blood tests bring some reassuring news. Sending you lots of strength and positive thoughts. x
Oh Twiglet2 I hope it's just hematoma scare! I had full blown bleed before my viability scan with my son! And they said it was hematoma, I will keep everything crossed for you that it is nothing bad. I am spotting now and I am scared as 💩
I hope so too! Lately there have been so many losses it’s hard to think it’s not another one even with me having a hematoma a few years ago! Aww lovely I think spotting is super common our stage but I know you will be worried too! Xx
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you! I had loads of bleeding at 5 weeks too (and I actually think I remember you telling me at the time that you had experienced similar!). My LO will be a year old this week so miracles do happen! 🙏🙏🙏
Aww happy bday to your little one and yes I defo have experienced this with my wee boy but also with losses recently so I’m finding it hard to listen to myself and what I would say to others and not worry 🤣🤣
I had the scan today and they saw a gestational sac and yolk sac in the uterus thankfully! So not ectopic and they said they wouldn’t expect to see much more than this at this stage (5+4) they can’t see the cause of the bleeding so they want me back next week to see how things progress. So far things look okay everyone actually all audibly exhaled when the consultant said he could see the sac in the right place and all looked okay (even the student doctor and the nurse in with him!) as we have all seen my recent pile of notes from previous rounds!
Thanks so much everyone for your support 💜, I’m sure by this time next week I will be in a tizzy again but for now I’m going to try and relax for a day or 2 and hope the bleeding stays light and spotting as it now 🤞🏽🤗
Wonderful news! Make sure to take it easy. For what it's worth, they only saw the haematoma that caused my bleed on the second scan. The first was on the day after the bleed and it must have emptied itself. All fingers crossed for more good news next week.
Ah I hadn’t thought of that! The good news was the sac was well attached to the wall unlike with my little boy where the hematoma was slightly detaching it so that’s a positive I am taking in my bid to be hopeful 😂 xx
Hi, I didn’t get the chance to catch up with all 71 replies (!) but wanted to say that something similar happened to me. I had my viability scan at exactly 6 weeks at my IVF clinic, we saw the heartbeat and all good. 2 days later lots of red blood with big clots gushing out of me while walking down the street, had to go to a&e and the next day to the EPU and the heartbeat was still there. Turned out I had a subchorionic haematoma that somehow got missed at my IVF clinic 2 days before, as their scanners were not as good as the EPU. I’ve also had brown spotting continuously from the 2ww and I still have it at 7w+4days, but at least now I know what it is. If you have an EPU close to you, definitely try to go in at 6 weeks and maybe you can get a better view of your uterus. One of the issues they are set up for is this bleeding in early pregnancy. Good luck! Xx
thank you for the good news story 🤗 I had a SCH with my little boy 4 years ago and had horrendous bleeding from week 5-10 and they did see the SCH at the clinic that time on various scans but I’ve had so many losses since then it’s hard to believe it could be okay twice!
It was the lead medic consultant that did my egg collection that scanned me (not the nurses who do the normal early viability scans) this week so I’m quite confident he knew what he was looking for thankfully as I’ve had a bad experience with a private early 6 week scan outside the clinic with a sonographer so you are totally right best to get the experts to do it when there is bleeding for sure! Xx
So pleased to see your update. Keep us posted on how you are. Try not to worry too much and treat yourself to something nice to distract yourself. The waiting is the hardest part x
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