heavy bleeding

[Marley15]

Hi all I got a positive result on the 26 of March and since then I’ve had on and off spotting and a bit heavier bleeding, but last night I had a proper major bleed like having a really heavy period. I was away so when I got back home this afternoon I managed to do another test it’s still positive but I’m still bleeding heavily, I’m not sure what I should do. I’ve sent a message to my clinic just waiting for a reply.

[Millbanks]

Hello lovely,

Aw I'm so sorry - this must be very stressful for you.

It's possible that the bleed is a haematoma - basically a bruise in the uterus outside the sac. They are annoyingly common in IVF pregnancies.

Can you go to your local EPU - if you are bleeding they will usually fit you in for a scan.

Fingers crossed it's nothing serious

xx

[Marley15 in reply to Millbanks]

Thank you for your reply, will they see me if I haven’t had my first appointment with the midwife yet.

[Millbanks in reply to Marley15]

Yes they will - they are separate to the midwife department. They will literally see you if you are newly pregnant and have any concerns. x

[Marley15 in reply to Millbanks]

Okay that’s great thank you, I’ll get in touch with them xx

[Millbanks in reply to Marley15]

Fingers and toes crossed xx

[Lana89]

Hi lovely contact your local EPU early pregnancy unit and tell them your pregnant and having a heavy bleed they should tell you to come in for a scan and a check a lot of women have bleeds in pregnancy but better to get checked

X

[Marley15 in reply to Lana89]

Okay thank you xx

[SnottyCow]

I’m so sorry to hear this, it’s the last thing you want after such a promising start. Having been in this situation many times there is unfortunately nothing you can do and it’s a very specific form on torture. It’s good the test is still positive, if you want you can test every few days and see if the line gets stronger or weaker on the same brand of test. Pray for it to get stronger and for the bleeding to stop and just try to go about your business 🙏

[Marley15 in reply to SnottyCow]

Thank you for your reply. That’s what I’m going to keep doing, I’m going to get back in touch with the fertility clinic today to see what they say xx

[Blahblahblahxxx]

As previous posters said contact your local EPU. Same thing happened to me at 5 weeks, they got me in for an early scan and saw a hematoma which was causing the bleeding. They were so reassuring and had regular follow up with them before my first midwife appointment.

[Marley15 in reply to Blahblahblahxxx]

Thank you for your reply my fertility clinic has brought my scan forward so I’m there tomorrow morning instead of Monday afternoon. I wasn’t seen by the EPU team they didn’t have any scan appointments till back end of next week

[Blahblahblahxxx in reply to Marley15]

Good luck at your scan tomorrow!

[Marley15 in reply to Blahblahblahxxx]

Thank you xx