10 weeka - brown/dark red spotting

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So yesterday evening I noticed a bit of brown spotting in my underwear and when I wiped. I put a liner in just so I could measure if it happened again. I spotted through the night and still this morning. It's not a lot, just when I wipe and a little on the liner. I was feeling really heavy in my lower abdomen last night, maybe light cramping but it's possible that part was all in my head as, admittedly, I panicked a little when it started. I know brown/dark red means old blood but is it normal for it to go on for a few days? A few weeks? I'm not sure at what point I should worry. I haven't had an ultrasound yet nor have I heard the heartbeat. I was a little late contacting my gp so my referral to my ob was later than usual. I expect a call from her any day though. Of course this would happen on a weekend!

Edited to add - I'll be 10 weeks on Tuesday when going by when I think I ovulated. According to lmp, I'll be 11 weeks.

Lots of women have spotting in pregnancy and their babies are born perfectly healthy. If you aren't having much cramping and it's a small amount of blood, it's not necessarily a problem. Is there somewhere you could get in soon for an U/S or even just a Doppler to reassure you? At 10 weeks it shouldn't be too hard to find the heartbeat so I would think even a walk-in clinic with a Doppler could help you confirm if things are ok.

Good luck and keep us updated. I hope everything's OK.

Thank you. It does help just to have someone else say "hey, it's ok". I'm sure it's fine, I'll just wait it out until Monday when I can call my doctor. I don't think there are any clinics that have dopplers unfortunately. Unless I were to go to urgent care at the hospital and potentially wait hours. I'll just try to keep my mind off it and think about other things.

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Originally Posted by Beau82

***TMI WARNING***


So yesterday evening I noticed a bit of brown spotting in my underwear and when I wiped. I put a liner in just so I could measure if it happened again. I spotted through the night and still this morning. It's not a lot, just when I wipe and a little on the liner. I was feeling really heavy in my lower abdomen last night, maybe light cramping but it's possible that part was all in my head as, admittedly, I panicked a little when it started. I know brown/dark red means old blood but is it normal for it to go on for a few days? A few weeks? I'm not sure at what point I should worry. I haven't had an ultrasound yet nor have I heard the heartbeat. I was a little late contacting my gp so my referral to my ob was later than usual. I expect a call from her any day though. Of course this would happen on a weekend!

Edited to add - I'll be 10 weeks on Tuesday when going by when I think I ovulated. According to lmp, I'll be 11 weeks.

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It's obviously not what anyone ever wants to see but most of the time it turns out to be just from the cervix. Your cervix is really soft at this stage of pregnancy (all thru pregnancy actually) and so it can sometimes get a little owie on it from sex or even just going #2 and then since you're making a lot of lochia it looks like more than it really is.

Sending :pray: and positive thoughts your way.

Well just to update, I feel like signs may point to miscarriage. The "spotting" got heavier but it was still brown earlier today. Then it changed to dark red but got slightly lighter and I had some mild cramping. Not doubled over in pain kind of cramping but still more than what I've had. It's back down to just spotting now but it does look to be more of a bright red. So I'm feeling pretty down now. And barring going to emergency on a Sunday, I probably won't have any answers until Monday at the earliest. And even then, my doctor doesn't have an ultrasound machine in her office so besides checking for a heartbeat, there's not much else she could do.
And DH, bless his heart, thinks he's helping by telling me the things we will be able to do this summer since I won't be having a baby. Um no, stop talking.

I'm so sorry. I really hope it turns out OK for you.

Oh no, Beau, I'm so sorry. Praying for a miracle. :heart:

I decided to go to the ER at the hospital just for peace of mind. Didn't get it unfortunately. The doctor did bloodwork, urine test and a pelvic exam. He "didn't see signs of a miscarriage" but won't know more until the ultrasound which is booked for tomorrow morning since they don't do ultrasounds on Sundays.
So I don't know anymore. I had to work up the courage to go in there and get myself prepared to hear "you lost the baby" from a professional and now I have to do it all over again tomorrow. And I don't even know the protocol here. I doubt the technician would be allowed to tell me anything conclusively. So I'll wait again for a doctor I guess. Just frustrated.

I'm so sorry, beau. They treat us like pieces of meat in there, unfortunately.

I am so hoping and praying for very good news tomorrow. hugest ((((hugs)))).

Thank you for the prayers atomic. I'll admit that I have the tiniest bit of hope when he didn't say that the pelvic exam showed definite miscarriage. But I'm certainly not jumping for joy. Not until I see baby looking perfect on screen. I'm still skeptical, bleeding and cramping can't be good. I'll expect the worst and hope for the best. I just need the next 17 hours to go by quickly!

Really sorry for you Beau, I hope it is not a miscarriage but the waiting to know for sure is agonizing. It's not quite the same but I had bleeding like this at about 5.5 weeks with my last pregnacy. Didn't last longer than a day and can't remember cramping in partciular but I was convinced the first time I saw blood that it was a miscarriage. Because it was so early I had a couple of options, do the bloodwork or wait til 7/8 weeks and see if a pelvic ultrasound could pick up a heartbeat. I decided to wait for the ultrasound since the blood test wouldn't give me immediate results either and I just monitored the bloodloss at the time. At my ultrasound the tech found one healthy 8 week old and one empty sac. She explained that situations like this (think it's called a blighted ovum) are surprisingly common and that we only have found out how common as ultrasounds have improved in quality in the last decade. In my case it was comforting to know that the bleeding could be explained and that it wasn't likely to happen again. It is still possible that things are ok. Hope you have support during this time.

I really hope everything turns out ok for you Beau and that tomorrow you get to see a healthy bub on the ultrasound. So sorry you have to wait so long. Just to give you some hope I had bright red bleeding at 8 weeks for a morning so went to our emergency department as I too thought I was having a miscarriage. After 4 hours was finally able to have an ultrasound and see a bub with a heartbeat. Bleeding stopped that day. I hope you get some reassurance tomorrow it is tough not knowing what is going on.

Sorry you are going through this :( it is a pity they didn't have a portable ultrasound machine to check as that is what they have done here for me. The tech should be able to at least tell you if it looks viable as they can show you the heartbeat. Hopefully you will see that tomorrow.

I have had it go both ways with bleeding so it is possible it will be ok. I really hope it is all ok.

Oh how awful Beau, we're here for you if you need to work through these feelings while waiting -- waiting is the hardest part sometimes!

Did you have sex or any sort of exam recently? Like you said: brown/dark red usually means old blood or irritation! Even bright red can sometimes be ok. Amount is a big one too -- soaking through more than one pad every few hours is the warning sign; brown spotting on a liner, even over a few days, sounds really normal (though frightening).

I fully empathize with your anxiety though -- I hope you get to see your healthy bean on the U/S soon!

Any news?

Well that was a draining day. I had an abdominal and a transvaginal ultrasound at 9 this morning and then I waited until after 1pm for the results. Busy day in the ER I guess. My bloodwork is consistent with that of a 6 week pregnancy and there is a 6 week gestational sac with no heartbeat. I should be at least 8.5 weeks. The doctor said there is a very slim chance that it's just too early to see a heartbeat but it's not likely. I really can't see how it would be possible for me to be only 6 weeks, my last period was November 1st.
So anyway, I go in for bloodwork again tomorrow morning to check levels against yesterday's to see if there's any change and then I'll see my doctor in the afternoon, I guess to officially call it a miscarriage. I thought I was cried out but apparently not. I went in this morning fully expecting to hear that I miscarried and then all the waiting around just gave me time to think and hope. So I'm trying but it's tough, as I'm sure a lot of you know.
Thank you all so very much for the support, it really helps more than you know.

Beau, I'm so sorry. Waiting in suspense is so awful, I'm sorry after all that you had to get bad news. :(
I went through this recently as well, let me know if you ever want to talk.

Very sorry to hear your sad news Beau. :hugs:

Sorry Beau. Is there any chance you ovulated later than you think? When was you first bfp?

I did have a scan with this one at 6wks when we only saw the sac and no hb but if you are pretty sure of your dates then it doesn't look too hopeful.

Take care, it is a hard thing to go through :(

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Sorry Beau. Is there any chance you ovulated later than you think? When was you first bfp?

I did have a scan with this one at 6wks when we only saw the sac and no hb but if you are pretty sure of your dates then it doesn't look too hopeful.

Take care, it is a hard thing to go through :(

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I thought for a minute that 6 weeks gestational age might be ok since I'm sure I ovulated late and may have had a late implantation. But I passed a couple of large clots with some fairly painful cramping so I'm about certain that it's over unfortunately.

So sorry beau that you are going through this . Sending you big hugs . Take care of you Xx

Oh no Beau I'm so sorry. Thinking of you. :heart:

I am so sorry you have to go through this Beau.

Oh Beau, I'm so sorry -- I was hoping that you had ovulated or implanted later than you thought, too, which can definitely happen. Still wishing you the best, but here for you for whatever outcome. <3 I hope you can find some physical comfort through this process.

I am so sorry Beau. My heart breaks for you.

Thinking of you, beau...:heart:

Just wanted to say I am thinking of you.

Sending strength, healing, and prayers your way Beau.



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