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Spotting in early pg
Hi everyone, i just found this message board a few days ago and have been
reading and reading and reading....wow! lots of great info in here! I am 34 and newly pg with #1 (my husband and I ttc'd for 7 months). I've never been pg b4 and I have had a few incidences of spotting which to be honest, scare the daylights out of me! I had some on the day my AF would have arrived (i've heard this is very common), and then 1 week later i had a small bit again (both times brown). And then almost 2 weeks later (just this past Sunday), i had a substantial amount that i would describe as more of a "spill" than spotting (still brown, and not wet enough to stain thru undies - sorry for the TMI!!!). Nothing Monday or Tuesday, and then today, just a 'trace' amount of brown spotting. People tell me its normal, and then other people tell me "oh, i never had any spotting in my pregnancies".......... WHY is this happening to me?? What causes this? Why doesn't it happen to everyone? I feel so neurotic....... its all new to me and i just so desperately want to stay pregnant. Does anyone else have stories of spotting during pregnancies that turned out fine? how long did it last? Looking for information............. tx!!! Rose |
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I feel so neurotic....... its all new to me and i just so desperately want to stay pregnant. Does anyone else have stories of spotting during pregnancies that turned out fine? how long did it last? Looking for information............. tx!!! Rose Hi Rose, welcome and congrats! Spotting can scare the hell out of you, I've BTDT, and to feel the way you do about it is perfectly OK. I spotted from week 5 to week 10, in all colours, but never really bloody. The medics never found a cause and I was told most likely it is cervical bleeding. The veins in the cervix can be very tender at this stage, and break at the slightest pressure, which occurs if you have a bowel movement, or lift heavy things. It is totally harmless. If it turns into regular bleeding, and you get menstrual like cramps with it, then you should call a doctor immediately. There isn't much they can do to stop it, but it can turn into a life threatening situation for you if you miscarry and not all tissue is removed. The spotting in my case was almost continuous, but at 8.5 weeks an u/s was done which confirmed a healthy embryo with strong heartbeat. If you get really nervous, find a midwife or OB/GYN to have a check done. It's expensive, but worth the reassurance. Don't do it too early though: at 7.5 weeks they didn't see a thing, and that is really scary! -- -- Ilse mom to Olaf (07/15/2002) TTC #2 "What's the use of brains if you are a girl?" Aletta Jacobs, first Dutch woman to receive a PhD |
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"D" wrote in message
Hi everyone, i just found this message board a few days ago and have been reading and reading and reading....wow! lots of great info in here! I am 34 and newly pg with #1 (my husband and I ttc'd for 7 months). I've never been pg b4 and I have had a few incidences of spotting which to be honest, scare the daylights out of me! I had some on the day my AF would have arrived (i've heard this is very common), and then 1 week later i had a small bit again (both times brown). And then almost 2 weeks later (just this past Sunday), i had a substantial amount that i would describe as more of a "spill" than spotting (still brown, and not wet enough to stain thru undies - sorry for the TMI!!!). Nothing Monday or Tuesday, and then today, just a 'trace' amount of brown spotting. People tell me its normal, and then other people tell me "oh, i never had any spotting in my pregnancies".......... WHY is this happening to me?? What causes this? Why doesn't it happen to everyone? I feel so neurotic....... its all new to me and i just so desperately want to stay pregnant. Does anyone else have stories of spotting during pregnancies that turned out fine? how long did it last? Looking for information............. tx!!! I had brownish spotting for the first two weeks or so of my pregnancy. It started before I even had the positive pregnancy test and the reason I took the test instead of just thinking my period was starting was because I *felt* pregnant and I decided I'd rather know that I had been pregnant and was having a miscarriage, than be oblivious. I was so convinced that something bad was happening that I almost didn't tell DH that the test was positive. Anyway, my experience was that I would have almost a *gush* of brown (that did go through my undies), followed by several days of constant brown streaks after using the bathroom. I also had two episodes of pinkish red spotting--once after intercourse (we then abstained for about 6 weeks because of paranoia) and once after an internal exam. Both of those episodes were followed the next day by one of the gushes I mentioned and then the streaking (I would imagine the following days were all old blood from the initial "trauma" to cervix causing the pink spotting). Anyway, after 6 weeks they stopped. I had an ultrasound at 7 weeks that showed a happy little beating heart. Now I'm 32 weeks along with a very kicky little guy, so all was well. I remember well the cold, stark *fear* of seeing the spotting though. It was awful and I felt like I was in a horrible limbo. It took me until I felt the baby moving before I was able to feel secure with the pregnancy--those early episodes had me fairly convinced that the pregnancy was doomed. Best wishes to you! I remember how awful it feels to be wondering/worrying all the time (mixed in with gleeful bits of hopefulness and excitement!). -- Em edd 9/23/03 |
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Rose wrote:
]Does anyone else have stories of spotting ]during pregnancies that turned out fine? ]how long did it last? I bled heavily for 4 days with my first. He turned 15 this month and is one of the best kids in the world. Regards, Henrietta #4's edd: March 22, 2004 |
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Henrietta Louise wrote:
Rose wrote: ]Does anyone else have stories of spotting ]during pregnancies that turned out fine? ]how long did it last? I bled heavily for 4 days with my first. He turned 15 this month and is one of the best kids in the world With my first, I was probably about 18 weeks pg, when after a movie, while on vacation, I went to the bathroom and when I went to wipe, the tp was full of blood and was the same many wipes after that. Ended up in the ER overnight. They couldn't find anything, although the idiot doctor told me it was possible I was having a "spontaneous abortion..." not a miscarriage but a abortion... talk about ****ing me off. I had quite a few other similar bleeding instances over the next couple months... what I was finally told was that I must have had a blood vessel close to the surface of my cervix that would bleed... told to avoid sex and exercise. I eventually figured out that everytime I would do squats (as recommended in my Bradley training), I would bleed. I quit doing the squats and all was well. My son is now a bouncy 15 month old. It was certainly scary though! -Cindy (mom to JDC 4/25/02 and EDD 9/23/03) |
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"Cindy Camp" wrote in message ... Henrietta Louise wrote: Rose wrote: ]Does anyone else have stories of spotting ]during pregnancies that turned out fine? ]how long did it last? I bled heavily for 4 days with my first. He turned 15 this month and is one of the best kids in the world With my first, I was probably about 18 weeks pg, when after a movie, while on vacation, I went to the bathroom and when I went to wipe, the tp was full of blood and was the same many wipes after that. Ended up in the ER overnight. They couldn't find anything, although the idiot doctor told me it was possible I was having a "spontaneous abortion..." not a miscarriage but a abortion... talk about ****ing me off. He didn't mean to upset you. That's just medical term. |
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toypup wrote:
"Cindy Camp" wrote in message ER overnight. They couldn't find anything, although the idiot doctor told me it was possible I was having a "spontaneous abortion..." not a miscarriage but a abortion... talk about ****ing me off. He didn't mean to upset you. That's just medical term. I know that she didn't mean to upset me, I just feel that the term "spontaneous abortion" is unfeeling to a woman who desires her baby. The word abortion to me conontates (spelling???) a choice and this wasn't a choice I was making. Why not use miscarriage??? Regardless, this idiot doctor (on call doctor who didn't even bother the come to the hospital so check my condition until the morning, more than 12 hours after the bleeding) was wrong! -Cindy |
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On 4 Aug 2003 12:25:13 -0600, Cindy Camp
wrote: I know that she didn't mean to upset me, I just feel that the term "spontaneous abortion" is unfeeling to a woman who desires her baby. I know a guy in the medical field who calls babies "self terminating tumors". Lovely. Just remember, that not all people in the medical field have a great bedside manner. -- Daye Momma to Jayan EDD 11 Jan 2004 |
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I am 8 weeks pg, and have been having spotting on and off since week 6. This
past week had brown spotting almost every day. I went to the doctor in a panic on Friday and he did an internal exam, saying that my cervix felt fine (firm & closed), indicating that I may have completed a m/c already, or that more likely I still have a viable pg. I went for an u/s this morning, and all was well, baby is growing and there was a strong h/b! The doc also said that spotting and all kinds of discharges (i also had some sticky stringy stuff coming out with a tinge of brown blood - sorry for the TMI! just wanted to share incase others have the same and are equally as worried as i was!) are very common and not generally problematic for pregnancies. Guess all we can do is wait and see - the baby is hanging in there! Donna (new here) "Daye" wrote in message ... On 4 Aug 2003 12:25:13 -0600, Cindy Camp wrote: I know that she didn't mean to upset me, I just feel that the term "spontaneous abortion" is unfeeling to a woman who desires her baby. I know a guy in the medical field who calls babies "self terminating tumors". Lovely. Just remember, that not all people in the medical field have a great bedside manner. -- Daye Momma to Jayan EDD 11 Jan 2004 |
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"Donna" wrote in message
I am 8 weeks pg, and have been having spotting on and off since week 6. This past week had brown spotting almost every day. I went to the doctor in a panic on Friday and he did an internal exam, saying that my cervix felt fine (firm & closed), indicating that I may have completed a m/c already, or that more likely I still have a viable pg. I went for an u/s this morning, and all was well, baby is growing and there was a strong h/b! The doc also said that spotting and all kinds of discharges (i also had some sticky stringy stuff coming out with a tinge of brown blood - sorry for the TMI! just wanted to share incase others have the same and are equally as worried as i was!) are very common and not generally problematic for pregnancies. Guess all we can do is wait and see - the baby is hanging in there! Congrats on seeing the heartbeat, Donna! It is a wonderful moment. I, too, had early spotting during my pregnancy and remember well how absolutely wonderful it was to see that little blinking heart at my 7 week ultrasound. Welcome to the group as well :-) -- Em edd 9/23/03 (33 weeks today!) |
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