ER Visit and Question?

okaykoala

Hi all, 

I'm not sure this is TW-appropriate, but better safe than sorry! So TW: scary symptoms and loss mentioned.

Okay, yesterday after a BM (sorry--TMI!) I noticed some light brown/vaguely pink spotting. I'm 8w3d (so yesterday, when this all happened, I was 8w2d). I had one day of brown spotting very early on (something like 3w5d), but the pink tint had me freaked out. So, my husband and I went to the ER. When we were there, they did various blood tests and an ultrasound. My first OB appointment is coming up this week, so it was the first time we'd seen the baby! Everything seemed good to me--the baby measured 8w3d and had a heartbeat of 152 bmp. And then they discharged us. But I didn't meet with the OB on-call, and they didn't really offer any explanation other than, "Sometimes, spotting can mean a miscarriage. Unfortunately, a lot of pregnancies end in miscarriage." Needless to say, I'm a little weirded out and concerned. The spotting seems to have stopped for the time being, and I'm of course going to follow up with my doctor on Monday, but I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced this around the same time in their current pregnancy or previous ones and been offered an explanation. I'm a FTM, so even though everything seemed positive, being discharged without any rationale for why this might've happened wasn't exactly reassuring. 

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Thanks everyone! 

charlestonchew

I'm only sharing what I have read from others but spotting can be very normal, sometimes with or without reasons. Definitely follow up with your OB is the best thing to do but it sounds like at this point you were not miscarrying. I think the OB will have more answers than we do.

suchaglencoco

If baby measured correctly and had a strong heartbeat, it's a great sign. 
From what I've heard and experienced personally, almost every time a pregnant woman goes to an er with spotting, they are warned about a possible miscarriage. So try not to worry too much about that.

justsuzie

Okay I have a good and a bad outcome associated with spotting. First the bad...

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I started spotting around 6 weeks and they said "implantation bleeding"  US showed fetal pole but no HB yet.  A week later I had some pink and then another US showed HB but it was low, 110.  The spotting stopped later that week.  Then, at 7 weeks my symptoms slowly faded to nothing, not even sore boobs. I went in at 8.5 weeks and there was no longer a HB. We did testing that that loss was due to chromosomal abnormalities.  
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And now the current GOOD story...
I started spotting at 14DPO, was convinced another MC was imminent.  OB put me on Progesterone (which I am convinced is what saved this PG) . Then at 7 weeks I had a massive bleed and decided not to go to ER.   OB said it was a "threatened MC".  Apparently when there is blood they classify as "threatened MC" in my practice. Went in the next day and HB was 125. I was worried because it was a little low.  Now at 10.5 weeks the HB is 174 and I feel like shit.

My doctor has told me numerous times that the cause of early PG bleeding and spotting is so elusive.   They still don't know what caused my massive bleed because nothing was seen on US.  Some ladies have an ultra sensitive cervix and the pressure of a BM causes tiny  blood vessels to burst.  

Statistically once you "hear" a strong HB your chances of MC go down to approximately 2-8% (depending on which medical study you read/ and age/ risk factors.)  

I know it's scary but with how far along you showing a great US  and a strong HB I would TRY not to worry.  And a lot of things can cause harmless  spotting.  I think all of these internet articles that say if your see pink or red "call doctor immediately" instills a sense of  needless fear in pregnant women.  So whatever you do, try not to Google! Good Luck.

lscal20

I have good and bad stories I can tell a out spotting and bleeding, but seeing blood does not always me an miscarriage. I work with a lady who didn't find out she was pregnant til she was 4 months because she had what seemed like a normal period every month until then and no symptoms, but she now has a healthy baby. My mom had heavy bleeding early on...she didn't know she was pregnant yet with my brother (18 years ago) and she rode something at an amusement park and started bleeding a lot. Turns out she was pregnant and he's now 18 and perfectly fine. Hang in there, I know it's scary.

heelsidehero

I went in last Monday for red bleeding. They were able to find a HB on u/s and OB said "sometimes there is bleeding for no known reason."  I go back for a follow up tomorrow. 

gildah

My midwife said that spotting is perfectly normal. For what it's worth, I've spotted during all my full term pregnancies.