Question about spotting and previous miscarriage

LauriJean_2009

Hi ladies,

Sorry to bust in to your board...  But I have a question I feel that only this group can answer.

I am 5w 6d pregnant and experiencing spotting.  It's brown and appears to be old, but there was some "coffee ground" like specks in the toilet.  I am also using Crinone gel suppositories (progesterone) that can cause irritation.  Finally, I had an orgasm last night that could have also caused this spotting (not from intercourse though).

I had a miscarriage around this same time during my only other pregnancy. So of course, I am nervous.  I called the Dr. and am awaiting a call back.

My question for you is, how do you keep it together when this happens?  I find it so hard to be unconcerned about every little thing.

Does is ever get better?

rguinn75

I spotted brown spotting from 5w to 9w... Its hard to keep it together... that first week was miserable and they had me come in for an u/s.  Never saw any reason for it...

I am 14w now and had a bleeding episode over a week ago and I am back to brown spotting all day  (for over a week) and I am now on pelvic rest... (no intercourse, no orgasm... nada)

It is hard honestly I feel like the crazy pregnant lady who goes to the doctor for every thing.  Women who suffer miscarriage in the past often suffer from a form of PTSD during their next pregnancies according to my doctor so they are totally cool with the calls and genuinly want to know how I am doing... Just keep that in mind... you might feel crazy and secretly they might think you are but they won't treat you that way!

SweetieD21

I've had spotting with all 3 of my pregnancies early in the first trimester, around 6 weeks.  Only one of those ended in a natural miscarriage.  Spotting is very scary, but also normal.  With this pregnancy I had spotting at 6 weeks, for almost a week.  I called my dr and he said to keep my feet up, drink plenty of water, no sex, and no heavy lifting.  I called again a few days later because I was still spotting so my dr had me come in for an ultrasound.  The baby was just fine and we saw the heartbeat.  The spotting stopped a few days later.  My dr said brown is almost always nothing to worry about, usually means old blood from implantation or previous AF.  But, in your case it could also be from the progesterone or other irritation to your cervix. 

olivia_eve

I had spotting very early with DD, spotting that led to my m/c, and I've also had spotting during this pregnancy.  Once just a little bit of brown spotting, and once was a gush of red blood that turned out to be from a subchorionic hematoma. 

It's hard for me to answer your question because I quite simply did not keep it together when I had the spotting and bleeding with this pregnancy.  I broke down, but thankfully everything has been just fine with the baby, and we're doing well.  I have found that it has gotten a little bit better the farther along I am.  The best advice I have is to take it one day at a time.  I just try to get through the day, and before I know it, another week has passed.

LauriJean_2009

Thanks Everyone...  Reading your stories has helped me today.  Still waiting on that call from the Dr. I already have an u/s scheduled for Monday, so perhaps I will just have to wait until then to get some news.

OrangeDaisy13

I know it's scary and unsettling when you bleed or spot.  I had red spotting at 9 weeks and brown spotting at 10 weeks.  Of course each time I was expecting the worst.  Baby was fine when I went in, and they couldn't find a reason for it.  I haven't had anything since.  

My anxiety and nervousness have gotten a little better each week and with each appointment, but I still have those feelings at times.  I think it's impossible for us not to be like that.  I just try and tell myself that this is a different and pregnancy and it doesn't mean I'm going to have the same thing happen.  I just try and go day by day and try to stay busy.

I hope it stops and that everything is okay with the LO! 

Galena99

I had bright red spotting which lead to full on bleeding with my m/c.  This time I had some pink/red spotting early on which OB said was fine when she did an internal and U/S, but she would have prefered brown because that's old blood and normal. 

 

BeckF4

I am going through the same thing right now.  Some light pinkish spotting and brown spotting. I had blood work done Thursday and today.  Hoping my # are growing.  I go in on Monday for an u/s.

It's hard for me to stay hopeful.  I have had 3 mc already all at 5-7 weeks. 

 

LauriJean_2009

Well, I completely lost it later in the day.  I just shut down.  My doc said to keep my feet up, drink water, and relax as much as possible and I went in today for an u/s.  Everything looks good/normal.  Even saw a heartbeat. 

It's such a crazy emotional time.  Very hard to not get upset about these things.

Sticky baby dust all around!

Thanks for your words of encouragement.