1st tri question

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• pitterpatter129 member

  August 2012

  I've spotted with both pregnancies now.  For 9 weeks with this one and for 16 weeks with DS!  Both OBs always told me it could be completely normal and never found a reason for it.  Mild cramping is also normal in the first trimester.  I've pretty much felt like I'm about to start my period any second now for the last 11 weeks!   If you start bleeding and filling pads or have severe cramping or just can't take the worry anymore and want answers right now, then go to the ER this weekend.  There's no shame in an ER visit!  I absolutely panicked with my first one with the constant spotting and this time, I was more like, oh, here we go again!  With Nate, I think I had four ultrasounds in the first trimester because I kept going to the OB in a panic. 

   

   

  

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• theuntaggablek member

  August 2012

  Thank you so much for your quick reply! That's heartening to say the least because I feel exactly like that = I'm about to start my period any second now! t I'd like to avoid the ER if possible - but won't feel like a schmuck if I end up there now!
  

  
  

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• pitterpatter129 member

  August 2012

  ken&kendra:

  Thank you so much for your quick reply! That's heartening to say the least because I feel exactly like that = I'm about to start my period any second now! t I'd like to avoid the ER if possible - but won't feel like a schmuck if I end up there now!
  

  I'm glad you feel better about it!   I also forgot that cramping can be caused by mild dehydration.  Try to drink more water.  I stink at remembering to drink enough water during pregnancy and am probably also a little dehydrated this summer.

   

  

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• jillybean800 member

  August 2012

  It can be totally normal. I have had spotting throughout my first trimester with both pregnancies now. But I do know that once you have had the miscarriage, it's hard to feel comforted though by stories like those. Even with this second pregnancy, even though I knew that I spotted with Alexander, it didn't make me feel better to see that spotting on the tp! Just hang in there! I will be crossing my fingers for you!
  

   

  

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• JLSmith124 member

  August 2012

  I had a m/c right before this pregnancy and have spotted quite a bit with this pregnancy. My whole 1st trimester I kept thinking another m/c was coming with all the spotting/cramping but he is still wiggling around in here

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• theuntaggablek member

  August 2012

  Thanks everybody for your positive energy & encouraging words. I'm not terribly optimistic, since the cramps & bleeding have gotten heavier since I posted. We'll see what Monday brings.
  

  
  

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• pitterpatter129 member

  August 2012

  ken&kendra:

  Thanks everybody for your positive energy & encouraging words. I'm not terribly optimistic, since the cramps & bleeding have gotten heavier since I posted. We'll see what Monday brings.
  

  Oh no. If I were you, I'd go the ER just so you know.  Fingers crossed for you.

   

  

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• watermellens member

  August 2012

  pitterpatter129:

  ken&kendra:

  Thanks everybody for your positive energy & encouraging words. I'm not terribly optimistic, since the cramps & bleeding have gotten heavier since I posted. We'll see what Monday brings.
  

  Oh no. If I were you, I'd go the ER just so you know.  Fingers crossed for you.

   

  oh boy - I hope it's nothing and you can see your little bean on screen soon. Try to take it easy until then.
  

  
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