I am pregnant with baby #2 and should be around 8 weeks. With my daughter I had no bleeding of any kind and with this pregnancy for the last week I have been spotting which is now a moderate bleeding. Not as heavy as a period but more than spotting and it's bright red. I have no pain of any kind. I am freaking out because my insurance doesn't go into effect for another week. Has anyone else had this? Is it normal? Should I be worried? If I don't have pain do I need to go to the ER anyways? It's been bright red for a few days. Help??
Re: Moderate bleeding, no cramps, worried!
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me 28 (Lean PCOS, hypothyroid) dh 33
TTC #1 since early 2011
May 2011- natural pregnancy (metformin only); m/c @ 9 weeks + D&C
July 2011- lap to remove dermoid cyst
August 2012-current- 9 rounds of Clomid, 1 cycle of Femara, several cycles of soy isos, 1 IUI, O'd every cycle, BFN
August 2014- lap to remove uterine septum. Everything else looking good.
Moving onto IVF Feb/March 2016 Just kidding. Natural bfp 1/30/16. 1st beta 2/1 = 110. 2nd beta 2/3 = 332.
First ultrasound 2/19 - one baby with a heart rate of 127! EDD 10/11/2016
2010: Infertility
October 2015: missed miscarriage #2 at 11 weeks (trisomy 22)
-- Did I strain to poop?
-- have I had sex in the last couple of days?
The cervix & vaginal area are sensitive. Any one of these things can cause spotting. If the flow gets heavier to the point where you go through a regular pad per hour-- THEN go to emergency room.
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I will add that I had multiple occasions of brown "old blood" discharge for about 4 days at a time, it would stop and then a week later it would happen again. That was in month two. This recent one I was 12/13 weeks (I'm currently 14)
I just wanted to update to maybe help some ladies, or ease their mind a little bit.
At about 9:30pm on Sunday I was sweeping at work and I felt a gush of something.. I knew what it was so I went into the bathroom and sure enough it was a gush of bright red blood. My mom met me at the ER and I was a mess thinking the worst. I had mild cramping, and the bleeding happened when I would use the restroom or stand up. They hooked me up to fluids and the ultrasound tech was called in. On the ultrasound the baby's heartbeat was good, and was very active. They located the bleeding and said it was "outside where the baby was". I stayed in bed all day Monday. I did go visit my OB who did another ultrasound and baby was even more active and we could see the heartbeat still, he tried to catch it but it was just moving too much, and I see him again next week. Today I'm going to work, followed by two days off where I will take it easy as well. I'm having episodes of crying, I think out of fear.. but my gut instinct that I had lost the pregnancy or was in the beginning stages was wrong. Atleast for now the baby is healthy, growing, moving, and okay. What they told me it is "A Threatened Miscarriage" sounds scary but it doesn't always mean you will lose your baby. So if anyone else is going through this just know that everything can be okay and visit your doctor ASAP.
A further update is the bleeding stopped after 24 hours. About a week later I had heavy brown, dark red and "stringy" or "chunky" looking dishcharge.. sorry TMI. Babies heartbeat is still strong! The bleeding can be a slight separation from the placenta and can be innocent, which was what mine was. Just take it easy, try and relax!