Please share POSITIVE outcomes with spotting/light bleeding in early pregnancy!!

[1babysmom]

PLEASE no miscarriage stories...I am nowhere near naive to the possibilities. As you can see in my siggy, I am all to familiar with loss.

But because this is the first time I have had spotting/bleeding that didn't continue into a full blown miscarriage, I am just looking for some experiences that might give me hope.

I am not looking for a diagnosis, just sharing my situation. Last night around 6pm I noticed light bleeding (red and brown) in my pantiliner. It must have happened sometime within the hour or two prior. I had no cramping, but earlier that day I was really achey (only slightly stronger than anything else so far) and had gassy cramps that disappeared before lunchtime. Then we were shopping for a few hours before comig home. But anyway, I had no more bleeding after last night, just one time this morning I had brown stringy CM on the TP. I have upper my progesterone, and I am continuing with my vitamin E and CLO in case it may be a subchorionic hematoma that needs to bleed out or something. I am also trying to take it easy in case I just overdid it yesterday. But I have just never bled during pregnancy unless I was miscarrying. I have never bled and stopped like this, so I don't know what to expect. Just hoping to hear some of those stories of that percentage of women who can bleed during pregnancy without consequence!!!

Edited by 1babysmom - 2/8/12 at 5:08pm

[1babysmom]

Oh and I will be 6 weeks on Friday.

[APToddlerMama]

I have two healthy kids and bled with both.  With number one, it was likely low progesterone and I spotted and sometimes bled from week six through thirteen. With number two, I had an sch at 8 weeks that caused bleeding and then a low lying placenta that caused bleeding as well (not spotting).  I had some on and off stuff in between too.  Wishing you the best.  It definitely sucks the joy out of a pregnancy.  I felt so certain ds2 was never going to make it.  So so certain of that.  And here I am holding his perfect sleeping body in my arms. Hang in there...

[APToddlerMama]

Wanted to add that I also cramped BADLY with both too...

[seraf]

I spotted at 4 weeks and 8 weeks and all out bled at 13 weeks and that baby is about to turn 9. It can happen. 

[1babysmom]

Thank you both for your replies!!  This is one of those things that I've always heard is normal for a lot of women, but since it has never worked out that way for me, now that it's happening, I'm just desperate to hear of those good stories!!!!

[Mommie22]

I spotted with both my healthy pregnancies too. I also had terrible cramping. My oldest is 6 and I'm due to have my second any time now. Rest, breathe and talk to your baby.

[1babysmom]

Thank you!

[XanaduMama]

I had way more than spotting this pregnancy--I had a full-on massive bleed around 7w, which has happened several times again since (less heavily, but still more than spotting). It was terrifying, and I couldn't see how I wasn't losing the baby: it was a LOT of blood. My MW got me in for an ultrasound that morning, and we saw a beating heart and no active bleeding in the uterus. Since then I've had another ultrasound, which showed a healthy baby growing ahead of schedule, and have heard the heartbeat on the Doppler every few weeks, though the bleeding/spotting continues. I suspect my bleeding is cervical, though it's astonishing that that much blood could have come from the cervix.

So yes--it's possible! I never bled with any of my two previous pregnancies, FWIW. Sending strength and sticky baby vibes your way!

[1babysmom]

Thank you!  That is very reassuring!

[parsley]

I'm chiming in with another spotting but it turned out all right story.  I had spotting at 3 weeks, 8 weeks, 16-18 weeks, 20 weeks and then bleeding and spotting at 29 weeks through my emergency c-section at 36 weeks.  Initially it was implantation bleeding, then a subchorionic hematoma and then due to my complete placenta previa.
 

It was incredibly stressful but we made it and I'm sitting here nursing my DD!  I did tons of research and it seems like 1st trimester spotting is very common.  I also found a thread on this board entitled something like "When spotting turned out ok" which was very comforting. 

Are you going to have an ultrasound?  At 6 weeks you could see the heartbeat which would be reassuring.

Good luck!

[1babysmom]

Thank you for sharing  Parsley!  I will not likely have an u/s unless I am able to get in to see my old OB and he sees it necessary, because otherwise it will cost me almost $1000 (for a 1st tri u/s).  Absolutely ridiculous. :(  But it would be reassuring.  I had one at just over 6 weeks with my first and we saw and heard the HB and got great pictures, and it helped relieve SO many fears to see/hear that.

[sprout 1]

Spotted for 1-2 days (pink/red) at around 5 weeks with #1, was born at a healthy 12lbs!

Cramped and bled (much more than spotting) around 6 weeks with #3, another healthy child.

Spotting has only occurred for me in my healthy, full term pregnancies. 

[fruitfulmomma]

1st trimester with my almost 12yo son.

I think my ob handbook said something like 25 percent of women doing this.

[peridot83]

I had a small amount of bright red blood with DD who is now 2 at 5 weeks. I had low progesterone, so they started supplementing me with suppositories. That did the trick, and I had no other problems.

[1babysmom]

Thanks everyone. My u/s did show a clot so I am assuming a SCH. However, the pregnancy part is a mystery, unfortunately. Here is my update: http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1345345/6w5d-u-s-shows-nothing-is-this-seriously-happening-to-me-again

[saralm]

I spotted with my first pregnancy every couple of weeks maybe 8 months.  It would always be just a little bit and then totally disappear.  It made me crazy but didn't end up having any effect.  Good luck.

[Silverbirch]

Thank you for this thread.  It offers comfort when you are in a really dark, scary place. x

[deborahbgkelly]

I had cervical bleeding at 10.5 weeks and now have my twins still in my womb at 20 weeks 2 days.

[Sol_y_Paz]

I am not 100% on the dates but they are pretty close regardless.  I had it for some days at around 9-10 weeks (brown) and also at around 14-15 weeks (bright red and small tissue like material) for a few days and some brown before the red for a couple days.  At a scan checking for problems at 18 weeks I was found to have a possible clot and some internal bleeding and was asked if I was still bleeding or seeing any blood.  I have some other things going on pregnancy health wise so I go to the doctor often, get shots, and have restrictions on activity.  Baby has looked great at every scan.