Nightmare

So I'm 6+5 today and I just went to the toilet and I've got two slim patches of light brown discharge. There's hardly anything there but its there.

I wipped and I'm getting my usual cream c/m.

I had a m/c in Feb 09 at 5+3. This is my second pregnancy.

I called the m/w and she can't get me a scan today. I already have one booked for next Thursday when I'll be 7+5 - she says they'll be able to see if the baby still has a heart beat then. It's a waiting game then.

Part of me is trying to stay calm and positive but another part of me is terrified and freaking out. I want to go home and cry and worry but I know it's not going to do any good. How am I going to make it to Thursday - I'm praying I don't get anymore. This is my worst case scenario as I've been through it before. I didn't want to have to do this again - I am petrified of it.

Has anyone been through this and what did you do to make it through?

I'm trying not to panic but this is hell.

Sam x

Breathe honey just breathe.......

As you know from our pm's I had bright red blood and alot of it at 6 ish weeks, it can be really normal, It can be as simple as a capillary being burst as bubs is nestling down in a slightly different position. But you said it was brown.....this is usually old blood and not a bad sign. You need to stay calm, get home and rest as much as poss drinking plenty of fluids. If you get severe pain call the out of hours service or go to a&e. Several of us know what its like and have experienced the worst so i can understand your panic.

There is nothing you can do honey what will be will be you just have to sit tight, but if you have had no more or it hasn't got worse and you have no pain I would feel confident it is nothing to worry about.


Pm me later if you need to. Big squeezy hugs.

Ems. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey hun

I can totally understand how your feeling when i was very early on i had a lot and i mean a lot of brown discharge, it started at about 5.5/6 weeks and i was petrified, i have never been pg before but it took so lot to get pregnant i didn't wanna go back to square one.

I went for an early internal scan on the monday and she could only see the sac and told me to come back in two weeks, those two weeks were the longest of my life, i went back in two weeks and there they saw the little heart beat flickering away. It didn't make me feel any better cos i was still getting the discharge, i only relaxed a bit when i went for my 12 week scan at 14 weeks and then it had completely stopped.

It is frightening but they do say brown blood is old blood and that's a good thing.

It sounds to me like your little bean is nestling into you and creating all the discharge like mine did with me.

I know it's easier send than done but try to relax and know that it was ok for me and many others. Try focus on other things going on around you.

I think as long as your not getting bad cramps or red blood it should be fine, i had period type cramps at the same time as the discharge so i was terrified.

I still haven't properly relaxed now and don't think i will until the little one arrives safe and sound.

Keep us posted and take care, if you want to pm me feel free.

Love

Clare + 21 +3 blue bump xxxx

Hi...

please try to stay calm and positive.
remember in my message last week, i had the same at about 8 weeks and ended up hysterical and taking time off work, i had three weeks to wait for a scan. it was the longest wait ever.
to make the wait easier, i made goals and things to look forward to, like meeting up with a friend or something. have something to do every day and when you wake up every morning it will be another day crossed off.
i spoke to my midwife about it and also spoke to the midwife centre at my local hospital. my practice midwife said that i could refer myself to the local EPAU if i wanted to, i wonder if thats an option for you?
the midwife centre were absolutely brilliant, they did tell me to rest and take paracetomol if it was painful. my bleeding wasnt painful, it was a small amount like yours and a dirty brown colour, they told me that this can be perfectly normal as your womb stretches at different parts of your pregnancy and some people lose "old blood". they told me that the colour of the blood was a positive thing.
i know that this is really hard when you have had a m/c before, i had too and i really wasnt enjoying my pregnancy as i was a nervous wreck.
things have turned out good at the mo so please hold on to positive thoughts.
speak soon
leanne xx

Stay calm and positive

Hi ya hun,

Easier said than done i know i started losing brown discharge at about 6/7 weeks and it carried on up until i was 16 weeks it went from being brown to bright red losing clots of blood and i thought then that i was losing my baby the thing that kept me calm was that i wasnt in any pain. it could be the old blood from you implatation bleed, some women do get this. I know that no matter what anybody says you will worry espically as you have already miscarried, i gave birth to still born twins 2 years ago and i totally understand ive got to say my care has been spot on they scannned me as soon as i reported the bleeding. try and keep positive just because you have miscarried before it doesnt always mean that it will happen again since losing the twins i have had my youngest daughter and am now pregnant with my 4th so it doesnt always mean doom and gloom.

Good luck

Emma and Daisy bump 20+5. xxxx

Hey

hey sam
i wouldnt try to worry thou i do no what you are going throu,as i had a m/c nearly 2 yrs ago and i no its hard.
but when i was pregnant with my daughter i started to bleed around 6 1/2 weeks and i thought the worst but i bled all the way throu not every day but at least every other week, and she was born healthy.....i was just told to rest not be on my feet to much....
but with the m/c i new something was wrong as id been getting back ache n bad cramps before the blood,so i think as long as your not getting any pains hun try and stay posotive. get as much rest as you can and try and not to freak hard i no but you need to stay calm .
gd luck hun
linzi 22+|3

Hey sam

I had something similar when i was about 6/7wks and i kinda freaked out a little and told my OH he said it'll be ok and hugged me. the next day after he came bk from work he said he had a chat with on of his mates who had kids and was told it was normal to get a bit of brown discharge now and again.
I calmed down a bit and it went away but i just had to keep telling myself it's gonna be ok i'm not getting any other symptoms with and it was only the once in a day for 2 days or so. I just had to keep reminding myself that stressing and worrying too much will affect the baby so i kept taking every so often come deep breaths and everything is far is fine.
i did get the discharge again bout 9 wks but i just shouldered on and just took each day as it comes and did the best to hang in there even though you feel like crying and screaming. getting hugs, cuddles, kisses and OH telling me everything is gonna be fine helped to reassure me.

So when you get home get loads of cuddles and hugs from your OH and that might help you.

tc tons of love and hugs hun
sherri 11+1wk pudding
xxxx

Dont worry

as the girl b4 easier said than done but it can be normal and hears why,
at your cervix when you have a period blood collects around this area and can be there for a while.
thats why when u start a period old blood can apear first.
the stuff your seeing could just be old blood mixed in with your normal discharge and its just shifted due to the weight increase.
take care.
kirsty
x

Easier said than done...

but please try not to panic too much. I have never had a miscarriage before my pregnancy with Thomas, so you must be even more panicky than I was, but at 6 weeks I started to get brown discharge when I wiped. I really panicked, but was later told by my midwife (and after reading on the internet) that brown blood is old blood, and therefore shouldn't be anything to worry about. I would only worry if the blood turns red in colour, but even then I've seen on here and other cases on the internet where some ladies bleed but their bubbas are fine I had this brown blood on and off up until about 12 weeks...and now have a healthy little man! I won't tell you not to worry because I know you will! Just wanted to say I had the same thing, and everything was ok.

Sorry if i havent been much help, just wanted to let you know the brown discharge is more common than you think!

Lots of love and hugs,

Debra and Thomas, 5 months xxxxx

Hi ladies

thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my messages. I feel like I'm reliving a nightmare!

Well the good news is I've not had anymore discharge but I don't feel like I did before - meaning I'm not having the symptoms I had before which is terrifying frankly. what I wouldn't give for some pains and severe nausea! I have had the odd cramp across my stomach but nothing like I experienced in my previous m/c so I could be being over sensitive.

I spoke to the m/w yesterday and I need to wait for my early scan on Thursday. I'm so terrified that they'll say there is a problem. I'm going to ring on Monday and ask to go in earlier - I don't think I can take the waiting emotionally, I'd rather know either way.

I'm supposed to be sitting an exam on Monday but I'm thinking with all the stress of this I'd do better just to take it easy and chill. Resit in Jan. Some things matter, some things don't. I really want this baby.

I'll keep you posted and thanks again. Please keep me in your prayers.

Sam xx
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