Bleeding at 5 weeks
I have had brown very faint bleeding since Sunday when u would have been 4.5 weeks..... today I’m almost 5.5 and it’s gone bright red. It’s not heavy does not require a pad and it’s stopping and starting. I’ve got a little niggling pain but I wouldn’t say cramps. I can not have a scan until I am 6 weeks which will be Wednesday hopefully. Does this sound like a miscarriage? Really upset and worried
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Fingers crossed for you sending love xx
What will be will be I suppose.
My other half is also in denial I think. He just doesn't understand.
Let me know how you get on. Will be thinking of you and keeping fingers and toes crossed for you hun xx
After I made my original comment, that evening the bleeding and cramps got worse. In Canada we have a health line we can call to talk to a nurse and when we spoke she told me to go to urgent care immediately. It was there that they did a blood test and said my pregnancy hormone level (HCG) was only at 136 when at this stage in pregnancy it should be at 8000. They also did an ultrasound but couldn't see anything. The doctor said I miscarried and then referred me to the Early Pregnancy Assessment Centre (EPAC) for follow-up. EPAC sent me for another blood test 2 days later and my HCG went up to 195 so they called me in for a transvaginal ultrasound. They were worried that I may have an ectopic pregnancy and said that since my HCG went up, something is still growing inside of me. Unfortunately, they couldn't find anything through the ultrasound and the specialist then said I have a pregnancy of unknown location (PUL), likely somewhere outside the uterus, and that they'd have to closely monitor me as it can be dangerous if the growth causes a rupture. The pregnancy was unlikely to be viable and I needed to wait to see if it would dissolve on its own. If the HCG levels continue to go up, it means that I would need methotrexate which stops cell growth and dissolves existing cells - it's a very very low dose of chemo. This isn't ideal if you're trying to get pregnant as you have to wait for 3-6 months to start trying again. They did another blood test that day and said I needed to go for blood tests on a weekly basis until my HCG is down to 0 and if it doesn't go down quickly enough, I must have treatment. They called later that day to say the HCG went back down to 150 but was still stable enough that I need to be cautious and listen to my body. Last week, I went for my 4th blood test and my HCG finally went down significantly to 65 which means it's on the right trajectory and my body seems to be dissolving the pregnancy on its own. I'm now waiting results from my 5th blood test.
I've never heard of a PUL before and certainly didn't think things could get so complicated. Despite knowing that bleeding in early pregnancy is normal, I knew by the 3rd day of consistent bleeding that this wasn't normal for my own body - I barely even bleed in my actual periods so that much blood coming out of me during pregnancy didn't make any sense.
Emotionally this was all very hard but now that I've been able to accept the loss of pregnancy I'm feeling more positive and sure am going to appreciate when I do get to have a healthy pregnancy!
I wish you all the very best and hope that you'll find a light at the end of whatever tunnel you're going through.
lastly we did blood work for my hormones level and now I have to go again 45 day for same blood work. I am on 44day, been researching a lot today it give crazy feelings. Per research, Sometimes it’s to early to see heartbeat and also I had brown blood last night and bleeding while wiping down (tmi) somewhere I have all mixed feelings right now. Please share if you guys been in same boat. What are recommendations ??