Spotting

Hi Gill,

You can spot for different reasons, i know some women spot through out their early pregnancy and the baby is fine, others aren't so lucky tho.
If your doctor says not to worry then don't stress your self out, it is probably nothing to worry about.
If you do find yuorself worrying alot tho then go get a scan.

Whew! Thanks so much guys...

Trying to just relax and let hubby take care of me

If its red or pink and accompanied by cramps see your doctor again. Alot of women I have spoken to had brownish spotting right around the 8 week mark so it must be a common trend.

I have had 2 m/c and neither was brown spotting they were both red blood.

Hope I have helped you out chicky. If you have ANY concerns don't be afraid to go back to your doctor thats what they are there for

I've had brown spotting and even bright red bleeing a number of times in my last two pregnancies. and everything has been fine, but it's so hard not to worry! If you think a scan would put your mind at rest then there's no harm in asking your doc to refer you altho at this stage on a Fri you prob wouldn't be able to get one till sometime next week.

Hey Hun,

First **hugs** cos I know how totally scary this must be for you.
Last July I had a miscarriage, it started out as one pinky bleed on the Tuesday and then turned to brown spotting, I had a scan on the Thursday which showed a 5 week sac when I should have been 7 weeks, then the friday I woke up to severe cranping and bleeding(DARK red blood and huge clots).

This pregnancy I had the same thing! Pink Bleed, then brown spotting! Had a scan, showed 6 weeks old baby with a heartbeat, the brown spotting carried on but then randomly stopped, and Im now 10 days over due lol!

So, try not to stress just yet as things can turn out to be just fine and sometimes they just dont know what causes the spotting, like in my case with this pregnancy.

Try and rest as much as you can and not stress too much, if the spotting carrys on I would ask for a scan for your piece of mind.

Good Luck

Edited by CadensMum

I'm a bleeder too - I had a gush of bright red blood at about 8 weeks (and a heart attack!! ), then another lot of bleeding (brown blood) several days later (my OB said if it's brown and it's not changing, it's fine), and then slight spotting again yesterday and I can assure you, I've had 2 scans and the little monster is bouncing around in there happy as a clam!! I'd suggest you take the advice to rest, but try not to worry yourself - likely worrying will be worse for baby than a slight bleed.

I must be very lucky, I havent had any spotting, if I had I would have freaked out just like you canuckmama.

Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't mention that I had a scan at 6 weeks and saw only one heartbeat, and then bleeding at 9 weeks and a scan showed TWO of the little monkeys - they're now twenty months!

Good luck on Mon!

Yup, my girls were monochorionic which means they shared a gestational sac and a placenta. They had separate amniotic sacs(dividing membrane) inside the gestational sac, but that was far too small to see on the 6 week scan. At 9 weeks they could clearly see both babies and the dividing membrane.
Fraternal twins run thru the maternal line so if they are on your side of the family you have an increased chance of having them, but DH's side doesn't affect your chances. If you have a daughter tho he can pass the gene on to her.
And identical twins like mine are completely random. There are no twins in my family at all.

Very intersting about twins, I had a dating scan and showed me I was at 4 weeks, and I could only see one sac. My DH wants to have boy and girl twins lol, ive told him you really dont have a choice, but its cute listening to what he wants in children.