Emptied my pond earlier this year and waiting for the gardener to come and fill it. Spotting this ToH growing 2 days ago. It rained this morning so I pulled it now hoping the damn ground would help a clean pull. Is it okay? What should I do next?
TW: pregnancy loss
I am not 11 days post miscarriage and have been watching my HCG 10 mIU sensitive tests drop sharply over the last week. I miscarried at 10 weeks and have just stopped bleeding the last day or two.
I decided to take an LH test today to start testing again and check for my surge. Is this a real LH surge or is it just picking up the HCG?
Super lazy girl vibes! My husband loves raspberries so I did a couple of raspberry potent flavours, mango, Maltesers and a basic vanilla base. Oreo’s also freezing. Took 1 hour to batch prepare!
**first pregnancy, very wanted baby**
Today I am supposed to be 10w. Last week I started spotting / bleeding / light clotting and went in for an urgent US when I should have been 8w 4d but the embryo measured 7w with a FHR of 130bpm and no reason for bleeding. 2 days later another US showed embryo with positive growth measuring 7w 3d and the same FHR, again no reasoning for bleeding.
My OB checked my dates and first hcg blood test and confirmed I am about 10-12 days behind and to more or less expect the worst. She said it still a toss up but she’s seen these cases before where the embryo measures behind, showed growth, slowed down again and eventually becomes unviable around week 10 or 14. She gave me my rhogam shot just incase, and because I keep bleeding.
Fast forward 6 days later (today) and I am still spotting brown and red blood every time I make a wee, but nothing is reaching my pad. I have noticed a 3 day cycle starting with strong cramps, fresher red spotting the next day brown spotting and repeat every 48-72 hours. It feels like my body is trying to ramp up a natural miscarriage but is failing. Also worth noting I lost ALL pregnancy symptoms 3 days before my very first spotting started and nothing has returned since.
Tomorrow I am going in for another scan. My biggest concern is that the baby actually shows growth, I know that sounds terrible but please hear me out. I am worried the baby grows and then slows and goes on a repeat cycle for another few weeks. I don’t think I can mentally take that knowing how far behind I am measuring and that that’s not a good sign. The last week I have been so depressed and confused and wanting all of this to just be over. I either want to know certainly that this is going to be okay or just have the miscarriage now or terminate if I know the baby is not okay.
I don’t know how to word this appropriately but I am considering that if my OB tomorrow doesn’t show relief and real hope in the appointment that I might consider terminating this pregnancy for the sake of saving myself the prolonged heartbreak. I know that sounds SOOO selfish but I am really worried. My husband is supporting me in every choice so it makes things easier for me. I am worried to continue with an inevitable unviable pregnancy will traumatise me, my future experiences of pregnancy and possibly my husband, too.
Can somebody please help?
Very confused and processing everything so wondering if anybody could look at my timeline and share what they think.
LMP: 22 May
Ovulation: unknown
Last intercourse: 5 or 6 June
First positive hpt: 17 June
First hcg blood draw: 19 June with 34 hcg
Following hcg blood draws: always exactly 7 days apart. 1st - 34. 2nd - 372. 3rd - 3448. Appropriate rise.
spotting began at 8w 3d
First US: 8w 5d — baby measured 7w with a CRL of 9.2-9.6mm with a FHR of 132bpm.
Second US: 9w 1d — baby measured 7w 3d with CRL of 12.3mm with a FHR of 134bpm.
Gynaecologist saw no reason for bleeding and based on my certain dates agreed that I was definitely behind and along with a total loss of all symptoms since at least 8w 1d that I should prepare for the worst. Embryos growth over 3 days looked promising and FHR was acceptable for their size, but not for where I should be. I was given my rhogam shot in case. Next appointment scheduled in 7 days.
I am supposed to be 9w 4d or something today but obviously not. The bleeding has somewhat tapered off but I am still lightly spotting every time I urinate. No release of tissue or anything.
The scans showed an otherwise perfectly normal pregnancy if it wasn’t for the certainty of my dates and unexplained bleeding. The pregnancy is sitting high in my uterus and the cervix is normal. We know the certainty is hanging in the balance and we know based on our OBs reaction and conversation this will likely not end well, so we have already begun the grieving and acceptance process.
Regardless, I am wondering if anybody could please look at my dates and share what they think? Or if anybody has been through something similar and how it turned out? Thank you.
Very confused and processing everything so wondering if anybody could look at my timeline and share what they think.
LMP: 22 May
Ovulation: unknown
Last intercourse: 5 or 6 June
First positive hpt: 17 June
First hcg blood draw: 19 June with 34 hcg
Following hcg blood draws: always exactly 7 days apart. 1st - 34. 2nd - 372. 3rd - 3448. Appropriate rise.
spotting began at 8w 3d
First US: 8w 5d — baby measured 7w with a CRL of 9.2-9.6mm with a FHR of 132bpm.
Second US: 9w 1d — baby measured 7w 3d with CRL of 12.3mm with a FHR of 134bpm.
Gynaecologist saw no reason for bleeding and based on my certain dates agreed that I was definitely behind and along with a total loss of all symptoms since at least 8w 1d that I should prepare for the worst. Embryos growth over 3 days looked promising and FHR was acceptable for their size, but not for where I should be. I was given my rhogam shot in case. Next appointment scheduled in 7 days.
I am supposed to be 9w 4d or something today but obviously not. The bleeding has somewhat tapered off but I am still lightly spotting every time I urinate. No release of tissue or anything.
The scans showed an otherwise perfectly normal pregnancy if it wasn’t for the certainty of my dates and unexplained bleeding. The pregnancy is sitting high in my uterus and the cervix is normal. We know the certainty is hanging in the balance and we know based on our OBs reaction and conversation this will likely not end well, so we have already begun the grieving and acceptance process.
Regardless, I am wondering if anybody could please look at my dates and share what they think? Or if anybody has been through something similar and how it turned out? Thank you.
I’ve been bleeding / clotting for 5 days, all different colours. Lost all my symptoms 7 days ago. My first scan on Wednesday was supposed to be 8w 5d or something, but baby measured 7w. My second scan on Friday was supposed to be 9w 1d or something but baby measured 7w 3d. Heartbeat on both scans of 130bpm.
My OB was frank and honest and said I can expect the worst. She gave me an RH shot and said to come back the following Friday. She said by medical standards she shouldn’t give a shot but she prefers to now since it’s likely I will miscarry, I think. She said there’s not much we can do now because there is a heartbeat but if it’s still not looking good next Friday I’ll have options.
She said something quite remarkable when I asked her why I am bleeding and nothing could be seen on the scan; “it’s likely your body knows something I do not”.
She said if my dates were truly wrong and just by looking at the scans that the pregnancy would have looked completely normal.
Since the babies heart is still beating and it’s growing, she said she sees it often that it grows and stops and it could go on for a week, or until 10 or 14 weeks. I’m guessing now I am just in the mental, emotional and physical waiting room of a true miscarriage event to take place.
How can I prepare myself? I have a big fear of naturally passing the foetus and seeing it. It’s giving me even further panic. When I returned home from my last appointment I was in such shock and heartbreak I was throwing up because my body was convulsing so strongly.
My fella bought home a couple of new chip (crisp) flavours, one of them is literally called “COOL AMERICAN” flavour. Who better than an American to ask what that flavour actually is?
-From a South African/Irish person living in Belgium(where the chips are bought)
Attached is dress colour I picked and swatches she provided. I thought it was the closest colour I could find to her swatches and she originally said to use the swatches and find something in harmony.
Context: I am overseas and flying in for the wedding. I am currently today pregnant and having a difficult pregnancy where we do not know if things will progress or not, and my sister KNOWS this. The wedding is in 3 months so I had to find a dress that might fit a bump. This dress is within my budget (bridesmaids pay for their own dresses so they can wear them again) considering I am already spending thousands of euros just to attend.
My sister has always been difficult but now I feel she’s taken it a step too far telling me this dress isn’t correct and I must return it and find another warmer colour, all while I am bleeding and dealing with other priorities.
There have been multiple other issues over her whole wedding where she’s become really controlling, difficult and outright unreasonable, which would take up an entire post alone.
I am genuinely considering stepping down as bridesmaid and attending as a guest. How unreasonable am I being? (Be honest, I can take it). My fiance is level headed and says it would be regrettable to step away over the colour of a dress, but at this stage everything I’ve done is wrong and nothing is right and I am under an extreme amount of stress with my pregnancy and I feel this wedding over the next 3 months and the wedding itself will be pushing me at my limit.
LMP dates me today at 8w +6 today. No confirmed ovulation dates.
Spotting once a day the last 2 days, this morning spotted with blood.
Total loss of pregnancy symptoms the last 3-4 days, although symptoms were never really intense to start with.
Obgyn directly booked me in for my first scan this morning within an hour of calling.
Scan showed baby with heartbeat. Baby measuring behind at around 7 weeks or so, she wasn’t specific and said this can be normal if I was 8 weeks or so.
Heartbeat measured at 130bpm, which she said was slow but can be normal.
Blood in the amniotic sac, explains the bleeding and cervix is normal.
She said at this moment it’s not certainly positive or negative, and to return in 2 days for further assessment and another scan.
We are super happy there IS a baby with a heartbeat. I was about 90-95% sure of finding a miscarriage this morning. However, realistically with baby measuring so far behind and a lower heart rate I am not so convinced all is well.
Should we be guarding our hearts?
Today I am 8w 5d. Yesterday morning I had light brown pale discharge in the morning once and nothing else for the day. Today this morning when I had a bowel movement (diarrhoea - which has been a daily symptom since pregnant) after wiping I noticed pale pink discharge — I have no idea if it came from the bowel movement or my vagina at this stage. No other spotting or nothing else, so only these two instances more than 24 hours apart.
Since two days ago I’ve had a loss of all other pregnancy symptoms like smell and food sensitivity, breast tenderness and bloating.
I am genuinely afraid that this is the start of a miscarriage. I haven’t had any scans yet and Friday is my first scan / OB appointment.
I want to be realistic and am wondering if this could be the start of a miscarriage?
As the title says. Wiped after a wee and there was cm mixed with light brown / tan colour. Nothing bright red. Looks exactly how my spotting looks before my period arrives. That was 7 hours ago and since no more spotting, besides light cramping on and off - but not feeling bad at all. Over the last 24-48 hours some of my symptoms eased, although I cannot really tell much because I didn’t have many symptoms to start with.
I called my GP right after the spotting and am waiting for her to call me back.
Anybody else with such an experience? Should I prepare myself just in case it goes sideways?
Currently 8w 1d with my first pregnancy. I am not sure on my ovulation dates but I started out anxious because i thought my strip tests weren't darkening properly. Anyway. I had blood draws at 3 week intervals. First hcg draw (2 days after first very faint positive) was 34, second hcg draw one week later was 372, and third hcg draw one week later was 3448. My GP said she was happy with the doubling rates and to wait until I see my OB for the first time at 9 weeks. I was always concerned my hcg levels were low, but over the last few weeks I've also been concerned because I don't have any major hardcore onset of symptoms. Mostly just fatigue on and off, and mainly food and smell aversions. Mild cramping and breast swelling/pain.
My first scan is at 9w 1 d which is next Friday, and I have so many consuming thoughts that we might find a blighted ovum, a baby not growing on track or something else. My rational mind tells me that there's no reason for that since so far everything is going well. I am really scared there's no heartbeat. I've never had a MC since this is my first pregnancy, so I don't know why i feel this way. I am leaning towards "intuition" - but honestly I think I am just trying to mentally prepare myself if there's something wrong - and I have no reason to do this.
Anybody else relate? Any advice, please...
Hi everyone. I am currently 7w 5d. Due more or less 25 Feb or early March (depending on my first scan). I guess i am slightly more behind than 7w 5d because I likely ovulated a little later and wasn't tracking. My GP followed my hcg with blood draws weekly for 3 weeks and said all was good, and next thing was to wait till I see my OB for my first scan at 9weeks.
I haven't had any scan, obviously. I don't have many symptoms. I am mostly just super exhausted, moody, and having some slight food aversions with diarrhea. That's it. I can't help but think maybe I have a blighted ovum and I don't know if my baby exists or is real.
I have this sense of imposter syndrome of whether or not I am actually pregnant haha, and I don't enjoy this feeling. I am really nervous for my first scan which is only in a week and a half from now. Help! Anybody else?
(I am not depressed, anxious or anything, I just don't know if my baby is really there or not!)
As the title, I will be travelling 2 x 8hour flights at 22 weeks pregnant for my sisters wedding and am only able to stay stay for 8 days. She has a venue booked for 2 nights, but effectively the celebrations are spanning 3-4 days. The wedding is in +- 3 months.
Legal ceremony - must be commemorated with a cake and tea (likely up to me to arrange and is happening the day after I land)
2 nights venue -
friday night activities, dancing, games etc (I said I am not doing this)
Saturday morning breakfast fully paid for arranged and made by me
Saturday lunch - not decided
Sunday morning breakfast fully paid for arranged and made by me
I can't handle the stress! I am already so overextended with budget since we needed to fly so far, and buying my own outfit, hair / make up, etc etc --- I am dreading the expectations she has on me and the bridal party in total. I want her to have an amazing wedding I really do but the thought of all the things I need to do, arrange and contribute to are genuinely overwhelming me
I’ve been taking folate which was advised by my doctor, she didn’t advise on anything else. Although now I am starting to think I need to take some vitamins during pregnancy. Can anybody advise what’s actually needed and bonus points if it’s available in Europe? 🥰 thanks in advance! X
I posted 1 week ago. Back here with a promised update. ♥️
My betas taken 1 week apart are apparently “right on track” according to my doctor, and we will do another blood draw in 1 more week.
I am still concerned my numbers are low, but the progression is about right. I must have ovulated late and implanted late, but honestly I don’t know! Today I am technically 5w 1d with the beta at 372.
I am out of these strip tests so no more daily testing for me! These tests gave me SOOO much stress!
Thank you all for your support ♥️
Tomorrow we have a team building event outside. It’s a heat wave and red weather warnings have gone out. Normally we need to do physical activities between the hottest hours of the day and then hang around for drinks and dinner (all outside).
I am 4w 6d pregnant, I just found out. I am not comfortable spending so much time outside in the heat, am I being reasonable to decide last minute to just not attend and rather stay at the office working? I don’t want to tell anyone I’m pregnant yet, but I might have to tell my manager if I need to cancel on this last minute.
Am I being completely unreasonable? What would you do? I would love to do it, but I just doing have a good gut feeling about it.
People, I JUST found out I am pregnant a week ago. We are currently having a heatwave in our country with severe weather warnings put out for 37 degrees/98.6 farenheit.
IS this okay to manage with outdoor sunny physical activities?
I want to do it, it's for a company wide team building and due to various reasons I wasn't able to attend last year due to a major hip operation, and this year I also don't want to sit it out so I am wondering if it's safe to do so.