r/pregnancyproblems

hi guys so I just need a little help maybe to ease my mind. I have my first six week scan tomorrow. My anxiety is very very high. I noticed yesterday I was five weeks in five days and my boobs were so sore to the point where they were kinda hard in some areas this morning whenever I woke up, they're not as sore as they've been and it really just worries me I took two strip test and they were both super strong positives last night whenever I was asleep and I turned over I had the worst pain in my uterus which I think was round ligament pain and yesterday at work certain smells would trigger me and make me nauseous and throw up so l am still having symptoms, but it's the fact that I heard whenever you're having a miscarriage your symptoms slowly start to fade in my boobs just not hurting as bad as they did yesterday like did a complete 360 really worries me: (

Good evening everyone. I would really like to hear about your experiences because I’m feeling very upset.
I found out 3 days ago that I’m pregnant. I had an hCG test that came back at 4,330, and today I went for an ultrasound. The gestational sac was visible inside the uterus, and the doctor could also see embryonic structures. She measured the pregnancy at 5 weeks and 1 day.
I have an 8-year-old son and a 12-month-old baby, whom I exclusively breastfed. Until I found out I was pregnant, I was breastfeeding many times a day and I was experiencing some contractions.
The problem is that the doctor found a large subchorionic hematoma
She prescribed progesterone and told me that I absolutely need to stop breastfeeding. She also asked me to come back in 13 days for another ultrasound.
I really hope I don’t lose the pregnancy…
I still have to pick up and carry my baby because my husband works and I don’t have any help.
I really hope I can get through this

my wife and I have been trying to get pregnant naturally for some time, and in July she popped hot on the pregnancy test. At five weeks she went in for her first ultrasound and things looked fairly normal. The second scan, which would have put us around 7w2d, roughly measured the gestational sac at 6w3d with a small yolk sac seen, but couldn't make out an embryo. The NP said we are in "limbo" and had her do another hCG test, which showed rising levels. She is going back for another hCG test this week and another ultrasound in a week or so. We are terrified that we lost the baby between the scans. I am barely able to function as a person. I went from excited and hopeful to devastated in a matter of days. She is handling it a little better than I am in the sense that she has accepted that God will either grant us that baby or not. I had no idea how terrifying this is. We are already bracing for the worst, but remain hopeful that our prayers will be answered. I really just wanted to vent instead of talking to AI about my concerns, dating, etc. I have literally gotten to the point where ChatGPT has told me to cool it. I have dissected every single word that the NP mentioned from two short doctor visits to try and infer something. I didn't realize how much this means to me until now. I spend half my day worrying, crying, and the other half trying to stay positive. I haven't told many people what we are going through besids my mother and she is old school, keeps saying its early, don't worry, back in the day we wouldn't know anything until way later.

Hi! I’m 7 weeks pregnant (6+5) and I’m feeling very worried.
On Tuesday, I started having light, period-like bleeding and mild cramping. I should also mention that my pregnancy symptoms disappeared on Monday.
We went to the gynecology emergency department, where they saw the fetus and a heartbeat on the ultrasound on Tuesday. Everything looked good, and my blood tests were also normal. They considered the bleeding to be mild and prescribed Cyklokapron (tranexamic acid) to reduce the bleeding. Since I started taking the tablets, the bleeding has become lighter, but I’m still passing some small clots.
We’re going for another private ultrasound on Monday, but I’m very worried.
Has anyone experienced something similar?

Has anyone had a short femur (1st percentile) on a third-trimester ultrasound that turned out to be normal? My doctor had no concerns at all, but I’m in a Google rabbit hole.

I’m 11w1d today, and yesterday I had experienced weird cramping off and on all day. It would go from my left side to the middle, and it would just be one cramp that felt like a jab at a time and then I’d get another one a few minutes later. This went on several times over an hour. And then I would have a break of nothing for a few hours and it would come back and receive the repeat that same pattern., One little jab/cramp and then nothing for a few minutes then another one. No bleeding, no intense pain, but it’s startling that it happened throughout the day, and sometimes it would just be when I was sitting. This morning I woke up and was a little gassy, but I’m just worried because having less symptoms today. I feel like I have reached out to my OB‘s office so much regarding different crampy feelings over the past few weeks and I just don’t want to annoy them anymore if it’s nothing. Does anyone else experience or have experienced this?

I need help! So I found out I was pregnant at 3 weeks and 5 and 3 days after finding out I starting spotting brown. It has been off and on ever since. ( I’m 5 weeks and 5 days now) I’ve been to the doctor and they said it was normal. Then I went to the hospital because it was really worrying me and they didn’t say to much the did a Pap smear, blood test, and ultrasound ( I was 5 weeks and 2 days when they did the ultrasound) and all the saw was the gestational sac and all they told me was it could be to early to see the yolk sac, but my HCG levels are rising they went from 4008- 5001 in less than 48 hours. If anyone has advice please let me know.

I’m so worried. My hCG levels are not going down, but they’re hardly rising. At my 6 week ultrasound appt my hCG was only 1966. I’m only averaging between like a 15-20% increase. However the 6 wk ultrasound found a sack where it was supposed to be, measured exactly the size it should be, and even had a low but normal heartbeat…..

Has anyone ever been through a similar situation or know of anyone like this where it ended up with a live healthy birth? My docs tell me to not worry until we have to but it seems hard to not feel anxious about the whole thing.

This is also my very first pregnancy.

8/3/26
4 weeks 6 days
hCG: 916 mIU/mL

8/5/26
5 weeks 1 day
hCG: 1,183 mIU/mL
2 days since previous test
Increase: 29.15%

8/8/26
5 weeks 4 days
hCG: 1,576 mIU/mL
3 days since previous test
Increase: 33.22%

8/10/26
5 weeks 6 days
hCG: 1,966 mIU/mL
2 days since previous test
Increase: 24.75%

8/14/26
6 weeks 3 days
hCG: 2,628 mIU/mL
4 days since previous test
Increase: 33.67%

So I was pregnant 3 times this year.

April - Miscarriage at 4 week 6 days no medications started with light red blood that got heavier.

May - Miscarriage at 5 weeks no medications started with light brown blood that became red and heavy

Now - Currently pregnant 5 weeks 1 days pregnant and on progesterone pills (oral) started taking them Tues Aug 11th
and 1 day later had little brown watery looking blood that slowed after 2 days now I only see minimal brown blood when wiping after peeing.

HCG Aug 12th 10 AM - 802 (Labcorp)

HCG Aug 14th 7:18 AM - 902 (Hospital check up)

HCG Aug 14th 12 PM - 1010 ( Diffrent hospital ER ) was feeling cramps but nothing was seen on ultrasound was told to follow up in 48 hrs. This Sunday Aug 16th.

I’m nervous as hell due to 2 previous miscarriages however due to being on oral progesterone I’m wondering if this is normal ? Due to the test being taken at 3 diffrent labs my PCM says as long as it’s rising don’t worry brown blood that slowed down and only shows when wiping is normal I just want some insight if anyone been through this. Also the reason for ER visit and 2nd HCG today on same day was due to the cramping I was feeling it was on and off but when I felt the cramps it was bad just not consistent and has since stopped but I did take Tylenol as well to help with pain ****

I’m looking for thoughts on my early pregnancy numbers:

This pregnancy happened by accident, so we don’t know exactly when I ovulated or implanted. We only realized when my period was a week late so we don’t have insight on when I really would have had my first positive test.

8/8: hCG 434 | P4 32.6 | E2 798
8/10: hCG 650 | P4 78 | E2 869
8/13: hCG 1,193 | P4 89.2 | E2 696

My doctor is being extra cautious and brought me in Thursday to check for an ectopic, but instead we saw an intrauterine gestational sac with a clear decidual reaction measuring 3 mm.

They estimated me around 5w1d, but they are basing that only on the fact that we had sex on July 15th.

I’m having normal symptoms with mild abdominal and back cramps. I had the tiniest spot of brown that likely was only visible because I wiped. Nothing feels alarming.

Doc gave me a 50/50 chance of a live birth, which obviously scared me. A lot of people I’ve talked to seem to think my numbers/measurements are completely fine this early, so I’m curious what others think or if anyone has had a similar experience.

It’s my first pregnancy after trying for 3 years, so I’m a ball of anxiety.❤️

Hi everyone. I’m hoping to connect with anyone who’s had a similar experience. My last period started on July 2nd, a bit early and lighter than usual. I tested positive July 23. My beta HCG results were 150 then. On August 5th, I started light spotting and went to the ER. They said my cervix was closed. I was referred to a gynecologist. He ordered more betas. On August 5, it was 243. August 11,318. And72 hours later, August 14,416. Because levels are still low, the sac hasn’t been seen yet on scan. My gynae said if it was a completed miscarriage he’d expect HCG to be falling, but mine is still rising slowly. I’m due for another beta on Monday. Has anyone experienced something similar with slow rising HCG that later turned out okay?

Hi I’m 9 weeks pregnant been bleeding for 2 days with pain but not bad heavyish no clots just heavy blood, third miscarriage so I’m pretty sure I’m miscarrying how long did it take for peoples pregnancy to pass ? I’m worried I will need a d and c again really vulnerable at the minute and my husband isn’t been very caring towards me , I think I may need to go to the early pregnancy unit 😔

So I just found out that Im pregnant today, I took 4 tests and all the tests come out positive. So my problem, the father is my ex but my ex has a gf and is kinda making it hard for me to make a decision to keep it or just get rid of it. I haven't able to talk to hime cuz we had a big argument yesterday so this is making everything worse. Ik l am in the wrong for doing something like this but at the moment Idk what to do.

from doing some math, I should be 6 weeks n 6 days today. it's it too late to get rid of it now or am I getting to the point that I can't?! Im really scared about this situation n truly don't know what to do.

Im just reading about Karoline Leavitt , apparently Trump was on the phone to her regularly during her maternity leave to ask when she would be back at work and she only got one month off. Then theres the whole leaving her in a plane that is a potential target thing which i wont get into as im not sure that happened .

Just wondering what people think about only having a month maternity leave .

I tested positive August 1 I have been spotting. I went to the emergency room and they did a PCG test to check my levels and it’s at 54. They also did an ultrasound, but they said I was too early and they were not able to find anything I don’t know if this is normal. Have any of you women ever experienced this?

I went for a scan today I should’ve been 5w 5days there’s a gestational sack but no yolk sack or anything else: she said I might be a week behind and to come back in 2 weeks but I haven’t really had any pregnancy symptoms or anything which is what made me go for the scan in the first place.

Even if I was a week behind I’d be basically 5 weeks and surely there should be a yolk sack by now? Has anyone else had this round this time but everything’s been ok in the end please I’ve convinced myself I’ve had the miscarriage and they’ll be no progress when I go back in 2 weeks, if I don’t bleed before then

My 1st day of last period was on March 8th. After that, when I went to the doctor at the hospital, they did an ultrasound and, based on the fetus's length, told me the actual gestational age was 10 weeks and corrected my date, telling me to start counting from March 15th instead of the date of my last menstrual period.

Ten days later, I went to a private clinic, meaning I should have been 11 weeks and 4 days. When she did the ultrasound, she told me I was 12 weeks and 2 days, and she reverted back to the first day of my menstrual cycle, telling me to calculate from there because the baby is bigger and its length corresponds to 12 weeks and a bit.

Please, anyone who has been through a similar experience, tell me what happened and what I should base my calculations on.

Before I start this PLEASE no snarky comments, I genuinely cant take it right now. So yesterday i was at work, I was cramping a bit but didnt think anything of it. I went to pee and when I wiped i noticed pink blood.. so I was scared, I told my boss and he said go to the hospital immediately. After they drew my blood and gave me a transvaginal ultrasound they said they cant say for sure whats going on because it might be too early to see a fetal pole. I was measuring at 12mm and it needed to be 25mm to see anything. They didnt want to misdiagnose me with a miscarriage since the bleeding wasnt heavy and my hcg levels were “normal”, and to come in for a follow up in two weeks. I have no idea what to do or feel😞 im still spotting and cramping, no more nausea or painful sore breasts. I dont feel pregnant the way I did leading up to this its fucking me up😞 has anyone gone through anything similar?

I feel so weird even typing this 😂 but I NEED to know if I’m the only one!

I’m 35 weeks pregnant and lately I’ve been craving the smell of warm dust, dirt, and that dusty smell a vacuum cleaner gives off after vacuuming normal household dirt. Like dusty dirty sucked up 😂 literally just that warm, fluffy-carpet, freshly-vacuumed smell. I LOVE it.ill even open the vacuum up after im done and dump it out to redo it.

I’m obsessed with making lines in the carpet and then smelling that warm dusty vacuum smell. It genuinely makes me so happy 😭😂. I even got a new vacuum for my birthday with all the fancy filters, and somehow I still crave the smell of the exhaust!

A musty basement, damp concrete, muddy earth, shoe shops, tyre shops and even the dusty ash smell

My iron is a little low and I’m taking iron tablets. I used to crave chewing ice as well, and that has definitely improved since starting the iron, but this NEED to smell dusty/vacuum smells hasn’t gone away 😂.

I’ve even been looking for a perfume, air freshener, body lotion or anything that smells like warm household dust, damp concrete, mud, earthy dirt or that dusty vacuum-cleaner smell. I came across Demeter’s Petrichor, but I’m not really looking for a rain/petrichor scent — I specifically want that warm dusty, earthy, slightly musty smell.

Please tell me I’m not alone 😭😂 Has anyone else had weird smell cravings during pregnancy? And does anyone know of an actual scent/product that smells like this?!
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My husband and I have been trying for about a year now. 39M and 26F. I so desperately want to get pregnant and have as many babies as possible. My husband wants to get me pregnant but his job has him so stressed he can’t get it up and to stay up, at the same time, I don’t seem to be able to keep a normal period for some reason. It was as normal as ever till a month before we got married and since we haven been married it won’t stay regular like no period for 3 months or double periods in one month. It’s so frustrating! I have been taking ovulation test, and using a Kegg that’s for cervical mucus. But nothing ever seems to be accurate. My doctor suggested 3 months of birth control to “regulate it” (didn’t work) month 1, got it; month 2,got it; month 3, nothing, got it 2 months later and that was over a year ago. I’ve tried spearmint pills and tea, nothing. I went to a fertility doctor who checked me, checked him. Everything normal. At this point I don’t know what’s wrong with me or how to fix it. No doctor seems to be able to fix my problem. For my husband we found a vibrator tool that’s has helped keep it up, used it twice so far. But I need advice on how to fix this, any advice. I just really want to get pregnant, and keep getting pregnant, we want a big family.