9 weeks and dull cramps with blood

[Anonymous]

First ultrasound at 7+3 showed a strong heartbeat and baby measuring right on target. Today (9 weeks) I am getting mild cramps (like a dull ache) and bright red blood (mostly when I wipe, but there is maybe a teaspoon in a pantyliner over a few hours). I called the doctor and she said to take it easy but unless bleeding is heavy over 24 hours I should not go to the hospital.

What does heavy bleeding mean? How do I know if I am having a miscarriage?

[Anonymous]

Miscarriage in my experience although I’ve heard of others having a SCH and it being fine. Hoping the best for you.

[Anonymous]

It’s probably a SCH. Even if it gushes it can be. So stressful I’m sorry. Hang in there and rest up.

[Anonymous]

That happened to me with both my pregnancies that led to kids. Both times I went to the ER: the first time, I was told to rest and monitor at home. The bleeding stopped rapidly. The second time, the ER doc told me I was miscarrying, and gave me a pill to help it along. I did not take it, the bleeding stopped soon after, and that baby is 13 years old now.

However, I've had two miscarriages that also started like this at around 9 weeks and where the bleeding became heavy (as in, filling more than a large overnight pad every two hours), with cramps, for multiple days.

So at this point you just don't know, and you need to rest and hydrate. Best of luck to you!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That happened to me with both my pregnancies that led to kids. Both times I went to the ER: the first time, I was told to rest and monitor at home. The bleeding stopped rapidly. The second time, the ER doc told me I was miscarrying, and gave me a pill to help it along. I did not take it, the bleeding stopped soon after, and that baby is 13 years old now.

However, I've had two miscarriages that also started like this at around 9 weeks and where the bleeding became heavy (as in, filling more than a large overnight pad every two hours), with cramps, for multiple days.

So at this point you just don't know, and you need to rest and hydrate. Best of luck to you!!!

Wow!!! The doc told you to take a pill without confirming it wasn’t viable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That happened to me with both my pregnancies that led to kids. Both times I went to the ER: the first time, I was told to rest and monitor at home. The bleeding stopped rapidly. The second time, the ER doc told me I was miscarrying, and gave me a pill to help it along. I did not take it, the bleeding stopped soon after, and that baby is 13 years old now.

However, I've had two miscarriages that also started like this at around 9 weeks and where the bleeding became heavy (as in, filling more than a large overnight pad every two hours), with cramps, for multiple days.

So at this point you just don't know, and you need to rest and hydrate. Best of luck to you!!!

Wow!!! The doc told you to take a pill without confirming it wasn’t viable?

Correct. She was a young doctor, a little overwhelmed that evening, and I even wondered whether she'd got me confused with the other pregnant woman who was in the ER at the same time as me. It was a very strange interaction.

[Anonymous]

It could be anything…completely normal and nothing, or the start of a miscarriage. At this stage, there is nothing to do but wait.

[Anonymous]

I had bleeding - fairly heavy, pad heavy - at 5 weeks and was told that unless I have cramps it’s very possible to be normal. Cramps = not good.

[Anonymous]

That's a miscarriage, sorry OP.

[Anonymous]

Heavy bleeding is usually a pad an hour or large clots (golf ball size) coming out. Even with a miscarriage, I wouldn’t expect it to get that heavy I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heavy bleeding is usually a pad an hour or large clots (golf ball size) coming out. Even with a miscarriage, I wouldn’t expect it to get that heavy I think.

It did for me with my first 9 week miscarriage: huge overnight pad soaked in two hours, and passing of the intact gestational sac. I held my baby in my hand for a while. My second 9 week miscarriage happened over the course of a month, bleeding daily, and weirdly gooey (sorry, TMI). Not stinky, though - I got worried about rotting tissue in there.

But OP, this might not be a miscarriage. Some women have bleeding and go on to have healthy babies.

[Anonymous]

So scary I know (I’ve been through it 3 times myself), unfortunately you probably won’t know until you get a scan at your doctor. ER ultrasounds suck. There is no medical intervention that can help with preventing a miscarriage at this point, so whatever is happening or not will happen. The heavy bleeding instructions are to make sure you get seen if you are loosing too much blood. You could have a miscarriage with very little blood or healthy baby with lots of blood and everything in between. This timing suck though. I’d push to get in for an ultrasound somewhere if you can.

[Anonymous]

Update: it was a miscarriage. I went to the ER and the baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks. It had no heartbeat. I’m on pain meds and passing clots and feeling sad. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

So sorry this happened to you. This was how ny Thanksgiving weekend went. I’ve learned to not walk so much when I learn that I am early pregnant which seems to be triggering my miscarriages. Good luck Op

[Anonymous]

I’m so sorry, OP.