Looking for Reassurance from Mama's Who Have Spotted in Early Pregnancy

I'm 34 weeks right now and had some spotting in the first trimester with this one ( and my youngest son). Also had some spotting a few weeks ago. I've had so many ultrasounds this pregnancy, we laugh about how we could fill a baby book with them. It can be scary, especially after having a miscarriage (I had one my first pregnancy). Lots of people have shared their stories already, so you can see it is common and you can still have a healthy pregnancy. All the best!

I had 3 miscarriages before I had my daughter. I was also on progesteron and did have spotting through out my pregnancy. I spent a lot of time in bed with my feet propped up, but it was well worth it. I had the spotting off and on but it was never very much. I worked full time and worked till about a week before she was born. I went full term and my daughter is healthy. She is grown up now and is expecting her first baby any day now. I hope this helps.

With my first daughter I spotted. It was a lot at times, to the point that my dr. thought I was miscarrying. She is now 8 years old. With my second daughter I spotted before I even went to my first doctors appointment. That was only a little. She is now 6. I can't remember how long I spotted, but I did with both of my girls.

I had some spotting with my first pregnancy and it lasted for a few days and then never happened again.

I spotted with both my singleton and twin pregnancies. It was just a little and lasted maybe a week but was also accompanied by some cramping which had me very worried. Everything worked out fine and I have three healthy boys today!

I also spotted during my first trimester, but I now have a healthy, happy baby boy! The spotting was off and on, not much more than what you see at the very end of your period. It stopped totally by the second trimester. It was really scary and happened to coincide with a really awful bout of bronchitis for which I had to take two full courses of antibiotics. I was really freaked that the illness or medication was the cause, but my doctor said that many women spot during healthy pregnancies and they can rarely identify the reason why. One thing my doctor did to reassure me was have me go for two blood tests a few days apart, so that we could see that the pregnancy hormones were multiplying at the right rate. I know it's scary, but try not to worry too much. I'm watching my little guy play right now in his exersaucer, and I'm sure you'll be doing the same by this time next year!

Hi J.. My cousin and I both had 2 miscarriages also. It really makes being pregnant stressful doesn't it? We both took progesterone and had healthy babies. She spotted throughout her whole 2nd pregnancy and just gave birth to another healthy baby. Good luck. I hope the progesterone works for you too.

Hi J.,

I had a healthy baby girl about 18 months ago and had some spotting as well. It happened about 6 weeks into the pregnancy and happened once or twice a week for about a month. I called my doctor and since it was light, they didn't seem worried at all. I went in for a sonogram just to make sure, and they said my placenta was low? which is something that usually corrects itself. The spotting stopped, and my daughter was perfectly healthy.

I can understand your fears - just try to remember that EVERY pregnancy is different no matter what has happened before. I would follow the doctor's orders and try not to worry. My doctor said that about 30% of women spot during pregnancy for no reason at all, so keep that in mind too.

Good luck with everything, and I will pray that all goes well for you!!

L.

First of all, know that you are doing everything you can to keep your baby growing healthy. I have been where you are. I had two miscarriages also, but before I ever had children. I was 8 weeks pregnant with my twins, and bleeding. I, too, was on progesterone. My twins are 8 now. I have 6 children, and from what I understand until the placenta complete takes over the uterus in weeks 12 and on, sometimes you have bleeding while the egg is attaching itself to the uterus. I had to have extra progesterone with all 6 of my pregnancies to help the baby until the placenta took over. So you are doing everything you can for your child, and I am sure tomorrow you will see that all is fine. Good Luck

I had it too, and made it full term with heathy twins!!!!

Hi J.,

I spotted with my first pregnancy, and she turned out great! It came and went, although was mostly done by 6 mos. There was nothing I could really do about it, so I tried to just stay calm. (It was always alarming though...!)

Keep in mind that once you hear or see the heartbeat on an ultrasound the chances of miscarrying drop to something like less than 5%. So that was reassuring to me. I am pregnant again, 34 weeks, and never had a bit of spotting, so its really true that every pregnancy is different!

Good luck, I hope it all turns out for you.

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You have a lot of great responses so far! I have 4 children, spotted with them all (one until about 16 weeks). All were full term and healthy. Had a ton of US also, but each time everything checked out fine. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy.

Hi, J.- I had had 2 miscarriages prior to getting pregnant with my 1st son. I spotted during the whole pregnancy...very heavy at first but later in the pregnancy it was spotting...daily. I had a text book delivery with the water breaking, going into labor and 5 hours later my son was born perfectly. My suggestion is to follow your doctors' orders and relax. All the best to you and congratulations! Rest up...you will need it with two little ones!

hi J.,
I have been in your shoes and understand what you are going through. I spotted the first 4 months of my pregnancy and am now at my 37th week with my second child after a few miscarriages. Take one day at a time and know that it is nerve racking and annoying to hear people say just relax and don't stress , I use to get so mad when people told me that. But it seems your dr is on top of things and keeping a close eye on you . Good luck and have faith( I know it's hard)one day at a time. Lets us know and if you need to talk msg me =)

I feel your panic. I spotted/bled with all 3 of my pregnancies, and it got no easier anytime. With my first I just had pink spotting on and off in the first trimester. With my second I had a lot of bleeding. I had quite a bit just after I found out, about 5 weeks, and then I had horrible bleeding at 7 weeks if I remember correctly. I thought for sure I was miscarrying, as I saw a kind of mass at one point. The bleeding stopped and my doc sent me for an ultrasound and I had a happy heathy baby in there with no sign of what caused the bleeding. I to this day truely believe that he was a twin and I lost the other one. My third pregnancy I bled quite a bit as well. I had something called a subchorionic hemotoma, which is a blood pocket between the placenta and the unterine wall, most likely formed during implanatation. I was put on moderate bedrest and pelvic rest, drank lots of water (water will help relax the uterus from contracting) and took vitamins. This all happened around week 7, although I had some light spotting around 5 weeks too. By 12 weeks the bleed had passed and everything was fine.

Bleeding during pregnancy is a scary thing, unfortunately I am one of the lucky minority that has this happen. I did have 3 healthy babies, never lost a single one through all my panic, thank god. It's good that your doctor is monitoring you closely, its hard because to them there is nothing they can really do to prevent a loss so they don't look into much for you, that's the attitude I feel they take anyway. Hang in there, rest up and try not to do lifting and other exherting activities. Drink lots of water, take your vitamins, and no sex whenever you are spotting. Good luck to you, I wish you a very healthy baby :)

I got pregnant w/ both my daughters easily with no spotting and no miscarriages before/in between when I was carrying them, so I don't know what to tell you. From a mother to another, I can at least tell you to just relax, take good care of yourself, try to rest when your son's sleeping during the day, drink your water, take your vitamin, etc....all the "normal" things that you need to do for your new baby. Find out from your Dr. if you should get screened for anything within the next few weeks (clotting for example, which could be a reason as to why you're spotting). I know it's hard to NOT worry about the new baby while caring for your older child, but you can only do so much in a day. Take life one day at a time, because we NEVER get time back. Hang tough, Mama, and follow your Dr's directions/advice, etc.

Take care, good luck, and God bless :)

I spotted throughout my entire pregnancy with my son. It started right after around 10 weeks. It was alarming, and it seemed like a lot of blood. I was petrefied. However, it was just spotting. I ended up spotting almost every month of my pregnancy, and each time, it was scary. Each time I'd call the doctor and they put me on "pelvic" rest and told me to take it easy. Each pregnancy is different, and I've only had one, so I don't know if this is just normal for me or what. I also haven't had any miscarriages so I don't have any experience with what happens in that case either. All the best to you. I hope everything goes okay. Rest and relax as much as you can. Sending good thoughts your way.

I spotted alot in my first pregnancy and very little in my second one. I now have two healthy babies. They just kept an eye on me and every time I spotted they did an ultrasound to make sure all was ok. I ended up having both babies early but they were healthy. Good Luck and take it easy as easy as you can I know just remember to rest when your tired and don't over due it. Best of Luck

I bled like a stuck pig for the first 14 weeks of my pregnancy. I also had a subchorionic hemotoma (2, actually) and didn't even know I was pregnant until I was 7 weeks because I had been bleeding the whole time. I had had a pelvic exam at 6 weeks and even the doctor didn't know! I was on moderate bed rest, total pelvic rest, and basically was lying down unless I had to go to class/work. The ultrasound will give you some idea what is going on, but at 5 weeks it is pretty early to tell anything. If you make it to 8 weeks with a heartbeat, you've got 95% chance of going to viability. The research on bed rest is spotty (no pun intended) buy my attitude was, "can't hurt, might help" and that way I felt I had done everything I could. My advice would be to stay off your feet as much as possible, make sure you are getting absolutely NO caffeine, and stay as calm as possible. There's really nothing else to do but wait.

I spotted with both my pregnancies and had 2 healthy babies. They told me to elevate my feet when i spotted so i tried to do that alot. eat as healthy as possible and get plaenty of rest whenever you can. Try not to overdo it. i was also early with both pregnancies. My son was a month early and my daughter 3 weeks but both healthy weights ect.