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Its so hard to get excited about being pregnant with all this spotting.

Hi there!! I had spotting on 6weeks and then spotted again 7 weeks, both times it was bright red when I wiped and filled up a panty liner. I went to er both time and the first time I had a u/s and it came back with there baby measuring 6 weeks with a heartbeat. Checked my hcg levels both times and they were increasing as normal. I ahvrmt bleed since week 7 and I am now almost 19 weeks! I still am constanly worried, but so far so good! Hope this helps!! :)

Hope you found the links I sent you? How were your blood results?

I understand how anxious you are to have answers. I would advise you to "try" to refrain from doing internet research on your symptoms, because it will only stress you out more. Honestly, at 5-6 weeks pregnant, if there is a problem with the baby, the doctors are unable to do anything to prevent you from miscarrying (which is what happened to me). The only thing they suggested was to have an hcg test performed multiple times to determine whether or not the levels were increasing at the rate it was suppose to. Though my experience was sad, and it took time for me to recover, I just kept thinking that I would rather go through that experience early in my pregnancy, rather than deliver an unhealthy baby (because its your bodies way of preventing you from carrying a baby with chromosomal defects).
You could also be one of those women who spot throughout their pregnancy and deliver a perfectly healthy baby. I don't know if you are religious, but prayer helped me through my diffic

I know how you feel. When i was 5 weeks i went to the bathroom only to find blood, a lot of blood. I freaked out and rushed to the ER. Baby turned out to be fine and i am now 8.4 weeks. They still don't know where it came from, but it didn'kt cause any issues. I hope this helps a little, stay clam and remain positive. Oh and rest as much as possible. Good luck to you and your little baby.

Just an update. everything stopped growing at 5 weeks and I had a miscarrage and d and c at 7 weeks.

I recently asked 2 very similar questions - one on the scan, and the other on the spotting..pls read the responses on this site and countdowntopregnancy (I use the same name on each site)

Hi taragaby,
Yes I did thank you. My blood went from 100 to 700 in a week so doubled every 60 something hours still im scared to get my hopes high . I spotted some more today always after a bm sorry for tmi. Just wish I knew what wad going on
How is your pregnancy going?

My doctor told me that unless i had spotting associated with severe cramping it was fine. I spotted in all of my pregnancies. I had late term losses for other reasons though. I'm now 28+ weeks pregnant with a girl. I know it hard not to worry but try to relax cramping is actually normal in early pregnancy as long as it's not severe. If it was to get worse than period like and heavy bleeding i would get seen butt your levels doubled or more than so i would breathe a little if i were you :-) good luck

Just try to remain calm. I spotted brown blood off and on from week 6-7. No heartbeat at 5 weeks but at 6 weeks 2 days there was a strong heartbeat! They said I had bruising around my placenta ( which caused the spotting) and that baby was fine! I have not spotted in over a week. Just take it easy.. no heavy lifting and try to relax. I agree that you should not research miscarriages online. Just wait to hear from your doctor and pray. I' hope all is well! Keep us updated!