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by Lorranna  (July 8th) (rank 500+) |
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Re: Is it a miscarriage
Asked by cheleinkal
Question:
I am 14 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Last night at 9.30pm I began to bleed the equivalent to the beginning of a regular period a pinky red in colour (guys excuse
the details) I have had mild cramping throughout the night that are really almost not there when I'm laying down. The bleeding too slows on laying down. I live in a rural town and when I saw my doctor at 6 weeks he said he" would see me again in 10 weeks as the only that would happen in the mean time would be a miscarriage and theres nothing he can do about that" . I was alone with 2.5 yr old when this occurred hubby having only returned this morning and so I rang the hospital and they put me onto a midwife who said it sounded like a miscarriage, they couldn't do anything to prevent one at 14 weeks, and they advised me to lay down and take panadine if the cramps got too bad. I was welcome to come in if I wanted to but there was nothing they could do for me. As it's over 12 hours, in which I have been laying down for the most part except for the frequent loo usage and it hasn't really got any heavier and the cramps only mildly so (I've not had to take anything at all) I'm wondering if against medical opinion it might be just a weird bleed and everything might be okay? I know some people spot and this is definitely a light flow but could this be just one of those things? Has anyone else experienced this and still birthed a healthy baby 6 months later? Fingers crossed.
My Advice:
I am not sure where you live, but where I live once you are pregnant you go once a month end of story. One ultrasound is done around 6-8 weeks and another around 16-20 weeks. I would say that the ER that you went to was a little unusual to say the least. A simple ultrasound could have told you whether you were having a miscarriage or not. That stuff makes me mad, that is not that hard to do. And the later is not true either, if you were having a miscarriage they should have at least given you a number to call the nurse/help line to talk to someone about it and what to expect, and also could have given you pain medication to help you through it.. I would immediately seek a new OB/GYN if I were in your position. It could be something else too, what if it were something else? An ovary could have ruptured from a cyst (which probably would not hurt the baby I wouldn't think because it has it's own sack) There could be a multitude of reasons that this happened, you need to see a doctor right away to find out for sure, if you are still having these symptoms I would find another ER other than the one that you went to and have them take care of you, DEMAND it. That is what I would do if I were you. (I probably wouldn't have left the hospital until they did more tests or I would have hurt someone/something really bad but that's me)
