Has anyone experienced a Late Miscarriage?

Question

Hi. I am currently 17W pregnant and SCARED. All was great in the 1st trimester but on Dec 20 I had 2 long brown clots..then nothing. 4 days later my DH started to have sex. Because I'm paranoid we stopped after 30 seconds and there was red blood.
Since then I have had lite brown spotting (maybe a teaspoon?) once or twice a day, almost everyday. We saw the baby on an US on Dec 27 and all looked good. I have had no cramps or any other signs. I have been resting and there has been no sex since. MY DR says not to worry unless the blood is red (brown is old?) but two weeks seems excessive....also I'm getting paranoid because the book "what to expect" says several weeks of brown spotting is a sign of miscarriage....can anyone help? I'm scared!!

Answer 1

i had the brown spotting all throughout my pregnancy. I went to the Dr on many diff't occasions about it and they could never find out why. I even had extra ultra sounds and they could not find anything wrong. My baby was born early but fine...maybe just contact your Dr and see if he can't see you more often just to make sure. Good luck!

Answer 2

I miscarried and lost my son on June 13th, 2006. I was 15 weeks and 4 days pregnant. It was my second miscarriage, but my first one was an early miscarriage at 5 1/2 weeks. I can tell you that I had no cramping at all until after I lost the baby (while I was in the hospital). The bag of water had broken around my son, and there was no way to stop the inevitable. I had brown spotting... It wasn't always blood, but there was blood sometimes. IF YOU ARE NERVOUS, GO BACK TO THE DR. AND TELL HIM/HER THAT YOU ARE STILL HAVING SYMPTOMS OF A MISCARRIAGE AND YOU ARE WORRIED! They can give you something called a Formal Ultra-sound which will tell them more than a regular US. Better safe than sorry. But try not to worry too much. Stress isn't good for the baby, either, and the Dr.s told me that usually everything turns out well. Go to the doctor again if you are worried. I learned too late that you have every right to insist on the best care. Best of luck to you; I really hope everything works out.

Answer 3

It is NOT A SIGN OF MISCARRIAGE.

For one thing, take a deep breath and calm down. Freaking out is bad for the baby, too.

Brown blood is old, yes. Your uterus is simply shedding the extra stuff it doesn't need. It's possible your body produced too much lining for the uterus.

A lot of people have spotting. If you're not bleeding, don't worry too much. I'm not saying don't worry at all, because god knows I couldn't stop it. Make sure you have spoken about this thoroughly with your doctor, and if s/he says there's nothing to worry about, there probably isn't. (Although I would say laying off sex is a good thing, especially if it made you bleed).

I've had some spotting myself over the course so far (I'm 23 weeks) and I'm doing OK. If it gets any heavier, or you see red blood, DO NOT WAIT for your doctor. Haul butt to the ER.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I had a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks, my twin pregnancy babys died at 7-8 weeks but carried them til 12 when my body started to show symptoms of miscarriage. Usually with a miscarriage there is tissue. And since u are this far along u would be having excessive pain,tissue,clots and a lot of red bleeding. Brown spotting in pregnancy is old blood and is usually no cause for alarm. There has been women who have had blood clots during pregnancy and heavy bleeding but there babys turned out to be ok. This pregnancy I was spotting light red for 2 weeks and was put on bed rest with no sex or other things and now things are great. some women cannot have sex or work during there entire pregnancy, u might be one. For now just take it easy and REST. no sex, no major walking etc. Im sure u and your baby will be ok..listen to your doctor. Chance of miscarriage goes down extremely low after 12 weeks. Good Luck!

Answer 5

The book is great, but i have run accross many things they have been very wrong on. I personally think you have a very sensitive cervix, and would expain why even after only 30 seconds of sex you had some blood, I get that, and shouldnt be something to worry about to much. If they baby looks fine, and the heartbeat is great, then please dont worry. If you worry to much it can cause stress and stress can cause misscarriages. My mother in law had 10 misscariages, most due to very high stress(hubby was a drunk). Please just calm, and Keep getting the baby checked on. If you feel that scared, you can always go to the ER and get an ultrasound to reasure yourself. Please just do not worry, if it happens it happens, nothing you can do about it when it does. I hope you have your baby happy and healthy.

Answer 6

Listen to your Dr and not worry about what the book says.

Good luck!