Hi! I am 30 years old and I had always to planned to wait til I was 30 to begin having kids. I found out recently that I was prego. My hubby and I were ecstatic to find out and he has been a real trooper through all of it. This is the account of my first pregnancy:
Around Sept. 28th, I get what I believe to be my period. It lasts for 3 days and not as heavy as usual. On around Oct. 4th, I get my period again with blood clots which last 7 days which is how I usually get my periods (with blood clots) and between 5-7 days of duration. The flow was also normal. Monday, Oct. 11th, my hubby and I do the love dance as my period is gone. Immediately after, I get very bad cramps, a sharp pain that covers my lower abdomen and lower back areas. I couldn't move, I thought I was going to the emergency room. He gives me ibuprofin and I lay down to sleep. The pain finally went away the following day on Tuesday, Oct. 12th evening time. All of Wednesday I feel fine, no pain, no blood, I feel great. Thursday morning, Oct. 14th, I wake up to very light spotting and my first though was "what if I am prego and having an m/c?" I feel scared but I don't tell my hubby until much later as we are driving to the office. I get to the office and do a prego digital test that comes out positive. We are super happy and start telling our closest family. On Monday, Oct. 18th, I see the general doctor to do blood work, only to confirm I am indeed prego. I still have been having light bleeding all of those days on and off. On sunday, Oct. 17th, I had noticed my abdomen area to be enlarged and I had to wear loose clothes to feel comfortable. I felt swollen. On thursday, Oct. 21st, I see the doctor, but before that, I did another digital test to show I was still prego. The doctor tells me my Hcg level is too low at just a bit over 160 and it could only mean 2 things; I was either having an m/c or I was too early in pregnancy. He said it was normal for my tummy to be a bit enlarged it happened to some women early in pregnancy. I still didn't know anything with certainty and that is what kills me. I don't even know how far along I am. The light spotting still hadn't stopped so he suggested bed rest and to repeat the blood tests in 2 weeks, around Nov. 1st. On sunday, Oct. 24th, I wake up to very heavy bleeding with the usual blood clots, just like a normal period. On tuesday, Oct. 26th, I decided to take a digital prego test again to see, and it told me "not pregnant". I haven't felt any pain or discomfort other than the blood and blood clots. Usually when women m/c they feel pain followed by the loss of blood and/or clots. The blood had stopped on tuesday. But today wednesday, Oct. 27th, my stomach is no longer swollen, it is at my normal size, and my bbs are not sore, but I am still bleeding letting go of blood clots again. I still don't know for sure if I did have an m/c or not? I have done a lot of research, and have come to find that there are women who do menstruate during their pregnancy, some even their full 9 months and give birth to healthy babies. I have also read of a case where the woman had negative home tests, negative blood tests and she has been bleeding with doctors telling her she was not prego, until an u/s was done to show her having 11 weeks prego with a developing baby. I feel I don't have the closure (conclusion), so I am scared to treat it as an m/c and then realize I didn't and therefore affected my baby. I don't know what to do, but the uncertainty is definitely killing me. If I did m/c, then I accept it and i'll try again, but I need to know for sure. Can anyone help?