bleeding during first trimester, not very heavy but not spotting

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I was a few days late for my period and went for a pregnancy test on tuesday and it came out positive, the nurse said i could possibly be about 5 weeks on at the most.
but today (saturday) i began to bleed a little bit, not heavy but heavier than spotting, like when your period starts btu only a little bit but enough to wear a pad, i havent soaked a pad or anything and it all started at about 3pm this afternoon and its now midnight.
the blood is red, although not thick and has no clots.
i have an appointment with my doctor this week.
I'm not sure if i have cramping but i have suspected IBS and am constipated so i have a strange feeling in my lower stomach but i get that quite a bit anyways, i normally have tablets to control the pain incase it gets worse but i cannot take them due to the fact i am pregnant.
its not cramping, its more like a tight feeling.
the bleeding occurred today, but i had sex twice last night and i felt really tight, sorry to be blunt, could that have anything to do with it?
i'm frightened, but i have read alot on this site that has controlled my anxiety i know i still need to see a doctor and i will but has anyone experienced anything like this and gone on to have a healthy pregnancy?
my mum says its common and since its not heavy or affecting me much apart from giving me a fright i should leave it a day or two to see how it goes and to get plenty of rest and if it gets havier or i experience any pain i should see a doctor immediately.
does anybody else think this is a good idea?
my period was due only on the 7th so maybe implantation bleeding? or is it too late for that? because the nurse said 5 weeks at the most so i dont know what to think.
i am only 18 so dont really want to discuss with my friends as they have no clue and my mum doesnt want me to panic as that will make me stressed.
please help if you can
thank you
S*

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im not sure what is going on but i should of started on the 28th of december and i went to the doctor and they told me that i was 5 weeks also... i have been spotting and it like every other day and i too have IBS...i dont have cramps but yet the tight feeling...im 21 now and when i was 18 i had a miscarriage...so i am to worried that i might lose my baby again. I have called my doctor several time and he told me that i shouldnt worry and that bleeding isnt normal but does happen to many people during the first trimesters...he said that somepeople will bleed the whole nine months, even though that in someway made me feel a little better im still worried and will worry until they give me a real answer saying that me and my baby are fine and i will carry for the full 9 months.... i wish you luck and god bless

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I am about six and a half weeks pregnant. I have had brown discharge since the day I found out I was pregnant. I now am having red blood. I have miscarried before and assumed that was what it was. I went to my Dr. yesterday and they found a fetus with a heart beat. I'm now on bed rest and am very anxious. I get worried about every move I make even going to the bathroom . The dr. told me that because she saw the heartbeat it was a good sign. So has anyone gone through this and I hope the ladies with the spotting are ok. Its been 3 weeks since I started w/ discharge and about 3 days with red blood not enough to fill or soak a pad mostly in the am. and during the day when I wipe .

teenie03 · Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

im 22yrs and 8 weeks pregnant, went to the toilet this morning and noticed a small blood clot that was no bigger than a 5p peice, phoned my midwife and told her about what i was experiencing, she told me that she will get somebody to call me the next day to bring me into hospital to have a scan for my reasurrance, midwife told me that it may not be anything to worry about as its quiet common in the first stages of pregnancy, me and my partner lost our baby last year when i was 23 weeks pregnant due to a diaphragmatic hernia and ended up having a still birth, luckily it was not genetic, so obviously we are very nervous about this pregnancy but over the moon, but deep down we hope everything will be ok,

taloola · Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 4

Hello. I am 19 weeks pregnant and at about 7 weeks I began spotting. It was never enough to get on my panties, but it was basically just there when I peed and wiped (it was in the toilet and on the toilet paper) I lost a baby about 5 years ago, so naturally I was scared (as any pregnant woman would be). I went to my doctor appt. at about 10 weeks and she did an ultrasound. It turned out that I had a "pocket" of fluid (blood) outside of where the baby is. The doctor said a substantial amount of pregnant women have this and it leaks out. But she said the only time they worry about it is if the pocket of fluid is over half the size of the uterus. Mine was not a portion of the size. The spotting stopped and it looks like I am on my way to continuing with a healthy pregnancy. Good luck!

bleeding during first trimester, not very heavy but not spotting

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