Scared - Warrenville,IL

I would get an ultrasound. At 7 weeks they should definately be able to see the baby and see a heartbeat.

it sounds to me that you are having a threatend miscarriage/abortion. all during my first trimester with my son i had terrible cramps and i thought i was having a miscarriage so i went to ER and that is what they told me. so i slowed down ( i still had to work and i was a nurses aide so i asked to be put on the light duty floor and my co-workers were a tremendous help), also i also tried to keeo as much stress out of my life as possible. your body is a little unsure about this foreign object(the baby) that is inside your body so it is trying to terminate the pregnancy! so please try to slow down and if you can try to keep things as peaceful as you can with your husband. i wish you good luck and you are in my prayers.

If you are worried, call your OB and ask for an ultrasound or to have your betas drawn. Do you have a OB? Brown blood is old blood so not really a concern. However, if you start bleeding heavily and with clots then it's time to go to OB and either have an ultrasound or have your HCG levels drawn. They will draw blood two times, 48 hrs apart. The hcg should be doubling. If it is, you can rest easy, the pregnancy is growing. Some people have implantation bleeding which could have been the cause the first time it happened, this most recent bout could've just been old blood from the implantation bleeding. Bleeding is pretty common in pregnancy and can mean nothing at all to miscarriage. It's really hard to tell but odds are everything will be fine.

While bleeding isn't "normal" during pregnancy, it is common. Put your feet up and drink WATER...lots and lots of it! Do not wear yourself out and DRINK WATER!!!

Mom to 4 under 4.5 years old...

I had a similiar issue with my last pregnancy - I bled for two weeks on and off. Call your doctor...since the blood this time around is brown it's just old blood as others have said, probably left over from the first episode, but you should let them know. I was also instructed to avoid stairs as much as possible, avoid lifting heavy things...try to relax as much as you can. Everything turned out fine for me - hoping the same is true for you! Good luck!

I had spotting my first pregnancy right at 12 weeks. My OB doctor did an ultrasound and everything was fine. They weren't that concerned cause brown blood (which is what I had), means old blood. I would be more concerned if it is bright red with cramps.

Well first off I have heard that some bleeding in pregnancy can be normal. It doesn't sound like you have had cramping and bleeding, although I have heard that too can turn out fine. First and foremost, be good to yourself. Relax, do whatever you need to, to de-stress. If you have other kids, maybe see if your husband can see about feeding them tonight and just take a load off. If you have to work a lot, try and take regular breaks, drink lots of water and just breath when you start stressing out. Just take slow steady breaths. It sounds like you need to chill, and honestly that is the best thing you can do for baby right now. Relax, try not to worry. There is a book I read called Fearless Pregnancy. It was amazing. If you can get your hands on a copy I highly recommend it. I am really glad that when you went to dr. all was well. You are not responsible for anything happening in your body, and even when a woman does lose a pregnancy early, it is just something that happens sometimes. So really try to calm down and take care of you, that will be the best gift you can give your little one!!! Wishing you the best!

I'm sorry you're scared... I know it's stressful and worrysome! However, at seven weeks even if you are miscarrying, they really can't do anything about it in the emergency room or anywhere else. Therefore, you're best off to simply put your feet up and relax as best you can and try to focus on something else. It will be whatever it's going to be. I know that's a very helpless feeling, but it's just the way it is. The best thing you can do (hard as it may be) is to relax and stop worrying about it. However, I'll tell you that bleeding at this stage isn't abnormal in any way, so you're probably fine. Both my sister and I bled for the first 12 weeks of our pregnancies on and off. Good luck!

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I spotted several times during my 1st trimester, the first of which (at about 7 wks.) was quite a bit and lasted for several hours, of course starting in the middle of the night and on a Sunday! Once I was able to see my OB, all was fine and they said it was probably my "implantation day" but after that I pretty much had my OB on speed-dial. They were always very patient. At each spotting episode they did have me come in and get checked but explained that some 1st tri's are just like that. Any stress is hard on you and your baby so take it easy and call your Doc as needed, that's why they are there and why they have on-call #'s. I ended up with a serious case of hypertension and gained 70lbs of fluid! I looked like the Hobbit for months! Bed-rest is not as luxurious as it sounds, it sucks after about a day! But advise is well taken, I now have a beautiful 14month little girl and would do it all again. Peace E. :-)

i had the same problems as well stress and this is true but still when it happens you should call your obyg too make sure what they want you too do. good luck

Brown blood is not fresh blood - it is old blood. What could have happened is your cervical mucus is increasing due to the pregnancy and is then flushing the old blood out. Just try to relax. And as always in pregnancy - when in doubt, call your doctor. That's what they're there for.

Good luck and congrats on the pregnancy.