8 weeks pregnnant - symptoms gone

cazziej

Hi

Hope somebody can advise. My daughter is just 8 weeks pregnant (she has known since she was 4 weeks, so it has been a looooong 4 weeks).

She had a miscarriage 3 years ago and this baby was conceived while she was on the pill (she took a pregnancy test so early because she was sick everyday for a week). Her last miscarriage was at around 5 weeks.

She has been having "evening sickness" most nights. For the whole 4 weeks she has been having abdo pains which she describes as like period pains, and very bad backache. Last Thursday she had a scan and everything seemed fine, heartbeat could be seen. Last Friday she started with a brown discharge and spoke to a midwife we know who said that as long as it wasn't fresh red blood not to worry about it too much. The discharge had stopped by the next day completely.

Today she has phoned me from work panicking because she hasn't had any symptoms since last week, no sickness, no sore boobs etc. She took a test this morning (first wee of the day) and the line is there but not mega dark as it has been in the past. Now she has got me panicking too. She is seeing the Consutant next Thursday (but not for a scan), and the EPU is closing anytime now, but she can't get out of work anyway.

Not sure what I am asking now, probably a bit of reassurance as I know we are both going to be panicking over the weekend.

Is it normal for symptoms to go completely at 8 weeks and everything still be okay?

Sorry this is so long, but she is going to be looking to me for answers and I just don't know.

Carol

Lynsey76

I had the same symptoms as your daughter - feeling sick, period pains, and a similar discharge for a couple of days. I was terrified, and spent the day in bed to rest just in case. It passed, and my son is now 9 months old. I had also suffered a previous miscarriage. My heart goes out to your daughter, I know how scary it is for her at the moment. I wish you both all the best x

cazziej

Thank you Lynsey - it is just so difficult, I want to reassure her, but I don't want to give her false hope. It is good to know your story turned out well - thank you.

Carol

milliebear00001

I had two mc before my two children were born and can completely understand how terrifying this situation is. I did have disappearing symptoms with the mc, but also had this happen with my two children's pregnancies! With my daughter, the symptoms disappeared at about 7 weeks (I look back now and realise that they just got replaced by different ones!) and my pg test line was hardly there. All was fine. Same thing happened with my son at 9 weeks - this time I had no symptoms, but a scan showed him to be fine. At about 9 weeks (and possibly earlier) the placenta begins to take over the support of the foetus (rather than the pregnancy hormones). This leads to a dropping off of the HCG hormone responsible for many of the symptoms of early pregnancy.

It is possible your daughter has mc again (about 1 in 33 women have two on the trot) but having a scan with a good heartbeat at 7 weeks suggests she has about a 90% chance of all being well. Also, having one mc does not increase your chaces of another.

x

My_Fathers_Daughter

Loads of rest and try not to stress too much (for your DD, not you!)

Every pregnancy is different some women don't get any symptoms at all for a long time, my friend was 4 months gone when she found out she was pg (she had no symptoms at all and had 3 periods too).

Worrying won't make anything better but could make things worse. I know it is easy to say but try to keep her as calm as possible over the weekend.

cazziej

Thanks MFD and Millie. I think it might be playing on her mind (and mine) because a girl I work with was pregnant last year and stopped having symptoms at around the same stage. She paid for a private scan at 12 weeks, couldn't wait any longer for hers, and it revealed the baby had died at 8 weeks. She had not had any bleeding or any other signs of loss.

I made the mistake of telling my daughter this a while ago and I just know she is thinking back to this.

I have just spoken to EPU who said if she can get there today, they have a slot for an emergency scan. She will have to try and get out of work but she has only been there for less than 3 months and is on 6 months trial, so she wants to cause as little fuss as possible.

Thanks again for your replies - its good to know that there is some hope.

Best wishes

Carol

traveller

Hi, I can understand your daughters concern, but as others have said,the symptoms do change sometimes anyway.My second pregnancy ended in miscarriage at approx 6 weeks.When i got pregnant again I did have a discharge and was sick through out the pregnancy.My last 2 pregnancies only the first few weeks then nothing.I was convinced I'd lost my now 4 month old how many times, due to 'symptoms' not being there.Both of you try not to worry, she's lucky to have you there for her and I wish you both all the best!

jamgirl

i don't think either of you will rest until she has been seen at the hospital and thursday must seem like an age away.

if the slot is there at the EPU then maybe she should go. if she can't tell her boss the real reason then she will have to make something up.

i bled all the way through my last pregnancy but had no other symptoms and was at the hospital continuously putting my mind at rest :embarasse. he was then born a whopping 11lb bruiser.

easy to say i know but try not to worry and take care.....both of you

[Deleted User]

please let us know the outcome if she manages to get to the EPU today, i'm sure we are all willing for the best!

galvanizersbaby

I've had 2 missed miscarriages - the first was prior to having my son and all my pregnancy symtoms had disappeared but it was only when I went for my 12 week scan they discovered baby had stopped growing at 9 weeks.
The 2nd was a couple of months ago when I concieved on the mini pill and this time my pregnancy symptoms didn't stop at all I was alerted that something was wrong when I got the pinky/brown (but this can be normal in some pregnancies) so I called the early pregnancy assessment unit and they scanned me to confirm that the same thing had happened.

A scan is really the only thing that will be able to tell for sure so hopefully your daughter will be able to get one asap - I do hope so - really feel for her x

mrcow

Thinking of you xx. I hope she managed to get to the unit so she's not fretting over the weekend.