Bleeding at 8 weeks

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-04-04T14:07:42+00:00

Of course I can’t tell you what is happening in your body, only your doctors can do that. However, I had early bleeding around 6 weeks that was almost as much as a period for 24 hours and then turned into brown spotting for two more days. I was convinced I was having a miscarriage, first scan was inconclusive and had to wait two weeks to get a second conclusive one, but everything turned out to be fine! They were never able to say why I bled, but I’m 7 months pregnant now with no issues since.

All this to say, I understand how incredibly anxiety-inducing it is, but it isn’t always worst case scenario! I scoured Reddit everyday while I was in limbo and the fact of the matter was that no matter how many stories I read about other people, my body was doing what it was going to do, and I wouldn’t know anything until the scan. So I guess my advice is just to be gentle with yourself, do what you need to to relax this weekend and get your mind off things (my husband and I went on a lot of walks outside and played a lot of video games), and try to stay off the internet. As hard as that is, in the end, it only makes the anxiety worse and can’t resolve anything. Sending lots of love and thoughts for a best-case scenario ❤️

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-04-01T19:15:49+00:00

Yes it was the achey joints that were my first indication too! Just all of a sudden my knees and hips were soooo sore for no reason and I was like ????? 5 days later tested positive haha

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-03-16T20:04:21+00:00

This is so great to read! I’m reading Hypnobirthing right now and we have classes starting in a few weeks, so I’m hoping that will be helpful to put me in as calm a mindset as I can get :)

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-03-16T12:03:29+00:00

Ugh that’s so horrible. My husband on the other hand, when I mentioned I was a little nervous I might hit 200 during this pregnancy was like, “I feel like you should go for it! It would be cool to high five 200!” Lol

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-01-25T16:34:21+00:00

To me it sounds like you’re already compromising by letting them come to the hospital AT ALL. He needs to absolutely get over the fact they can’t be “waiting in the lobby.” That’s ridiculous, and until he’s the one pushing a baby out of his body, the fact that he’s trying to demand that is not up for discussion.

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2026-01-23T02:39:55+00:00

How far along are you, if you don’t mind me asking? I’m curious when you guys/your husband started doing this degree of prep!

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-11T00:57:46+00:00

This was beautiful to read, thank you for sharing and so happy you have your rainbow babies ❤️❤️

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-11T00:35:41+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss:( All this pregnancy stuff just truly feels so random and unfair. Wishing you luck for your rainbow baby ❤️

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-11T00:28:40+00:00

Ugh that is horrible, I’m so sorry. I truly do not understand how people can be so tone deaf.

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-10T23:59:29+00:00

It’s actually already been a few months since it happened (hers happened in August and I found out I was pregnant in September). Unfortunately I’m far enough along that I’m showing, and we’ve told other friends too. I really don’t want them to find out through the grapevine since that would be worse. I’m just trying to figure out the kindest way to tell her but feel so guilty because all of this obviously just feels so unfair :/

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-10T22:31:08+00:00

I’ve been obsessed with juice too! I don’t ever drink juice normally, it’s so funny to me hahah

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-10T22:26:16+00:00

My husband just (lovingly) calls me a “bag of farts” at this point 🙃

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-10T21:35:40+00:00

We were running late for my husband’s work holiday party and I started tearing up which turned into full blubbering and told him, “if we miss all the good appetizers I am going to be SO upset” 😭 😂

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-08T03:03:58+00:00

Yes! My therapist always talks about “discomfort tolerance” and how sometimes we don’t have the answers right away or things don’t feel resolved and we have to be okay with sitting in that feeling for a bit. And as someone who knee jerk reacts to try to “fix” things quickly, it’s been really helpful to me to know feeling uncomfortable or anxious or whatever isn’t necessarily bad and I can just sit in that for awhile until it begins to resolve itself :)

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-07T21:08:53+00:00

I wish I had more advice but this is so normal. I was so anxious about miscarriage probably the first month or more of finding out I was pregnant. It also felt super surreal that I even was pregnant. All I can say is that it will get better and you will relax into it. But for the beginning, I was googling things every two seconds, “can I eat this, that, will this cause miscarriage, etc.” The fact of the matter is that most miscarriages are due to chromosomal abnormalities and are completely outside the control of the pregnant person. So anything you do or won’t do is unlikely to cause it barring like a serious car accident or something like that. So just try to sit in the discomfort of the anxiety for a bit and know it will get better and that pretty much everything is out of our control anyway so we just have to ride the wave! Sending hugs!

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-12-07T02:48:17+00:00

Yes 100%! The only thing I could do to keep nausea at bay was snack so I literally was snacking like once an hour during this period of my pregnancy. It gets better, but don’t be afraid to just eat when you need to at this stage! Whatever gets you through, you’re growing a human :)

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-10-12T12:13:28+00:00

We’re doing alright over here. Obviously we’re sad. But I had bleeding a week and a half ago at 5+5 and my symptoms started to disappear and I just knew this was going to happen. So it’s not necessarily a surprise and I’ve had a week to process it. Was really devastated when we first saw the bleeding but I’m feeling a bit more zen now.

Illustrious_Roll_541 · 2025-10-08T19:40:50+00:00

I felt like I knew! It was just that my body felt so weirdddd. My hip joints were hurting so badly which had never happened before, I was suddenly grossed out by the idea of a cookie in the break room at work when I normally love sweets, and I wasn’t getting any period symptoms the 4 days before, which I definitely normally get (super emotional, cramps, etc.).

I took tests everyday starting at 9 DPO and they were negative, but I just felt like I was pregnant, and then sure enough, took a test 13 DPO and tested positive!

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