Brown spotting

Hi,
I'm only 4 wks and 2 days pregnant and have had brown spotting since Sunday. It isn't heavy and have no cramps. Had HCG done on Monday which was 220 and will have this done again tomorrow. Just wondering whether this is common! Thanks :)

I had spotting between 5 and 7 weeks. Mostly brown but there was an occasion it was bright red. It turned out to be a subchorionic haematoma, which is a clot between the placenta and uterus. When I was diagnosed with it at 7 weeks, I was told by my doctor to put my feet up and no sex. It is so hard not to worry, but brown and no cramping is okay. Your hcg level is very good. How was yesterday's level?

all the best for tomorrow bubs2014!

440. :'(

Thanks NzVeggie. I have no idea. I haven't spoken to my doctor since the first HCG. Only been speaking to nurses. I have an appointment on Monday anyway because of the blood clot behind my leg so guess I'll get a better picture then. I guess the fact that they are slowing is good (in terms of my body sorting out a misarriage). Ugh. Do they have to get to a certain level to miscarry or could I just start bleeding at any moment?

Not entirely true tan!!! I started miscarrying with very high hcg levels. Like still in 10's if thousands. In fact may have even still been >100k.

Hi bubs, just been reading through your posts. I went through something very similar in sept 2012, keep getting your hcg monitored as mine turned out to be an ectopic (slow rising hcg levels are a sign of it). Generally a level of 400 won't be seen on a standard ultrasound, they say levels of 1000 are needed but some machines are super sensitive and may pick up something. In my case, my hormone levels started to recede after 2 1/2 weeks on their own, and I properly miscarried a week later. Took another 5 weeks for my levels to drop completely and was a really slow process. I wish you all the best.

Edited by vineyardhoney - 23 February 2014 at 6:50pm

They were doing a "watch and wait" approach, due to my levels of hcg being low 250 from memory? They were going to do another scan before giving methotrexate to cause the miscarriage, however that last blood test was the one that my hormones started dropping on, so they just continued to monitor my levels until they dropped significantly. Went from bloods every 2 days and then a week later it was weekly blood tests until I was under 20. The miscarriage wasn't bad for me at all - they think mine was up near my ovary so apparently my body may have absorbed some of it? Just like a heavy period really. 4 days plus a few more days spotting, although I was only having light periods before conceiving. We were lucky to have the best case from a bad situation, avoiding surgery or the methotrexate that means you can't ttc for 6 months as it is a cancer treatment med. it was a really tough time, a real emotional roller coaster and the drawn out time it took meant it was hard to get "closure" from it until that last blood test. I felt like a real pincushion and my arm looked like a junkies for a while haha! But good things happened for us, we were pregnant again 9 months later and are due to meet our baby in a weeks time