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Hi Kristie, I am 37 and currently in my 20th week with my second child. I have had no bleeding with this one but with my first I did. I waited to tell people we were trying, I waited until I took the test and one week later had light pink spotting (when I wiped). My doctor checked my progestrone levels and they were low.. she put me on progestrone and I made it through.. my daughter is now 7 and healthy and beautiful. Ask your doctor to check your progestrone levels.. see what they are suppose to be in your 6 week. Visit the website at the following address: americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/earlyfetaldevelopment..htm They have a guideline for levels.. 1st trimester 9-47, 2nd trimester 17-146, 3rd trimester 49-300. My doctor said you have to have progestrone for the pregnancy to survive.. just check it out.. good luck and keep me posted. Cissy

Hi Cissy- Thank you so much for your response. No one has told me anything about progestrone levels. I will contact my doctor first thing in the morning. If I can not get in to see my OB (he's out of town) then hopefully this is something my regular doctor can check out. I will look at the website you mentioned as well. I am happy to hear all is well with your daughter, and congratulations with your new pregnancy - best wishes! I will update you tomorrow after I see the doctor. Thank you! ~Kristie

Hi there Kristie... I started bleeding quite a lot when I was 7 weeks pregnant. It was so bad that I thought I was having another miscarriage. So, off we went to the hospital... to our immense relief and surprise, our baby was okay... and we left the hospital about 8 hours later and with me still pregnant. They told me that they don't always know why we bleed, and that was my case. We never did find out why I was bleeding. As for the progesterone... I had read about it myself before I was pregnant, and talked to my family doctor about it when I found out I was pregnant. He didn't know about it, and was very hesitant to prescribe it. I told him I wanted to see a specialist right away because of my last pregnancy ending in a miscarriage at 10 weeks. I found the doctor I wanted and my family doctor contacted him right away, however, I couldn't get into see him for almost 3 weeks, but he told my family doctor to put me on progesterone suppositories right away. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of progesterone is spotting... so, I did a lot of that for the next 6 weeks... but whether it was the progesterone that helped or something that was meant to be... here I sit at 30 weeks now, and I've still got my fingers crossed. I hope you get through your bleeding as I got through mine... and hopefully you can find some answers to your questions here... there's a lot of great women on here who have helped me out a lot over the months. I wish you all the best... and remember that the doctors don't always have all the answers. Good luck!

Hi Ladies - Thank you for your comments and support - however I did have a misscarriage last night. The bleeding and cramps became very intense, I went to the ER and my hcg levels had dropped and they saw nothing in the u/s. I suppose I will be OK and will try again, I am getting married so I am going to try to focus on that and my health right now. Best wishes to all of you! ~Kristie

Hi Kristie... I'm so very sorry to hear of your loss, my heart goes out to you. I can still remember the pain of my miscarriage two years ago. I declined the counselling they offered in the hospital figuring I was tough enough to get through it... I thought that since I was only 10 weeks along, it was no big deal! Well, I don't know if it was because of the drop in hormones or because I really was grieving... but I had a really tough couple of months, and looking back, I should have taken the counselling. I'm not saying you have to do it, just to think about it. Sometimes it really helps to talk to someone who isn't involved. However, I didn't have this forum at the time, and that alone could have made a big difference. Like I said before, there's a lot of great ladies here and I'm sure most of us have been in your shoes, and would gladly help out if we can. Take care of yourself and congrats on the wedding... it should help to keep you focused on something else. All the best!

My heart goes out to you Kristie, I am so sorry about your loss. I hope that you will conceive again and carry the pregnancy to term and deliver a healthy baby when you are due. Best wishes and God Bless you.