Reason to be concerned?

[0Nana]

Hello, I am new to BabyandBump and joined to learn about others experiences & gain + give support.

Well I'm 22 yrs old and is my first time being pregnant. I believe that I am about 6 weeks. A week ago I thought I was getting my period late when I started spotting but it was extremely light & only lasted 2 days.
So I took a number of pregnancy tests and all of them came back confirming Im pregnant with a 3+ (meaning I was at least 5weeks).

The reason I'm concerned is because almost every day for the past week, off & on, I've seen more spotting. Most of it was just a little dried blood when I wiped, but lately I've been seeing fresh blood.
I haven't had any bad cramping with the bleeding, but I do remember I had some cramping before I even knew I was pregnant. Is this cause for concern? I'm scared that seeing blood everyday (even though the amounts are light) is a bad sign.

Also, I haven't had any symptoms really except for some breast tenderness. I haven't been to the Doctors yet because insurance reasons but I got that straightened out today. So I plan on making an appointment soon, but my family doesn't know and I cannot tell them.
The stress of that plus the concern of my baby's health is really getting to me. Can anyone relate?

 

[jenmcn1]

Hi and welcome!!! Congrats!! That's so exciting! This is baby #4 for me, and with this pregnancy I've had spotting since 4 weeks. Fresh blood and brown blood, almost every day for 3 weeks. It really worried me. I finally went to the ER to get checked at 6 weeks 3 days, and they did a quick u/s and saw baby with a heartbeat. The doctor told me that 1 in 4 women have unexplained bleeding in early pregnancy, which means it's A LOT of women and very common. So try not to worry unless you get heavy heavy bleeding and heavy bad cramping. If you're worried see your doctor, but I just wanted to let you know that bleeding doesn't always mean miscarriage.
Hang in there and get checked if the bleeding continues!! Hugs

 

[not_so_easy]

Hey Nana- so I have unfortunately seen go the outcomes from the bleeding. Best thing to do is see a doctor to rule out ectopic. In my case, I hv had light pink spotting with both pregnancies for a week. Had a healthy boy and tomorrow hv my 9.5 week scan (fingers crossed)But again, I recommend getting to a doc. The test result does sound promising though!
Jen, good to c u and the bean r going strong.
Congrats ladies!