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Hey,
I don't know how to start this but I feel just posting about this will make me feel better and perhaps I can get some advice. As some of you know, I've been married since Dec 2007. My wife lives in Egypt. Some of her family live in Canada and USA but she went to school in Egypt and got a degree in Biochemistry.
Anyways, I went down in December and during that time my wife got pregnant. She is 2 months pregnant at the moment.
I just found out from my wife that she has been bleeding. She went to the doctors and they said its because her uterus is not closed like it should be which is resulting in her bleeding and gave her medication and told her to lie down alot. That was like 2 days ago and she continued bleeding. The doctors also told her (and maybe I got this wrong) but the baby could just get detached. From what i read online, at the 8 weeks to 12 weeks stage, the baby is like only 1 inch long.
I'm just so worried. My wife is so worried. I'm having a hard time to sleep. I'll want to sleep and it will take me 2 hours to sleep. I can't concentrate on anything including SC and I'm getting pissed at anything and anyone for the stupidest things ever. Sometimes I'll just stare at the computer screen blindly and think and just do nothing for 10-20 minutes...
I know Physician is a doctor and I'm hoping he reads this. Currently my wife is in Egypt and I'm in Toronto, Canada. I haven't been able to find out much online about this 'bleeding' and I know other people have wives/girlfriends that have given birth or might know friends or relatives that had a complication like this.
If my wife continues bleeding, then does the baby die? Will the uterus natually close at some point or can it be forced to close? Does anyone with medical knowledge know how long this can last. Is it harmful to my wife?
I guess this is sort of a stupid blog but I think letting it out is better for me. I haven't told anyone but I guess I have to tell someone.
If it matters, my wife's mother has like 9 kids and had 2 miscarriages. My wife is 21 and of course this is her first pregnancy.
 
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United Kingdom4282 Posts
Wow that's really scary.
In fact something similar happened to my mother when she was carrying me. I don't know the details because apparently she was in the US at the time and felt betrayed by the medical system there for some reason, didn't really want to talk about it.
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I hope your wife has a safe delivery and that your wife and the baby are ok.
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GL bro. I'd suggest talking it over with people who are close to you.
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i googled this
http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/pregnancy/bleeding.html
Yes, I had bleeding early in pregnancy.
The first time was for a few days, and my OB told me that it is not uncommon for this to happen when the -Corpus Luteum stops producing all the pregnacy hormones, and the placenta takes over, the uterus can get confusing hormone signals for a little while, causing it to shed a little of the uterine lining.
Then, a few weeks later (at about 9 or 10 weeks, like you) I started bleeding again. It didn't stop after a few days. In fact, I bled for nearly a month. Mostly spotting, but sometimes heavier. Sometimes, quite bit heavier (usually, this was in the morning when I first got up, so I think it was just that it had built up over night).
ANYWAY, I went in for more ultra-sounds, and the baby was FINE. So, we made an appointment for a more sophisticated ultra sound, to check for placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervix). I didn't have placenta previa (whew!) but I did have a LOW placenta, which meant that it was within easy reach of baby's feet - my sweet little fetus was KICKING the placenta, causing it to bleed. This condition usually corrects itself, with the placenta moving higher (out of reach of baby!) as the uterus grows larger. It seems to have corrected itself, I'm now at 4.5 months and haven't had any bleeding for about a month (yay!). VERY disconcerting. I recommend that you ask your doctor --if it continues-- to check for placenta previa or low placenta, to see if the baby is kicking it.
BTW: even if you have placenta previa, this early on it's not such a big deal, just like a low placenta, placenta previa corrects itself 90% of the time.
Best to you! I know how scary this is, but as long as the baby is ok, it's probably not terribly serious. Been there!
not sure if its what you're looking for but it seems to be quite similar
hope everything comes out alright 
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On February 22 2009 10:56 Caller wrote:i googled this http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/pregnancy/bleeding.htmlShow nested quote +Yes, I had bleeding early in pregnancy.
The first time was for a few days, and my OB told me that it is not uncommon for this to happen when the -Corpus Luteum stops producing all the pregnacy hormones, and the placenta takes over, the uterus can get confusing hormone signals for a little while, causing it to shed a little of the uterine lining.
Then, a few weeks later (at about 9 or 10 weeks, like you) I started bleeding again. It didn't stop after a few days. In fact, I bled for nearly a month. Mostly spotting, but sometimes heavier. Sometimes, quite bit heavier (usually, this was in the morning when I first got up, so I think it was just that it had built up over night).
ANYWAY, I went in for more ultra-sounds, and the baby was FINE. So, we made an appointment for a more sophisticated ultra sound, to check for placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervix). I didn't have placenta previa (whew!) but I did have a LOW placenta, which meant that it was within easy reach of baby's feet - my sweet little fetus was KICKING the placenta, causing it to bleed. This condition usually corrects itself, with the placenta moving higher (out of reach of baby!) as the uterus grows larger. It seems to have corrected itself, I'm now at 4.5 months and haven't had any bleeding for about a month (yay!). VERY disconcerting. I recommend that you ask your doctor --if it continues-- to check for placenta previa or low placenta, to see if the baby is kicking it.
BTW: even if you have placenta previa, this early on it's not such a big deal, just like a low placenta, placenta previa corrects itself 90% of the time.
Best to you! I know how scary this is, but as long as the baby is ok, it's probably not terribly serious. Been there! not sure if its what you're looking for but it seems to be quite similar hope everything comes out alright
Thank you
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I hope everything turns out fine.
+ Show Spoiler +What names you thinking for male/female so far?
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http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=pregnan/5386
Miscarriages are unfortunately very common, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. The link above is an Uptodate article on miscarriages for you (some pages may be subscriber only). Uptodate is a very reliable source used by many physicians (at least in the USA). Google has a cached copy if you cannot access through the link above (search for "miscarriage"). I hope you're wife and baby do well and certainly be constantly talking to your wife to see how she is doing and please talk more with her physician, and ask him/her the questions you want answered.
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Calm down, take a deep breath, Everything will be fine.
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I wish I could give you some proffesional advice, but I really don't know anything about this.
Nonetheless, I wish you and your family all the best. I'm sure everything will be okay.
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Congrats on the pregnancy, I can only hope that your wife and baby are fine. I don't know much about the subject but I'm here if you ever need someone to talk to over a drink or something.
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On February 22 2009 10:56 Caller wrote:
I recommend that you ask your doctor --if it continues-- to check for placenta previa or low placenta, to see if the baby is kicking it.
has she asked?
get her to ask ^^;
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That really sucks man. You're in my prayers.
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gl yaq, im praying for you too
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All the best to your wife and your baby, I really hope that everything will turn out fine.
If I can give you a piece of advice, I wouldn't look towards the internet for information in a situation like this. All it will do is make you paranoid.
When my mother came back from Kenya, she got seriously ill a few days later. I googled her symptoms and everything to the last detail in her symptoms fit in with malaria and a particularly dangerous and potentially lethal type of malaria too. It freaked me out pretty badly, because everything fit so perfectly and I was convinced this couldn't be a coincidence and that she actually did have malaria.
Well, she didn't. She had a bad cystitis and was perfectly fine again after a day at the hospital. So many different symptoms can point to so many different causes that trying to play doctor for yourself and finding out by browsing the internet/asking friends is a bad idea.
If this was something really serious I'm sure your wife's doctor would have told her, but if you're still afraid, maybe she should just see him again and ask exactly what's happening and what the possible consequences of this bleeding are? Or you could go see a doctor in Canada to ease your mind (or at least find out exactly what you're dealing with)?
All the best man.
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Hey, I hope your wife and baby will be fine. Unfortunately, I know nothing of this nature 
Best of luck.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts
I'm sorry to hear that man, I hope both of them will be fine. Best of luck.
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United States24698 Posts
On February 22 2009 10:42 Yaqoob wrote:
I guess this is sort of a stupid blog but I think letting it out is better for me. I haven't told anyone but I guess I have to tell someone.
No this is not a stupid blog. For something like this, we'll do whatever we can to support you and wish you luck. Pregnancy isn't an area I'm particularly familiar with though. Don't beat yourself up for how you feel right now... you have every right. Hopefully you'll get to the truth of the matter soon.
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Belgium6771 Posts
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wow... u never told me this on bnet.... this is understandable....
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