Pregnancy Forum - Menstrual cramping in early pregnancy

I am 6 weeks pregnant with our first child (this is my first pregnancy)... everything was going wonderful until yesterday... we had sex the previous night which during had felt painful in uper abdominal area... and the next day i began bleeding like i had my peroid. i have had menstrual like cramping the whole 6weeks, so I dont think that is a concern. we went to the ER, and they checked my cervix, said it had clotting. They removed the clots, and said my cervix was closed- but i am still bleeding lke i have my period...possibly some clotting. They said they cant do anything if its miscarriage and refered us to an early pregnancy clinic for further tests tomorrow. Any advice? Is my baby ok? Please help...

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 14th, 2008

Pregnancy Answer A3508

According to your symptoms (vaginal bleeding with abdominal cramps), you probably experienced early miscarriage. If you did experience a miscarriage, your baby (or more precisely – the embryo) has probably died and the pregnancy test will become negative soon. You can take another pregnancy test and consult a gynecologist in order to follow up.

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