At six weeks pregnant, your baby's tiny heart has started to beat, but you're still in the very early days and weeks of pregnancy. It's still normal to feel normal!
The problem is that if you're not having any symptoms of morning sickness, you might start wondering whether your baby is OK—or if the absence of morning sickness signals something is wrong. Thankfully, there's no need to worry if you have no morning sickness at 6 weeks or beyond.
Early pregnancy symptoms (at 6 weeks)
a metallic taste in your mouth. sore breasts. mood swings (read about mood swings in week 8) headaches.
While it's true that a loss of pregnancy symptoms can happen with a miscarriage, it's also true that symptoms can fluctuate in a normal pregnancy. If your symptoms disappear entirely before the end of the first trimester, it isn't necessarily a sign of miscarriage, but do tell your physician to be on the safe side.
It's Different for Everyone
As the days and weeks go by, what you experience will frequently change as your body changes. On some days, you might have cramping or frequent urination. On others, you might be constipated or have mood swings. There may be days when you feel no pregnancy symptoms at all.
Half of all women have no symptoms by 5 weeks of pregnancy, but only 10 percent are 8 weeks pregnant with no symptoms. If you don't feel pregnant (or have symptoms that come and go), rest assured that if you've had a positive pregnancy test, you're most likely pregnant.
If pregnancy symptoms go away, is that a sign of miscarriage? The sudden disappearance of pregnancy symptoms like nausea or cravings can also sometimes be a sign of miscarriage. But this doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem. Some women don't get many pregnancy symptoms anyway.
A: It is possible to experience a miscarriage without bleeding or spotting. Other signs that a person may be experiencing a miscarriage include cramps, pain, loss of pregnancy symptoms and passing discharge, which may be stringy and/or whitish-pink in colour. Any, all or none of these symptoms may be present.
Can you have a miscarriage without bleeding? Most of the time, bleeding is the first sign of a miscarriage. However, a miscarriage can occur without bleeding, or other symptoms may appear first. Many women prefer the term pregnancy loss to miscarriage.
If you're not sure whether you've had a miscarriage, you can see your doctor to measure your levels of HCG. HCG, or human chorionic gonadotropin, is a hormone that forms in the body during pregnancy to support fetal growth. If you've recently miscarried, it's possible for a doctor to measure this hormone in your body.
The most conclusive way of finding out is to have an ultrasound done by your doctor or midwife to see baby's heartbeat. I say "most" conclusive, because even with an ultrasound, if you are early in your pregnancy, it can be difficult to see or detect a heartbeat with 100% accuracy.
At 7 weeks pregnant, you might notice common pregnancy symptoms such as bloating, nausea, and fatigue. It's also possible and normal to feel no symptoms at all, as everyone and every pregnancy is different.
If you miscarry before you're eight weeks pregnant, it might look the same as a heavy period. Later, you're more likely to notice fetal or placental tissue.
Symptoms of a miscarriage
The main sign of a miscarriage is vaginal bleeding, which may be followed by cramping and pain in your lower abdomen. If you have vaginal bleeding, contact a GP or your midwife. Most GPs can refer you to an early pregnancy unit at your local hospital straight away if necessary.
It's still early days, so you may not feel pregnant at all yet. This is perfectly normal. Some pregnancy symptoms, such as morning sickness, won't kick in for another week or so. On the other hand, you may already have started noticing some tell-tale signs that you're expecting.
Miscarriages are relatively common and it is possible to have a miscarriage without bleeding or cramping. The missed miscarriage is also known as “silent miscarriage”. It is called as “missed” because the body has not yet recognized that the woman is no longer pregnant.
The term refers to a pregnancy in which there is some level of bleeding, but the cervix remains closed and the ultrasound shows that the baby's heart is still beating.
How long can a missed miscarriage go undetected? Usually, a missed miscarriage will be detected at the first 12 week scan. As such, it's possible for one to go undetected for between three to four weeks.
The amount of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) may still be high enough to trigger a positive result on a pregnancy test for several weeks after a miscarriage.
Estrogen and progesterone levels drop around the start of the second trimester, so it's common for the level of breast pain to drop too. Although you might experience relief from breast pain at this stage of pregnancy, it certainly doesn't mean your breasts have stopped preparing for the birth of your baby.
Chalk it up to the hormones. Blood flow to the breasts increases dramatically during the first eight weeks of pregnancy, and this can lead to pain, heaviness and tingling. The pain generally gets better by the second trimester, although you may notice that your breasts are still sore from time to time.
If you are pregnant, chat with an OB-GYN about your breast pain and what to expect as your pregnancy progresses. Typically, it goes away before the second trimester.
You're probably feeling tired. Your breasts might feel sore and enlarged, and you may need to pee more often than usual. You may start to feel sick or tired, or have other minor pregnancy problems for a few weeks around this time.