What could this be?

I am 5 weeks along. Went to the doctor, did blood and urine test and even did a vaginal scan. Doctor said it’s too early to detect anything on the screen so ask to come back soon to do another blood test and scan. Now I’m experiencing bleeding. It started yesterday and it got heavier today. I’m not sure what is going on. Cos everything now - bleeding, headache, cramps - all seems to be like menses to me. What could this be?#pleasehelp

What could this be?
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hey there, we went through the same sudden heavy bleeding on our 6th week back in March this year. It started with spotting, and it gets within the next day. We went straight into emergency and the doctor did a scan and said that it may be too early to tell if we had a miscarriage. So he did a HCG test, and gave us progesterone tablet. The progesterone tablet is to help regulate the body in case there’s no miscarriage. A second HCG test is done 2 days after. The second test shows that the HCG level went down, and our gynae shared with us that we just had a miscarriage. The bleeding only stop after 6 days. During the period, we shared with our closer friends and mothers that have been through similar experience, and found comfort to see their children running and jumping around. We also found out that there’s a need to eat confinement food, sort of as the body is traumatised and need to replenish the blood. In May, the gynae said that the menstrual period is back to the regular cycle and heaviness, and that we can start trying again. And we conceive again in June. So, it’s ok to be scared and it’s ok to cry it out together. Just remember that the condition now is not your conclusion.

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the doctor didn’t share the first test result as it was in the emergency ward, but the second one with our gynae was 27. She said that the number is supposed to double up daily during pregnancy, having it gone down is an indication that we had a miscarriage. She also recommended that if we are still unsure, we can get a pregnancy test kit and have it tested after the bleeding stop.