Hi,
Hope this isn't too long but I just needed to get some of this down. I started miscarrying a week ago at around 6weeks, and although the bleeding has now stopped and physically I feel back to normal, I just feel so emotionally muddled. My miscarriage was difficult in that I was away from home and my nusband at the time - staying with friend who got married on saturday, was one of her bridesmaids. My mum lives near my friend so I stayed with her a few days, and was seen by her GP. I was referred across to the local early pregnancy unit, who did a scan to check what was going on and who confirmed I had miscarried - the sonographer was brilliant, very kind and supportive. Having the wedding at the end of the week gave me something positive to aim for and was a distraction.
Am back home as of yesterday and am signed off work for the week - i'm a residential based social worker and had told work about the pregnancy as the clients I work with can sometimes be physically agressive and i didn't want to take any risks. Two of my close friends here who we'd told about the pregnacy are away on holiday just now and my husband is a Dr and working long shifts this week. This was my first pregnancy and really not how I'd imagined things going. We really want a family, don't know wether to keep trying or wait a while or what. i'm not looking fwd to going back to work as I don't know what reactions to expect. Friends will be wanting to know about how the last week has gone with the wedding etc - want to be able to mention the miscarriage too as it's not been the easiest of weeks even with all the joy of my friends wedding. It's just difficult, I'd only known I was expecting for just over a week before the miscarriage happened and I lost the baby so early - i don't want people to think I'm over-reacting.
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Twiga · 19/07/2004 12:54
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