Hello
Not sure where to start on this one, although from the subject you can get the gist of it. I miscarried on Friday and here is the story that goes with it! I also don't know what I'll gain from telling all this, but sometimes it's easier to put it down on paper. Having read some of the threads on here I know my story is no where near as sad as what some of you are going through.
I had my coil removed in August 09, in preparation of starting for child no. 2. Left it for a month to ascertain my cycle (had Mirena so practically no bleed). All was ok until October 09, when I started having long and heavy periods. Blood tests revealed I had an overactive thyroid, so was advised to stop trying for a baby until my thyroid was under control, which would probably take about 18 months. Went on the pill short term, so no periods again. With medication the thyroid went underactive, so came off the meds and my thyroid remained level in June. Hooray, we can start trying again, and sooner than we had thought. Stopped taking pill immediately. For a month or 2 all was ok with my cycle, but then the prolonged heavy periods started again. My GP gave me Norethisterone back in October, which did stop the bleeding. Took a week to get a withdrawal bleed, which for the first 2 weeks was very light, then was very heavy with clots. Went back to GP and she gave me it again, sent me for blood teast and referred me for a pelvic scan. This time the Norethisterone didn't stop the bleeding, just made it a bit lighter for 7 days, then on the 8th day came the flooding, more clots and excrutiating abdominal pain. After a few hours of putting up with it, took myself to A&E (very emotional) who told me I should have gone to my GP and they would have referred me to Gynae. But was taken up to the Gynae ward, and given an internal. Told all was ok and sometimes women just bleed heavily with no reason. That is when the nurse came in to say the tiny sample I had managed to give them had turned out positive!!!
If you're still reading this and you've made it this far, thank you for bearing with me!! Obviosly I had a lot more to say than I first realised when I started writing this thread.
So as you can imagine DP and myself (and to be fair I think the Gynae Dr.) were in shock! It hadn't previously crossed my mind as I had had so much bleeding. Looking back there were some signs, over emotional and certain smells making me want to heave. And I have a bit of a history with not knowing I'm pregnant! (Found out when I was 4 months with DS, another long story, which I won't bore you with now!)
So second reaction (after the shock) was well I must be miscarrying and as we didn't know we were pregnant, it was ok. You can't miss something you didn't know you had.
But now the emotional stuff is starting to kick in. And I don't know what to think. It's a hard one for me, because Im always the strong one. Especially amongst all my friends and family. I know they are all there to support me whenever I need them, but sometimes it's easier to talk to strangers about these things.
I also lost my Dad last year to cancer, and my Aunty (Dad's sister) the year before. I'd like a loss free year next please
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Miscarried not knowing I was pregnant.
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hotnspicyonions · 24/11/2010 11:12
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