I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is normal for a miscarriage. My obstetrician told me to expect it to be like a heavy period, but I'm fairing much worse than that.
A fortnight ago, I went for my first scan. I should have been nine weeks by then, but the embryo was measuring 6 and 2 days, yet they picked up a heartbeat. I was certain about my dates so they told me to come back a week later to see if there was a growth problem. On Tuesday, we discovered it hadn't grown in a week and the heartbeat had been lost.
I started miscarrying on Thursday. That evening, I lost the embryo and sac. At this stage, I had blood just pouring out of me. I'm so glad my two-year-old DS was fast asleep. I fainted twice and had to lie down. I continued to bleed heavily. I had to use DS's night-time nappies and was soaking through them about every 15 minutes for the night. Neither DH nor I got any sleep.
It's now Sunday and I'm still bleeding bright red blood. I know when I'm going to shed more tissue as I get cramps beforehand and get to the loo on time. I'm feeling really, really weak, but there again I'm anaemic so this is bound to be the case. Also, I'm underweight so can't ever donate blood for this very reason - there isn't that much I can afford to lose without feeling faint. I've tried ringing my Ob. for some reassurance, but he's not picking up.
What concerns me is I don't remember bleeding this much after the birth of my DS, but there again, that could have been because I was so, so euphoric.
Does this amount of bleeding sound normal? How much more should I expect to lose? I really need to be better by Tuesday when DH returns to work.
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When will the bleeding stop? Is this normal? Very graphic - sorry.
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MadeInChinaBaby · 08/04/2012 14:42
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