Brown spotting with flashing smiley face

[Sunseeker17]

Hi all

I am looking for some advice. I miscarried my little one just over 3 weeks ago (I was 11 wks but baby died at 8wks 4- I opted to miscarry naturally as I thought my body would know what to do). I tested negative for pregnancy about 10 days later. The bleeding also completely stopped by then. The very next day I started tracking my ovulation by using Clearblues dual hormone OPK. Well it was about 10 days of clear circles and no bleeding until 3 days ago when I started getting a flashing smiley face. The strange thing is I also started having small amounts of brown discharge on the exact same day (only really when I wipe- sorry if tmi). I am so confused. I thought the brown discharge would be a sign that my period is coming. But how does that explain the surge in estrogen?

So I guess what I'm trying to figure out is whether I should be expecting to eventually get a solid face in the next few days or whether my period is coming? Anyone else had any similar experiences after miscarriage? Thanks!

[Thingymaboob]

I got brown discharge on and off until my next proper period after a mc. I especially found that it increased (looked like brown / light pink snot) around the first time I ovulated. I think it's because you produce quite a lot of extra mucous during this time, it was just picking up some old mc blood which hadn't cleared on us way out. I think it's unlikely to be anything sinister. Wait and see what happens over next few weeks. If it keeps happened go and see your GP

[Sunseeker17]

Thanks that is really comforting to know other women experienced something similar re the spotting! It doesn't feel physically like something similar is going on so I suppose that's good. So ready for my body to be back to normal...The upheaval in hormones has also done my skin no favours - acne overload! 😩

[Sunseeker17]

Just thought I would update that my period arrived late last night. I have no idea what the flashing smiley face was about, probably just the device picking up a change in my hormones! It was a little bit sad but I'm glad my body is back to normal.