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To get annoyed that sometimes Google has NO ANSWERS

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AliceAbsolum · 16/12/2019 17:09

A week ago I miscarried my first pregnancy. There was a large hematoma which the Dr said was probably the cause.
Can I find any actual information about it? No. Apparently no one knows the cause, whether they're recurrent, what the treatment is. Nothing.

Maybe I expect too much from the Internet/science. I'm just winding myself up not knowing 😥

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Wherearemycrayons · 16/12/2019 17:34

I’m so sorry for your loss, OP.
To be honest I think we know too much because of google and although it’s frustrating not being able to find anything, you could equally be driving yourself nuts worrying if someone said it’s recurring and it was just their personal experience.
Being stressed and worried often has a knock on affect with conceiving again.
Back pre internet we couldn’t google anything and I think mental health was so much better for it.
It must be so frustrating not getting an answer but I think pregnancy and miscarriages etc can be very personal to you. Flowers

PettyContractor · 16/12/2019 17:39

I agree that Google can sometime be surprisingly ignorant about specialist subjects.

I once had reason to google a particular congenital heart defect. Lots of sites with similar brief overviews. None of it was an adequate preparation for / alternative to a few minutes with a Great Ormond street consultant.

I work in IT, using database software. Google has an infinity of information on Microsoft SQL Server database. The mainframe database I'm also supposed to be an expert in: nothing. Google has barely heard of it's existence. The documentation is not even available, let alone detailed user experiences documenting the quirks and workarounds.

PettyContractor · 16/12/2019 17:43

I think there are whole areas of human expertise that simply don't make it onto the internet. Where the information is complex, and the potential audience tiny, the internet knows nothing.

Will0wtree · 16/12/2019 17:45

I'm really very sorry for your loss.

This may be stuff you've already seen, but it explains very well what it is. www.verywellfamily.com/subchorionic-hematoma-2371262

Except in rare cases it doesn't seem like there is really any treatment apart from avoiding any strain.

I've looked around and it doesn't seem, as though if you have had one then there's a higher chance of another. It's just a really rotten bad luck thing.

AliceAbsolum · 16/12/2019 17:59

Thank you lovely people.. I know I just need to live with not really knowing. If I did live 30 years ago I wouldn't have a choice would I.

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