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YoungScrappyHungry · 18/12/2020 18:54

I'm completely broken. Had surgical management on Wednesday. No heart beat since 9 weeks, thought I was 12.
It's made worse because DH has four children who I usually adore but I can't be around at the moment, their mum has refused to swap weekends (we have them 40%) so I've come to a family members house, bleeding, crying and alone.

Please tell me this gets better. I don't know if I can do this.

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toomuchtooold · 20/12/2020 14:09

That is what I've read @youngscrappyhungry - 50% at least, and yes, sadly they are mostly abnormalities that are either completely lethal, or are ones which the majority of babies don't survive - like Patau's syndrome for example (trisomy 13) where a few babies are born with the condition but most babies that had it would have already died in the womb.
If you want to know more, I would recommend Lesley Regan's book on recurrent miscarriage - she goes through all the reasons and in the overwhelming majority of cases it's nothing that anyone could have helped. I hope that is some sort of comfort to you.

CatholicKidston · 20/12/2020 14:31

Ah it is very hard. Having said that though it is possible to recover and you don't have to mourn forever. I've had 4 miscarriages, I don't remember much about the first 3 - due dates and so on. The 4th was a bit further on when he died (almost 10 weeks) and I needed an erpc and we had genetic testing done - he had a chromosomal condition called triploidy and never would have survived. I have an envelope tucked away with my scan pictures in (had an early one for reassurance after the previous mc) and the leaflets about pregnancy loss they gave me. I was a member of a miscarriage support group which helped for a while but I had to leave after a while - there were people who couldn't get over their miscarriages and I didn't want to drown in grief with them. I didn't want to TTC for a long time but almost 2 years later I am pregnant again. You'll know when the time is right to move on, for now just take careThanks

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