still bleeding, is this normal?

[elliejjtiny]

I had an erpc 11 days ago. They said I would bleed for 2-7 days but I'm still bleeding now. It was spotting at the beginning and I only needed a pantyliner but it goes through stages of being heavier, then lighter and back again. No pain, high temp etc. I was told not to do any lifting for 48 hours which I didn't but then dh got man flu and I had to go back to carrying our 11 month old and physically disabled nearly 4 year old which I think isn't helping. I'm worried as on thursday ds1 (aged 5) goes back to school so I will have school runs and preschool runs to do as well (1.5 miles each way and I don't drive). Should I go to GP? I'm not sure if there's anything they can do really except tell me not to lift the children and nobody is going to lift them for me.

Sorry to hear about your MC

I bled for over 2 weeks, they told me not to worry about the first 14 days

I'm also really sorry for your loss. I had an ERPC in November and 3 weeks later was still bleeding slightly and had pain in my ovaries but no cramping or fever but just felt that something wasn't right. I phoned the hospital where I had the ERPC done and slightly exaggerated my symptoms so that I could have another scan done. They found that that there were still retained products left and so I had to have another ERPC the next day. They said that it is quite rare for that to happen though. I think it's normal to bleed for 2 weeks but if after that you're still bleeding you should phone the hospital and say whatever you need to to make them give you a scan. I really hope you stop bleeding soon - it's so terrible when it just drags on and on.

Thankyou. Bleeding has become spotting again, fingers crossed it will stop for good soon. If I'm still bleeding on friday I will ring the hospital or the gp. This happened when I had ds3 and the midwife said it was because I was carrying ds2 and generally running around looking after 3 children under 5.