Miscarriage at 6 weeks

[Lori86]

Hi ladies,

Hoping for some advice if possible. I found out 2 weeks ago I was pregnant however the lines were quite faint so went to the gp to confirm. They did hcg which was on the low side but still in normal range. I then had them repeated 2 days later & they had nearly tripled so I was quite optimistic (I was over the moon actually). However I did a cb week indicator test on Wednesday which only showed 1-2 weeks, from my dates it should have been 3+. I did another yesterday & unfortunately it said I was not pregnant.
I phoned my gp & he said the epu in my local hospital is not seeing anyone due to coronavirus & I should just wait to see what happens. The only way the epu will see people is if they are admitted through a&e. I started to bleed last night, quite crampy but nothing I can't manage myself. I really don't want to sit in a&e for hours given everything going on, plus my husband is severely immunosuppressed so terrified of bringing something back to him. Should I just manage it myself at home & try to get a private scan for next week to make sure everything has passed naturally? This is my first miscarriage so I'm at a bit of a loss.

If I were you I wouldn't go into the epu i would just wait and see what happens, stay safe at home unless you start to bleed very heavily and the pain can't be managed with paracetamol. As it's so early they most probably wouldn't scan you. I've just gone through my third m/c and I am so sorry for your loss, it's very tough.

Hi
Not an expert, but there's no need for medical intervention. I worked all through my miscarriage at about 12-14 weeks (wasn't sure of my dates).
My line was very faint, where it had been much stronger with my first pregnancy, so I had the feeling all along that things weren't going to end well.
Get yourself some heavy duty san pro, as it will be like having a very heavy period with cramping.
I did have a scan at the end to make sure everything had come away, but I knew it had because I passed some pretty big clots.

It's horrible. I cried a lot at home. But it will pass and you'll be able to get pregnant again.
❤️

@frangipani13 thank you for your advice, I appreciate your replying. I'll probably just try ti manage it myself. I'm sorry you've experienced this so many times, it's almost soul destroying. Do you mind me asking more advice from your experience? I read on the nhs website that they need to scan to make sure everything has passed but is that correct? Given current circumstances I would rather avoid the hospital.

@MrsJoshNavidi thank you & I'm so sorry you went through this, especially so late into the pregnancy. I didn't think I'd need any medical help to pass it but I had read on the nhs website that they usually scan you to make sure everything has passed but I wasn't sure if it applied to such an early miscarriage.
The whole thing is made a bit more awful because I work in a gps surgery & my doctor advised me to tell work so they could hopefully change my role so that I was not working with patients as much. They have actually advised me not to come to work for 12 weeks so now I have to tell them that I've miscarried. I think I'll wait until Monday to do this, just to give myself the weekend to process it.

With my most recent m/c they scanned me a few times as I was over 6 weeks and had a lot of heavy bleeding before. I was diagnosed with a hematoma and they saw the heartbeat (most epus wont scan before 6 or 7 weeks as often no h/b can be detected). This time I've been told to do a pregnancy test in three weeks time, if it is negative that means everything has passed. So perhaps try the same in a few weeks. If you are still getting a positive line it may indicate you haven't passed everything. My second miscarriage happened in a very fast, it was all over in a matter of hours and I was 11 weeks. For my own sanity and the fact we were going on holiday I booked a private scan which confirmed everything had indeed passed.

Hi, so sorry you're miscarrying. It's so shit, so give yourself the time you need and allow yourself to feel what you feel.

I had two, and they both happened at home (which I'm glad about). They both started with bleeding for about a week, then I passed everything at home. I did have a scan both times - the first time showed measurements at 5weeks when it should have been 6.5 so I was told to come back in two weeks to see if a heartbeat was formed. Everything passed the day later so I didn't need another scan. They told me to do a pregnancy test in two weeks and if it was negative then no further action, if it was positive then I had to call the EPU, presumably because everything hadn't passed (it was negative so I didn't need to go back).

The second time I had bleeding for about a week, had a scan at the EPU and everything was fine, saw a heartbeat and everything. 3 days later it happened again, and again everything passed and I had a negative preg test 2 weeks later.

Going in for a scan didn't change anything. Nothing can stop a mc once it's started, so if you're happier at home letting it happen (I know I was!) then get yourselves the good pass and lots of pain killers, and prepare to wait it out. I've read on here that people have had horrible experiences where they've been in terrible pain on the bathroom floor. That was not my experience, I had pain but it was manageable, and so was the bleeding. But if you're worried you're loosing lots of blood then do go into a and e.

Take care of yourself, it's an awful experience. It takes everything out of you so curl up for as long as you need to

@frangipani13 thanks again for sharing your experience. I'm sorry you had to go through that.
@Daffodil21 ah I'm so sorry you had to go through this multiple times too. Its way more common then I ever realised. Thank you for your advice.
I'm definitely happier at home so plan to stay here unless things get severe. My husband took the day off work to help me out with my 17 month old so I'm taking it pretty easy.

It's amazing how common miscarriages are. People just don't talk about them much IRL.

Mine was 23 years ago and I still occasionally wonder about how that baby would have turned out.

But if I'd had that baby, I wouldn't have had DD2, and I wouldn't be without her for the world!

Miscarriages are horrible, and I feel for women who have several, but the majority of women go on to have healthy babies, and I'm sure you will too.

Big hugs.