I’m 31. I should be 7 weeks pregnant this Tuesday going by lmp.i had sex for then first time since finding out i was pregnant on Tuesday night and I believe I started miscarrying on Thursday morning when I woke up to a small gush of bright red blood, not clots. Rang early pregnancy unit (epu) they won’t see me unless I’m bleeding out (filling pads every 20 mins) , not much pain other than mild cramping and stretching which was my normal pregnancy symptom. But I noticed my breasts where no longer sore to touch that morning (the only other pregnancy symptom I had along with cramping). My hcg levels had been raising via clear blue the few days before when it went from 1-2 weeks til 2-3 weeks. They said it could of been from having sex and irritation.
Friday I continued to bleed, not enough to fill a pad over the day but still coming out like a light period and also loads when I wiped including small string like clots. Ring epu again and they didn’t want to see me. Said it doesn’t sound like a miscarriage and to sit it out and re test in two weeks. I explained being in isolation and anxious and upset that two weeks was a long time and could they scan me or check my blood hcg over 24 hours, they refused and told me to monitor bleeding and only come down if it gets heavier and soaking through pads accompanied by pain. On further talking they also advised leaving a urine sample to my GP for uti testing as I notice that day that I had this awful feeling of constantly needing to urinate all day and sore full bladder that was only relieved when I went to the loo but was back again before I even left the bathroom
I took a urine sample and tested it myself on a clear blue and it came up positive straight away(I just needed to see for myself as I’ve been testing everyday I’m bleeding ). Gp rang me back saying no infection but blood present in urine and asked for background info, I explained what was going on. She then advised me that she had tested my urine and it was negative for pregnancy and she was sorry and formally diagnosing a MC. Upset i queried how could my hcg fall that quickly as that same sample tested positive for me, to which she replied “well yea this sample tested faint positive but that accompanied with bleeding is taken as a negative and MC.
Saturday (yesterday) bleeding picked up a bit more, had to change pad twice over 18houra. Clots were slightly bigger and meatier feeling when wiping (not on pad) but no discomfort or cramps and urination feeling died down . Two pregnancy tests on clear blue showing clear positives.
Today bleeding calmed down barely none over night and minimal when wiping and no clots. Pregnancy test this morning faint positive on pink dye( I don’t know if pink dye means anything but I noticed pink dye tests didn’t pick up my pregnancy for ages even on frers even tho any blue dye test i did was picking up from before I had missed my af )
So I’ve ended up booking my own private scan on Tuesday to clarify my MC for me. I feel so down and depressed trying to cope with this stuck at home in isolation with no suppport from any midwife. I’m also off work shielding due to pregancy and to being an icu nurse in covid wards so the thought of returning to work feeling like this has me swamped with emotions I can’t shift through .
Has anyone else had a mc like this? Should i still be expecting a sac to come or heavier bleeding on so anxious every day going to the loo expecting the worst. I’ve settled myself that I have indeed mc and expecting the worse come Tuesday so just unclear on things