What to expect miscarriage at 10 weeks

[Bets2801]

I went for an early scan at EPU this morning as id had a tiny bit of brown bleeding yesterday..wasn’t expecting bad news to be honest but they could see the yolk sac and the fetus looked to be 6 weeks with no heartbeat. I have to go back and check in 1 week but I’m certain of my dates so not expecting a positive outcome.

I’ve had one successful pregnancy but no miscarriages. Just wondering what I should expect if things start to happen naturally. I know it sounds awful but I just want it done now so I can move on and try to conceive again :( I still feel pregnant and very hormonal even before this news. Will it be very painful?

Hi @Bets2801 so sorry to read your news.

My miscarriage didn't happen naturally after I waited a week and so I had medical management. That was really painful for a few hours but once I'd passed the sac it eased off almost instantly.

I'm sure someone who had a natural MC will be along to share their experience.

I hope you get it resolved soon.

Really sorry to hear your news. I miscarried naturally at nine weeks. It was really painful. But I got through it on paracetamol and a lot of hot water bottles. Sadly there isn't much to do except ride it out. The painful bits are like Uber hard period cramps (for obvious reasons) so they aren't constant but nonetheless it left me feeling wiped out. . Although it may be scant consolation I fell pregnant again almost immediately, didn't even have a period in between. So you may conceive again really quickly.

Thanks for the replies. Just hoping things start soon..I would prefer things to happen naturally but at the same time I don’t want this dragging out. It’s horrible being in limbo as you feel like you can’t move forward when you know something horrible still has to happen.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I had a MMC similar to your dates (6 week embryo found on scan around 12 weeks). They sent me home to see if I would miscarry naturally and it started a few days later. I'm sorry to say it was very physically painful, incredibly bad cramps, for about a day I would say. I took paracetamol and ibuprofen together which just about made it manageable but it was pretty bad.

I did physically recover pretty fast though and had no issues conceiving a few months later.

Hi, I just had a miscarriage at 10+2 this week. It started off with mild bleeding and doctor actually thought it might just resolve itself with no issues, but that night the pain continued to worsen. Honestly, it was very painful, it was labour. Some of the pains while the cervix was opening were the same as what I experienced in the early stages of labour at 39 weeks with my ds. It was a very painful difficult night but by the next day it was just like a heavy period, and my abdomen felt bruiserld and sore. Today it's like a normal period, I'm so glad it all happened naturally and quickly.

Sorry you have to go through this. I had similar dates (6 week embryo found at 10 weeks) and miscarried naturally over a few weeks. Mine started with a few days of brown spotting, about 10 days of relatively heavy bleeding and then more days of bleeding / spotting. It never got painful, maybe because it was spread out over such a long time.

I had another miscarriage which required surgery, that was also pretty drawn out as I had to have it repeated due to retained tissue so there’s no real way of ensuring it won’t drag on unfortunately, it just depends on your body.

Also I was trying with paracetamol, hot water bottle, moving around and hypnobirthing breathing but in the end I took Nurofen, no reason not to when I knew the pregnancy was ending.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and I’m very sorry to hear of all your losses :( I honestly had no idea miscarriages would be so hard (physically) at these early stages...I naively though it would just be a heavy period! Very emotional as well as hormones are still reeling..I still feel pregnant. Just want it done now so can move forward it’s so upsetting having the baby inside you still.