Managing pain thread

[DaisieBee]

Just a little tip - I'm currently miscarrying naturally at around 10 weeks pregnant and the pain was so bad that no painkillers were even touching it. I decided to have a hot bath and it was instant relief. I've now been off painkillers and have a hot water bottle on my back and another on my front.
I just feel like we're left to it and are just told to take painkillers.

Please share any tips you found worked for anyone who may be experiencing pain.

Thank you. Sorry you are going through this.
I am still waiting to miscarry. I was told the baby stopped at 6.2 and I am now 9.5.
Wish it would just start. I still have sore boobs and heartburn :(

Would you mind saying how yours started?

@HitsAndMrs I'm so sorry, it's the worst when they say "are you sure on your dates" ☹️
So I had a private scan but they couldn't see a baby, NHS scan few days later confirmed 5 week sized baby but I was 9 weeks. I'd started very light beige spotting the day before so knew it had started. This was last Tuesday. It gradually got darker and then started passing clots. Yesterday the pain got so bad I was in absolute agony and the bleeding got much heavier and passing bigger clots.
I hope yours isn't too painful! My previous two miscarriages haven't been as painful, but every pregnancy and miscarriage is different.

Oh @daisiebee that sounds awful. I have had the same brown spotting for 2 days but it isn't getting darker and I don't have any cramps.
The waiting has been the hardest part for me.
My last scan said I was measuring at 6.6 but no embryo so they won't intervened until my second confirmed scan.
Did is happen naturally for you? I don't mind having the medical procedure but general anaesthetic scares me so I don't want that.

Have you taken stronger pain killers? (Sure you've tried everything) so sorry, hope it gets better soon.

@HitsAndMrs I had brown spotting for almost a week before it turned red. I was planning on having the surgical management since it's my third miscarriage so they could take the embryo and test it to see what happened but they have to scan you a week after the first one and for me that's tomorrow.
I took cocodamol and it just made me sleepy, did nothing for the pain unfortunately 😣 I've had cocodamol before for pain and it's worked really well so I can't imagine how bad this pain would've been without the cocodamol.
If you do end up passing naturally before your next scan, get yourself a hot water bottle and have a hot bath on standby. I can't fathom how the bath literally made the pain vanish but strong opiate painkillers didn't!

@HitsAndMrs oh and also going back to the surgical management, I felt exactly the same. I wanted the procedure since the pain was so bad but at the same time I was terrified of general anaesthetic and I was just crying to my partner saying I didn't want it cause he wouldn't be able to be with me. I'd be so scared having GA without him there. At least with it passing naturally he could be with me and comfort me.

Thank you so much. I will get a hot water bottle and some stronger painkillers. Hope you are okay.