Help 2 month long miscarriage

[Callieapple]

Hi all, unfortunately going through a miscarriage and it’s been a whirlwind.

I’ve had a horrific experience and I feel so alone, has anyone else had anything else like this? 

I was 12 weeks pregnant the first week of February (had a private scan at 8.5 weeks and saw a healthy heartbeat). 
A couple of days Before my nhs dating scan, I had very light bleeding and booked another private scan where we learned that unfortunately I was having a MMC.

The next day we attending the EPU and were giving the option of suction or taking a pill. I chose the pill and was booked in for six days later.

That night in my own home, I began to miscarry and it was honestly horrific. I had no idea I would experience such pain and so much blood. Anyway, I bled for a further 8 days and then it tapered off. 

I was looking forward to my cycle starting back and thinking about TTC again. 3 weeks later I began to bleed and I assumed this was my period starting back. It was horrendously heavy and I was passing not only huge clots but very large pieces of grey tissue. I was bleeding through all of my clothes and had to take further time of work as I couldn’t leave the house. 

2 weeks in I contacted my Gp who told me to go to a&e due to the amount of blood loss, I was seen 6 hours later by a gynaecologist who didn’t examine me but told me this is typical of first period back and said if it continued for another week to contact my GP 

Last Friday it was still ongoing and I contacted my GP who prescribed me a four day course of tablet for heavy periods to encourage the blood to clot. 

On Monday of this week I contacted my GP again to say nothing had changed and they asked me to come in for an internal examination in which she identified there was RPOC stuck in the neck of my womb.

I was sent straight to a&e again and again 7 hours later a gynaecologist removed the RPOC from my cervix and told me she was confident I would stop bleeding within the next couple of days. 

Things seemed to taper off yesterday (Wednesday) and have today started intermittently again (Thursday). This is now day 25 of bleeding continued.

I guess I’m just wondering if anyone has had even remotely a similar experience and how long they bled? 

Emotionally I feel totally detached from my miscarriage now due to everything that’s happened since but I am feeling very triggered from the continued bleeding and that I cannot move on or live my life until this stops 

Any help appreciated ladies 

[YireosDodeAver]

I'm so sorry this is happening to you it must be really awful. I haven't experienced anything like this, I had a miscarriage which didn't have that level of complications but I was told to come back to the clinic immediately if any of the things happened that happened to you. Does it seem to be sorted now or are you worried it's still ongoing?

I would suggest you give yourself a significant break before TTC again so that you can feel confident that your cycles are back to normal. You need to be kind to yourself and take time to process the trauma you have been through.

[Callieapple]

Hi!

thanks for your kind words. We have no plans to try again anytime soon after all of this.

i am confident that everything has now passed after the intervention during the week however the bleeding just seems to continue and I can’t bare getting back in touch with drs etc anymore as even attending the hospital/gp or having to keep talk this through with people anymore is just taking too much from me.

[Natpat81]

Sorry you are going through this. I had a MMC and bled every day for 8 weeks - had 2x medical management and 1x MVA and bleeding stopped 4 weeks after the MVA. It’s draining as you say and you can’t move on. I felt like I coped fine with the loss of a baby but the ongoing bleeding wore me down.
I found that my bleeding stopped at the same time I got a negative pregnancy test. After the MVA the tests were getting fainter each week but it took 4 weeks after for a negative test and the bleeding stopped the same time. Could be worth taking a pregnancy test to make sure it’s negative?

[Natpat81]

Just to add as well that I was told I’d only bleed for a few days after the MVA. Because I had light bleeding nobody seemed that bothered that I had been bleeding for so long. They just said to watch out for signs of infection (smell, pain) but otherwise didn’t offer any help or advice. When it finally stopped I had a scan (should have been earlier but I was on holiday for 2 weeks) and was told it had all passed and the nurse just said “some people just bleed for longer than others.”

[CJ0374]

I'm sorry you are going through this. I too have had similar. At almost 12 weeks I had TFMR due to patau syndrome. I was given the pills and continued bleeding for 3mths! On and off, and mainly light, no pain, fever etc. I wasn't told to to do another pregnancy test. It was my 1st pregnancy and I wasn't on MN at the time. Going to to loo was a constant reminder of what had happened. No baths, swimming, wearing pads only, no intercourse etc for 3mths was awful.

Finally, the bleeding stopped for a week, then had the heaviest period I've ever had!. Almost as heavy at the MC itself and out came a small POC. They scanned me which was clear and the bleeding stopped after about 3days. My next period wasn't as heavy, but it took 3 cycles for them to return to normal.

Have you done any pregnancy tests op? Have you had any scans? Remember that you aren't alone and its not your fault ❤

[PearlDog]

Is it my 6 weeks miscarriage?

[Callieapple]

Hi ladies.

thank you so much for you support I am so sorry you’ve had these experiences too.

I think what’s also upsetting me is that I just wasn’t prepared for the length of time this could take. I very naively thought I’d bleed for perhaps a week and return to normal and the longer it went on the longer I can’t feel happiness, as you say every trip to the toilet etc just break your heart all over again.

good news is I seem to have had no bleeding over night and going in to today so hopefully this continues now!