Infection after miscarriage 😞

[Frostfable]

Can I please have a moan? I was feeling better physically and emotionally after my mc until three days ago and now I’m in bed wanting to throw up.

I’ve had two consecutive miscarriages in the past few months, both at 8 weeks. My first mc happened naturally and was hellish and my second mc I took the meds which was brutal and I felt so washed out. I felt a lot better by last week and went back to work. I then started to feel very tired and sick and had stomach pain but most notably I had some nasty discharge.

I’ve been on the antibiotics for 36 hours, still feeling awful. Not expecting to feel well again just yet.
i wanted to ask if anyone else has got an infection from a miscarriage and was it cleared up with antibiotics alone?im just feeling so washed out by this whole situation.

thanks so much x

I’m so sorry @Frostfable I’ve no experience on infection, but hopefully the antibiotics start to kick in soon.
I just wanted to send solidarity - I’ve just had my second consecutive MMC this week. It’s such a difficult time, made more difficult when you’re not feeling well now

Thank you so much @Figtree11 💓 I’m so sorry you’re going through this too, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
its hard to process having conservative miscarriages 😔 I hope you’re feeling supported and looked after. I couldn’t cry the second time until yesterday when I was feeling so unwell and had a horrible GP receptionist ask me if I could still be pregnant and then I lost it and it felt cathartic!

i have been referred to the recurrent miscarriage unit …I didn’t have to ask and I didn’t know it existed but was offered it which I was surprised at. It might be something to look into if you haven’t yet been offered this service.

i hope you’re feeling ok xx

Thank you @Frostfable it’s nice to be able to talk to people who totally understand. I can’t believe the GP receptionist said that to you! People are so careless.

I too think I may be referred- to Tommys miscarriage clinic in Coventry hospital. The EPU have said if I contact my GP, they can refer me. And the GP text me today asking me to make a phone appt with them so I’m hoping I can get the ball rolling on that.
It’s good we’ve both been offered something, as I was expecting them to say wait to have 3

I had so much hope with this one, thinking the first time was bad luck. But now I am worried. But I guess at least hopefully I can start to look at why. Do you know how long you need to wait til you can be seen?

I’m very up and down, as I only had surgery today for it. I did the meds with my first one, it’s horrific isn’t it!
I was feeling positive earlier about the future, and this evening I just don’t so have had a little cry.

I really hope you start to feel better soon x

That’s good news about the GP and getting referred, I think it’s a bit of a post code lottery.

i started my miscarriage on the 12th of April and EPU contacted my GP and my GP called me last week to say I’m being referred.
i got a letter from the recurrent miscarriage unit yesterday. I have to fill out a questionnaire and get bloods taken and then they set up a meeting.
im 40 so it’s two consecutive miscarriages but if you’re under 35 it’s three which is pretty brutal
but it might depend on where you are in the uk.
im in Suffolk but under the care of Addenbrooke’s.

I initally didn’t want to be looked at as it’s going down the rabbit hole and you don’t know what you’ll find. And like you say you start to worry is there something wrong but the chances are it’s just bad luck, which is hard to accept.

I completely empathise…I believed after having my first mc that this one would be fine, I didn’t even think it would happen again 🙁
I was so focused on getting pregnant and stupidly thinking once I’m pregnant again all the trauma and pain of the first mc would be resolved.

I hope the cry helped 💓 sometimes it’s good to wallow and get it all out. I’m exactly the same so up and down. It’s incredibly difficult to process and I have felt a different emotion than my first mc.

you need to rest and take time to recover. If you work please take time off work. Recovering is the most important thing x

I agree it really does seem a postcode lottery. I’m almost 33, so if i wasn’t living where i am, i would have to wait for a 3rd MC before any tests. But as I’m in the area for tommys, it seems like I should be able to be referred after 2. Just hoping my Gp will actually refer me.

Definitely, it was always there in the back of my mind about what if I MC again, but I was more just telling myself that to try & protect myself. As deep down I had a good feeling that it would work out.

I hope the antibiotics are starting to work for you now?