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What should I expect? Am miscarrying at 8 weeks...

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Charliesmum22 · 06/05/2008 19:46

Just found out yesterday evening (after some bleeding) that our little ones heart has stopped beating. I'm booked in for a D&C on Thursday, but am hoping that it happens naturally before then. I now have heavy bleeding (some small blood clots), and constant stomach cramps, but I haven't got a clue what to look for, and how will I know when 'it' has come out. I really don't want to have to go into hospital.

I know it's a horrible thing to be discussing in such detail but does anyone have any advice on what I should expect, and how long it can take once the bleeding has started. My doctor did go through all this last night wih us, but I wasn't really taking any of it in.

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BeckyBendyLegs · 24/05/2008 11:32

He was the same. That time we talked about our different reactions and he explained that he dealt with things by just getting on with life and making himself busy. I need to have a good wallow and cry to sort out in my head what is happening. He has been very understanding but it feels almost like he is comforting me for something only I am going through rather than something that has happened to both of us. I imagine my experince with DH is not uncommon. I know he is upset to but he just doesn't show it in the same way.

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