Feel a bit dim but I think I have had a miscarriage......

[georgimama]

I started bleeding on 23rd which was 7 weeks since the first day of my LMP. Ironically I had planned to buy a test that day as I was pretty certain I must be pregnant (cycle can be a bit erratic but never been that long before).

Sorry if TMI but the bleeding seems different from normal period bleeding - only thing I can compare it to (although not as heavy) is post partum bleeding/lochia. Started heavy straight away with some clots, now it is still very bright red but lighter and watery.

I know it is impossible to know for certain but does this sound like an early MC to anyone who has been in the same boat?

you are not being dim - i think here are lots of miscarriages when people don't even know they are pregnant.

from my experience i think you are / have miscarried.

hope you are okay.

Thanks BBBee, I feel a bit weird about it, not knowing either way is a bit hard but there is no way I am ever going to know for sure. The bleeding being different and the length of time make me think it must have been though.

At least I have DS (aged 22 months), we weren't actively trying but it would have been lovely ...... oh well.

it's a really hard situation for you I know - my early miscarriages were incredibly painful with huge clots passed and it felt like labour pain although some people I know feel no more pain than a 'normal' period. I have had the watery type blood you describe and have not been pregnant. Are your cycles normally regular? I have pcos so often have long cycles and I find the bleeding after longer cycles tends to be a bit weirder than normal. If you really wanted to know you could probably do a test as there would probably be some pregnancy hormones left but it depends if you think it would be useful or just more painful to know.

If you were pregnant then the hormones should still be in your system, so if you did a test it should still be positive. After my mc's I was told to test at 3 weeks after the mc because by then it should be negative, so yours should still show positive. That's one way to maybe know if you are/were pg. Good luck, and I'm sorry if you have had a mc.

It's possible that it could have been an early m/c but it's also possible that it's a blip in your cycles. I've had cycles where I've gone longer than normal(and I've known that I wasn't pg)and when the period has turned up it's been much heavier than usual and with clots.
So without testing, it's a bit difficult to know for certain.
I've also had m/c where I've had -ve test within a few days. So I'm not sure that a -ve test now would confirm that it wasn't a m/c.
Sorry not to be able to give you anything more conclusive.

Thanks for comments, I'm not convinced that a test would come up +ve as surely the hormones would drop away quickly this early, especially if that was the reason for the MC (if I have had one).

It does feel quite painful (I do have PCOS but have never been this late nor had this kind of bleeding before) and one first day had some quite large clots. No way to know either way,I suppose.

DH now wants to start trying in earnest for number 2 so there is always a silver lining!

i know it is no consolation but if this is a miscarriage it means that you can concieve at this point in your life and gives hope for future babies.

be nice to yourself.

I know I have had a miscarriage when the bleeding is heavier than normal and feels "different" and it is more painful. I have had 5 miscarriages in total and 3 children.
It definately causes more clots and at 7 weeks I would expect to find a large clot, which is the sac, probably on day 2 or 3.
I always test so I know what's going on! It should still be positive.
Good luck

Thanks FW, that's pretty much what happened to me. I'mnot going to test though, if the MC (if that's what it was) actually happened a couple of weeks ago I doubt the hormones would still be there so it's unlikely to be conclusive either way. I'm not as upset as I would have expected to be, I'm just going to chalk it up to experience and look forward to trying for number two properly next year.

x

Write the day and suspected age of the mc in your diary. Useful info for the midwife when you fall pregnant!

also, don't just assume that was it...i called my doc in a panic when I started bleeding at 5 weeks and he wasn't pessimistic at all about it. I did mc, but he said that it could easily be implantation bleeding, which can be heavy and go on forever.

Sorry, not to get your hopes up though, bleeding's never good.....

my bleeding mc was very light, btw...not even like period and completley painless, no clots to speak off...must have gone wrong early on.

Thanks for your comment Comma. Bleeding has stopped now, was clotty and lochia like for first couple of days, then turned watery and light. TMI alert - never got to brown old blood stage I usually get during period.

I think it was an early MC to be honest, I very much doubt it was implantation bleeding, there was far too much.

georgie, is it worth getting it checked out in your own time just to be abs sure or do you just know in your heart/instinctively that you've miscarried? my friend has had heavy bleeding on an off throughout her pregnancy. she was absolutely amazed when they found a heartbeat. that was a few weeks ago. she's now 14 weeks preg and still getting a bit of bleeding. don't want to give you any false hope - i've had two miscarriages and both times "knew" that there was no hope as i didn't have any pregnancy symptoms.

I agree, it's worth asking for a scan, just to be sure x