Apologies in advance for the tmi. I had a miscarriage the day before yesterday, (I was about 12 weeks pregnant). I saw what came out very clearly, especially because it was breach. So it took quite a while to push out, even tho it was small. I saw that the fetus had come away, but on my final push, it went down the toilet and the cord snapped. I couldn’t catch either of them in time. So now I’ve passed the baby, but no placenta. I’m very worried. I had a bit of a temperature the night it happened. But now it’s gone back to normal. I’m barely bleeding. 1 pad Could do a full 24 hour period. Which is very odd. I called 111 and then the doctor surgery, who told me that we didn’t know what had come away?? Even tho I was very clear in saying the cord snapped, and went back inside. I still have a very firm tummy, like I’m due for a heavy period. Which is odd after a miscarriage (I’ve had one before and everything came away, making my belly very flat, almost hollow!!)
The doctor has said I need to wait and see. She said if it’s not all come away, I’ll possibly suffer symptoms of infection within about 3 days!! If I’m honest she wasn’t that helpful and didn’t answer my questions, hence the post. Is it possible that the placenta will pass on its own? I’m not showing any of the symptoms of complications, as in heavy bleeding, foul odour and flu like symptoms.
Can I just wait this out and hope for it to pass? The thing is, my body still feels pregnant. Even tho the baby is no longer there. I’m still very tired. And getting cramps in my feet during the night (I always get this from about 6 weeks pregnant on).
I should probably add I have a 1 year old little boy and family that can’t really help much. So Am dealing with this very much in auto pilot, because I have to focus on him.
But yea, some advice from anyone that’s had similar experiences would be really helpful. Side note, I’ve checked google but can’t find much about retained placenta after miscarriage.
I looks forward to ur replies.