Miscarrying - do I need to go to hospital?

[NoNoNoMYDoIt]

Title says it all. I am miscarrying at 7 wks. Do I have to go to hospital to be checked or not? Am hoping not as have no one to look after the kids if I go.

I don't know NoNo but I'm just bumping, didn't want to leave you alone.

Really sorry to hear this is happening to you.

I didn't go to hospital with mine - hospitals sadly seem to be a bit flippant about early bleeding/miscarriages. I guess because there's nothing they can do to change the outcome.

However, if you're experiencing a lot of pain and/or excessive bleeding then definitely get yourself checked out.

If it's any positive, my two miscarriages at 6 weeks were just like normal periods and were over mercifully quickly. Hope it's the same for you.

Take care x x

So sorry for your loss. I don't have any advice, maybe call NHS direct? X

If your sure your miscarrying stay at home but speak to the local midwives for advice, they will probably get you a can in the next two days, that's what happened with me. Hope your ok

I'm so sorry your miscarrying, hope you're as ok as you can be in the circumstances. If I was you I'd pop along to your GP, maybe ask for some stronger prescription painkillers, and also ask them under what circumstances you should go to the hospital. I think if you experience a certain level of bleeding, for example, you should go to the hospital. Im really sorry, I miscarried a year ago, and can't remember what my GP said exactly.

Bleeding can go on for a couple of weeks unfortunately, but if it goes on longer than this then best to get it checked. Also worth doing a pregnancy test approx 2 weeks after you stop bleeding and check that its negative, as this is a good indication that there are no retained products.

I also found a nice warm bath, and hot water bottle really helped.

Take care x

Thanks for your replies. Is what I thought. Will phone gp and let them know it happened and take their advice. Unfortunately I have a manic day tomorrow and then am completing on a house purchase on weds so I really do have no time to go to hospital!

I did with my first but not my second or third. Not because of pain but because I felt I should. My GP made the appointment for several days after heavy bleeding started. All they did was a pregnancy test that came out negative (I had done one at home that morning so expected that) lots of leaflets and to try again when I felt ready. It was a waste of a morning for me and in an odd way got my hopes up that maybe it wasn't over.

My GP was good and I'm glad I went because it ment it's part of my medical history had I wanted to have investigations. After my third I had very heavy bleeding and the GP gave me something to stem the bleeding and iron tablets because I became anemic. Oddly that was the month the I conceived my now 15month old daughter.

It is not a nice experience for anyone at anytime. Can you send the kids to bed early and snuggle on the sofa.

I hope that it's not too uncomfortable and over quickly. NHS direct can be really useful to talk things through with.

Lots of people here to talk if you feel you need to now or in the future.

If pain gets out of hand or the bleeding becomes excessive (more than half a cup in 2 hours) then it would be advisable to go.

I go because i need gas & air, morphine and tramadol for the pain for about 12 hours.

Think im a freak though, most have period pains which is controlled with brufen & paracetamol. Hope this is true for you.

All the best x

Thanks all for sharing your experiences.

Very sorry to hear that you are miscarrying MYdoit. I hope you get all the support and medical attention you need. Thoughts are with you x.

Sorry OP that's really sad for you.Javr you posted on the pregnancy loss forum as they may able to advise more? Otherwise I believe its only a concern if you are in pain/bleeding heavily as another post said. If you can't get to the hospital & are concerned, can you get a GP appointment?

I am really sorry to hear you're dealing with this. From my own experience, often I wish I hadn't let the GP surgery convince me on the phone to go to casualty when I had my second one - three hours of waiting for the gynaecologist to finish her ward rounds to be told what I already knew. However I do feel glad it's definitely in my medical records - I had two MCs and a third would have seen me asking for investigations. Not sure what they do if you say you had one but they have no evidence in your records.

I had two very early miscarriages (about 5 weeks) at home earlier this year (Jan and Feb) and didn't see a doctor. But I did go to the GP a couple of weeks after the second one as they had happened two months in a row and I wanted to have them on file. Neither the GP nor the hospital gynaes whom I've seen in this pregnancy have had any issue with recording the miscarriages officially and they appear on all my notes even though I didn't see a doctor when they were happening. As far as I can tell, as long as you report a positive pregnancy test followed by bleeding followed by a negative test they are happy to take your word for it.

The GP arranged some blood tests to check nothing looked wrong but in retrospect by the time I went to have them I was already pregnant again.

Sorry to hear this is happening to you.

With my 1st pregnancy, I miscarried at about 6 weeks. I didn't need any medical attention, but I did find NHS direct hepful for reassurance.

Apart from one biggish clot (what would have been the sac/ embryo etc) I didn't find it was any worse than a normal period - maybe a bit longer lasting. I did find it very upsetting though, perhaps because of the hormones as well as the loss.

It got recorded on my notes as I saw the GP before and after the event. She just asked if I'd passed everything and if the bleeding had stopped.

So sorry you are going through this. I had a miscarriage years ago at 8 weeks and, after much persuasion, I did go to hospital. After a scan, it revealed that my womb hadn't completed emptied (sorry for such a horrible phrase but I couldn't think of a different way to say it) so I had to have a D&C operation under general anaesthetic and stay overnight. This was years ago so not sure if same would happen now (plus i was probably just an unfortunate minority) but I would definitely at least go to doctors. Really sorry again, hope you're ok xx

I am so sorry this is happening to you. I too had a MC at 5+6 in January. I went to a+e but wish I hadn't really: waited around for hours only to be told "yes it's probably a miscarriage - phone your gp on Monday and ask him to refer you to the EPU to confirm its all gone."

Which I did.

So basically that would be my advice - skip A+E an just run your doctor, explain what's happening and ask for a referral to the EPU. They told me that round here they scan everyone to check that it's all gone.

Hope that's helpful. Also would advise looking at the miscarriage/pregnancy loss boards in the body and soul section of this site. I found the support on there invaluable xx

Thanks all. Decided to tough it out at home but things got so bad this morning that I couldn't stand without thinking I was going to pass out and the pain was awful. I phoned gp surgery and eventually spoke to the midwife who told me I should have gone in as soon as the bleeding started. Anyway I have been seen in the gynae ward and the doctor has removed large clots from my cervix which were causing all the pain and bleeding. They are being sent off to see if they are molar pregnancy. There is nothing in my womb and I now have stronger pain killers. They wanted to admit me for pethidine but I refused. Managed two labours with not so much as gas and air so don't think I need pethidine for this

I probably wouldn't have passed the clots without them being removed so good job I came in.