Think I am having my third MMC in a row...

[Mousefunky]

I had two MMC last year. The first one was discovered at 11 weeks after some brown spotting (heart stopped at 7 weeks) and second one I didnt discover until my 12 week scan (heart stopped at 9 weeks.) With the second one I barely had any spotting, I just recall having tiny red dots on the toilet paper that would be missed if you weren’t rigorously checking. I did lose my symptoms at nine weeks last time though.

I am 12+3. I don’t know when my first scan will be yet as I only booked in with MW yesterday, she said it should be no later than the end of next week. I still have all of the symptoms but I had one red dot on the TP on Saturday and have had a couple every time I have wiped today so obviously I have resigned myself to it being the worst .

I don’t know what to do really. I’m not sure whether it’s worth contacting my local EPAU over tiny red dots or not but I also know that is the only spotting I had last time... I’m so scared, I don’t want another ERPC. It will be my fourth after I had retained placenta with my second labour so I’m scared of Ashermans. I can’t have medical management as I opted for that initially with the first miscarriage and haemorrhaged, I almost died and needed an emergency ERPC to stem the bleeding.

So sorry you're goi g through this, it must be so stressful.Given your previous history I would try get seen at the EPAU. Good luck

I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through this 💐

Definitely contact your EPAU and explain the two previous miscarriages.

Fx for you xx

So sorry mouse, definitely worth going into your EPAU.

I had two surgical managements for a MMC I can understand your fears. Go to the EPAU, they may decide to monitor you more given your history. I had several miscarriages and they decided to scan me every two weeks up to ten weeks. Which really helped reassure me altho was also mega stressful as I was convinced each scan would be bad news.

Also speak to your gp about being prescribed progesterone, I was and altho the consultant said there was no definite evidence it helps support pregnancies she said it would help my peace of mind if nothing else.

I was in a similar position to you last summer. I couldn’t wait for an NHS scan, so I paid for a private one. I was right unfortunately, the babie heart stopped at 13+1 even though I was nearly 15 weeks pregnant.
I hope in this instance you have a healthy happy baby, but to be sure perhaps a private scan might be an option.

Good luck. X

I considered a private scan, I had a couple early on last time which were fine but my local scanning place is inside Mothercare so if it is bad news it will be incredibly triggering. There’s also a flatscreen TV directly facing the bed which you can’t avoid looking at, I never dared look with my last two.

I am going to contact EPAU tomorrow and see what they think. I haven’t had any spots since this morning but it’s just the fact it was the same last time... Still have the symptoms, vomited when I got home from work.

Have you googled to see if there are other scanning places? There are about 5 different ones within a half hour drive of me. I can understand not wanting to go to the mothercare one. Ring epu though and explain - hopefully they'll let you come in. I hope everything works out for you

Oh Mouse, so sorry you are going through this awfully stressful time, I really really feel for you (having had 3 miscarriages myself). Please do contact your EPAU and ask to be seen ASAP, your type of situation is exactly why these units exist. Sending huge hugs xx