Possible miscarriage. What to expect?

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Hi all. I will be 6 weeks pregnant tomorrow. Unfortunately I started spotting on Thursday and have had brown discharge since then so I'm not hopeful. My initial appointment with my doctor is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. I am wondering what to expect here? Will she want to send me for a scan even though I'll only be 6 weeks? Or will it be 'wait and see' for a few weeks yet? I have 2 healthy children from 2 pregnancies. I then had a miscarriage at 10 weeks last October. There were a few complications with it and I needed a good deal of time off work as a result. We have been trying to conceive again since late December so it took 5 cycles to conceive this time. I am trying to be pragmatic but of course am worried and disappointed. I am hopeful that a miscarriage this early on might be a little easier on my body. Has anyone any experiences to share? I know it can take a while. In terms of work, did anyone manage to work while miscarrying? Thanks.

Hi, ah hope you're ok, the waiting is so hard!

I've had this twice - one was fine, one MC - and yes from my experience she'll refer you to the EPAU (I was referred same day both times) and you'll have a scan.

In terms of working during the MC yes I continued working, it wasn't physically hard on me. I was WFH (lockdown times) so that made it easier but I would've been able to go in.

Good luck, hope everything goes well

I'm sorry to hear about your spotting and your experience last year. I MC'd on Christmas Eve with a missed miscarriage (my first pregnancy) at 12 weeks, but we'd actually stopped developing at 6 weeks. It was awful, but peculiar in that I didn't have any bleeding until I actually passed the pregnancy. I wish I'd known more about what to expect. Just "cramps and bleeding," could not have prepared me for how hard it was. My cramps/contractions came on on Christmas Eve, and I was able to make christmas dinner and eat it, but by the time the evening came they were coming faster and more intense. I honestly don't know if being 6 weeks or 12 makes a difference, I would have been at the same development as you right now but I can't say if carrying for another 6 weeks added any tissue or not. I was able to rest but I wouldn't have been able to work; it depends. It's an emotionally challenging time, you physically might be ok but otherwise not. Either way you do what's right for you in that regard.

I think they'll take a transvaginal scan, right? and if they're not sure potentially have you back in two weeks unless they're certain to check growth. It's a horrible time to wait, not knowing to have hope or not.

Bleeding can be common though in pregnancy so don't lose hope yet but it sounds like you're in the right headspace. I wish you the best of luck x

Oh, and I bled heavily for around 4-5 days I think (honestly just a bit of an emotional blur tbh) but bled all in all for around 10 days; the pain ebbed away within that first week though. When I spoke to the nurse on the phone she said it was very normal to have contraction like cramps that intensify like labour and they will reach a peak which is what happened to me on the first day, then fall away. I was able to sleep and then had the cramps on and off for a week or so but the hard part was that first initial day. x

Hi OP, so sorry to hear you are going through this. I'll copy from other post my experience with a MMC two weeks ago: I was in the hospital for a second scan where they confirmed the pregnancy was not viable (measures showed 5+6 but I was already 10+3). I was given a table of mifepristone and some misoprostol to take at home the following day, but I did not need to take them as it passed naturally that same night. In my case it started with mild period pain before going to bed. I woke up in the middle of the night with a very heavy bleeding and I called the hospital, as I was not sure if it was sth to be expected or should I worry. I was told to go in. In the 15min between the phone call and me leaving the house, the sac and many clots passed out. In the hospital they only need to cleaned my cervix. I slept there and a scan next morning confirmed that the miscarriage was complete. I was released and I only had bleeding like a light period for six days. It was totally different from what I had imagined.

I was given two weeks off work but I went back to work on the fourth day as I was feeling physically fine.

Wishing you the best xoxo

Sorry, it's a horrible unsettling time. I had a miscarriage at 7 weeks. It was okay physically, I worked through it and carried on with my day to day stuff. Bled for maybe 2.5 weeks, and the first day was painful.
The Dr referred me to EPU. If it happened again, I'd get private walk in beta blood tests two days apart - it's about £50. It's the doubling they were looking for for me, but EPU left me waiting around and I had a week between the tests. I found that week and a bit wait torturous, not knowing how it's work one way or another