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How can I tell if I am miscarrying?

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Naturalmystic · 02/01/2022 11:57

Hi all,
I am rather confused and a bit scared and I am just looking for some advice really from those of you that may have had similar experiences.

From my period dates I’m 7 weeks pregnant, On Monday I started light pink bleeding, tiny tiny clots and had mild period pains, on Friday the pains got really bad and I started bleeding heavy bright red blood and passing large plop in the toilet clots. By Saturday the pain got unbearable and I was changing my pad every hour for about 12 hours, I passed a clot the size of my palm and some more larger than a golf ball. I went to the hospital on Saturday as the EPU was closed and they advised me to go to A&E if I was changing my pad every hour or the pain suddenly got worse. I also had an odd pain in my collar bone to my shoulder and was concerned re Ectopic and my period like pains had changed to a horrible pain in my right abdomen down to my leg which were making me dizzy and lightheaded from the pain. When my pains got worse on Friday I did another digital clear blue test and it told me 1-2 weeks pregnant which I found odd as my dates say 7 weeks and I missed a period 4 weeks ago.

Anyway, at the hospital they said they didn’t have scanning facilities on weekend and bank holiday so I have to wait till Tuesday and she told me my cervix was closed which is a good thing. I was confused to how my cervix is closed yet I’ve had clots the size of my palm and my pregnancy test said I’m 1-2 weeks. So now I am just waiting till Tuesday rather scared and confused as I don’t know what’s going on and why they said I am probably not miscarrying. At this point I feel like deep down I know I am either miscarrying or the pregnancy is ectopic because I’ve never bled during pregnancy or had such severe pains and the clear blue test said 1-2 weeks. Today I am bleeding a little lighter now a darker red like a prune maybe and still passing smaller clots my pains are still there and more significant in my right abdomen, I also have these horrible sharp stabbing pains in my bum. I am wondering if anyone else has had this kind of experience and what the outcome was? I have heard some people can go onto have a successful pregnancy, but all the pointers seem to be screaming to me something is wrong!

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Ethelfromnumber73 · 02/01/2022 13:38

I think I might go to A&E with ongoing pain like that- you need to def rule out an ectopic.

Ethelfromnumber73 · 02/01/2022 13:40

A good friend of mine had an ectopic and had rectal pain with it. If that's not normal period- type pain for you then def worth getting properly checked

Rrrob · 02/01/2022 13:42

I had a mc in July and sorry to say it was similar to what you describe. Light bleeding can be normal in pregnancy, but heavy bleeding plus strong pains together often mean mc. Can you go to EPU on tuesday for a scan?

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