I'm currently going through my third blighted ovum miscarriage 😣
In 2017, I thought I was 7w pg but early scan was showing an empty 5w sized sac so I waited for the loss to begin naturally, which it did a couple of weeks after the scan. The actual loss happened over about 24 hours of heavy bleeding and losing lots of clots and tissue. I was in a lot of pain and literally sat on the toilet for a whole night. Continued to bleed (like a period) for a week or so after and then it tapered off and eventually stopped.
Had a healthy baby in 2018.
My second loss in 2021 was horrific. Started bleeding at what I thought was 11w pg, but a scan showed it was actually another empty sac (I don't know what size the sac was) With this loss, I was in agony with contraction pains and was losing so much blood and tissue that I ended up in hospital and almost needed a transfusion. Didn't have medical intervention as I thought I was pg up until the bleeding started.
With this third one, scan at 7w showed a 5w sized empty sac again.
Again, I've had no medical intervention and the bleeding started quite quickly. I had cramps 5 days ago and that night I was losing clots and tissue, and I even thought I saw the sac. I didn't feel like I lost anywhere near as much clots/tissue as my previous losses so was surprised when I thought I saw the sac as I felt from past experience that I was due another 24 hour stint in the bathroom losing lots of everything. But I woke the next day feeling "done."
Bleeding has been light and like a normal period all this week, I spoke to a midwife who said it sounded complete and that I've just been lucky this time.
However, I've been having painful cramps all day today, and have noticed heavier, red blood and a few more dark clots tonight. Not to the extent of 5 days ago, but as the bleeding had slowed right down, I thought it was all over.
Has anyone suffered a mc like this, where the loss starts quite heavy then stops almost completely, but then restarts again days later? I've got an awful feeling what I lost earlier this week was actually not the end of it and that I've still got more to lose. My stomach is really cramping and I keep rushing to the toilet and seeing more and more 😫 it's not falling out heavily like previous losses but I'm just so worried that it's going to end up traumatic like last year again. It's exactly a year since my last mc too, which is so upsetting in itself. Feeling very down and anxious tonight and quite scared to go to bed because I'm not sure what I'm going to wake up to or even if I'm going to sleep 😣