Early Miscarriage still going at 3 weeks, when will it stop?

[Tallysmum]

I've just had a miscarriage at 6 weeks pregnant on my second child. But its been very slow, I'm still having small clots and bleeding 3 weeks later. Is this normal? When will it stop so I can try to conceive again?
Had my hormone levels checked 5 times and they are now below 20, so I've been told all fine. Just very frustrating...

If I were you I would go back and try and get a scan. I've had miscarriages at 6 weeks and 7 weeks and both times bleeding stopped within a week, although this does vary from woman to woman.

the chances are everything is fine but I think a scan would reassure you. I had a scan after my miscarraige at 7 weeks.

Good luck with TTC again.

agree with belgo, think the longest i had bleeding for was 14d, call your epu and ask for another scan.

so sorry about your mc, and good luck with ttc x

Thanks for the advice. Do you have any experience of how to predict your ovulation after a miscarriage? I aim to conceive asap so don't want to wait for my cycle to get back to normal.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Having had two miscarriages (one at 7.5 weeks and one at 6 weeks) I can really sympathise with you.

After my first miscarriage, I was back to normal fairly fast, and got pregnant again within three weeks. It was amazingly fast, but unfortunately I lost that pregnancy too (that was the second m/c). TBH that was just awful both physically and emotionally and looking back I wish I had given myself a proper break to try and get over the first one. My body was in a right state; I was miscarrying, though my body was producing milk (probably because it didn't know whether I had given birth or what was happening!)

After that episode I bled very lightly for almost three months. I went to the doctors and had tests done, but there was nothing wrong. Despite the fact there is no medical reason you shouldn't try from the outset, I really wouldn't advise trying again for a couple of months; just to give your system a proper rest. Also when your cycle is back in sync, you'll have an easier time planning.

Good news is that once the bleeding stopped I got pregnant again within a few weeks and I'm now 35 weeks pregnant.

I know it's difficult not to go for it again as soon as possible, but you will be doing yourself a favour if you get yourself straight first. Also, I had scans too so think you should request one to check there is nothing wrong. My scans showed up a five cm cyst, which wasn't nice, but it went away on its own.

good luck xx sorry this is long

Thanks Spaceman, I'm so pleased for you on the pregnancy. Two m/c's in a row must have been very hard. I have had one internal scan, on the first day of the miscarriage. They saw tissue laying in the womb, which is why they kept testing my hormones to be sure it was coming out. Apparently my hormones being low suggest the body knows its not pregnany anymore. But, maybe I should get scanned again to find out why I am still bleeding.

P.S. Did you do ovulation tests to find out when to conceive. You must have used a lot?

No I didn't use them first of all as I didn't have that much trouble getting pg, but then after the 2 m/c's I tried them. That was when I was bleeding for months. That caused another worry because they never showed up positive! My doc just said to me to relax and throw away the sticks as he said I wasn't doing myself any favours. I decided to take the advice, got on a health drive for a month or two, went away for the weekend on a massive bender to a music festival and then got pg five days afterwards. By then my cycle was normal again as it had been four months since the last m/c. I think it did take my hormones that long to settle down after all the confusion.

I totally know how it feels to try and 'undo the wrong' as soon as possible and get pg again, but please please please leave it until you have a normal period at least otherwise you may end up like me, which may mean you take longer to get a viable pregnancy in the longrun.

I agree that you should ask for another scan as sometimes tissue can be left in the womb and get infected (I think that's what can happen). It does seem that you're clotting for a long time afterwards, though I bled a long time I didn't clot.

Your hcG really needs to be below 5 to be at 'proper' non-pg levels. I would get a scan.

I'm sorry for your loss, and that it's proving so drawn-out.

Tallysmum - I tried to become pregnant again immediately after my first m/c but when I didn't, I felt like I was miscarrying all over again. Please don't get your hopes up - your body does need time to recover.

Having said that, I ignored my own advice, I became pregnant again straight after my second m/c.(so far successful pregnancy)

The signs I looked out for were: egg white cervical mucus and me wanting to have sex which is usually a fairly good indicator sorry for tmi!

Sorry for your loss, been there and it's awful I know I bled so much that I had to have an ERPC then after that, it wasn't too bad. I certainly think you need to have another scan after this long!

Agree with Spaceman. When I asked when I could try again I was told 3 different answers by different people at the hospital. Soonest I was told was to have 1 period then it's up to me, the longest I was told was to wait 3 months. I couldn't handle the thought of loosing another one so soon after so went with the 3 months and pleased I did. Conceived immediately when started ttc again after the 3 months and he's now 5

Please get yourself checked and let us know what they say.

Good luck xx

my second mc was at 6+3. I bled for about 4-5 weeks (not heavily). I also wanted to conceive straight away afterwards and understand exactly how you feel. With hindsight, I don't think the OPK worked properly that soon after the MC as my hormones were all over the place.

In the end it took me another 15 months to conceive again (no identified problems/reasons). Some months I used the sticks, sometimes I didn't - bit daft of me really because after things settled down my cycle was very regular so I always knew when I would ovulate anyway - but it gave me comfort to know I was doing 'something'.

I know it is hard but I agree with Spaceman - try and get your cycle back into shape first.

Its so nice to hear from those of you who've 'been there'. I'll take you advice and not rush the next pregnancy. I have a beautiful 20 month old daughter to focus on while I wait til the time is right. I'll also be following up for another scan. Thanks.

When I miscarried in January (was about 6 weeks) I bled for about 3 weeks. My doctor sent me for HcG blood work every few days to make sure that they were coming down and we followed it down to 0.

I'm sorry that this is happening to you. I think that the miscarriage was probably the most emotionally confusing time of my life, and I wish no one had to feel that way.