miscarriage, anyone help please

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Thu, 11-06-2003 - 10:54pm
Could anyone please tell me what happens when a women miscarries?? Any time, well in my case it could be an early miscarriage, (like 2 weeks (possibly)) anyone, please help...like what happens to the baby and the mom and how does the baby get out, what pains are felt and stuff like that, pretty much the whole 9 yards, thank you all so much....

Shana

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Thu, 11-06-2003 - 11:54pm
Ok first you will ahve bleeding, either light to spotting or really really heavy like you are changeing you're pad every 1hr or less, you will also have back pains, stomach pains(cramping) badly like contraction the cramping will come and go every 5mins like a contracion.And they will get the baby out by a d&c.

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 3:23am
It depends on the woman. In my case, I was 7wks and started bleeding like a light period. It was never heavy.I had light cramping just like a regular period. The only way I knew i was miscarrying was that i went to the ER and they did a blood test to show my levels were low for how far along i was. They said theyd know i miscarried if in a few days the HCG levels didnt rise. I passed the baby that night which was confirmed by a blood test to reveal my HCG levels had dropped. If you are a couple weeks along the only way to know is to have 2 blood tests 2 or 3 days apart. If your levels were high then drop then you are miscarrying or have miscarried. some women dont bleed at all which is called a missed miscarriage and sometimes have to get a D&C. I did not have to have a D&C due to the fact that i wasnt that far along and passed the baby on my own.

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 8:28am
If it's in the early stages of pregnancy, you might not have all of those problems. It might seem just like a period.
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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 8:49am
i read somewhere that when it's early, the "baby" can just be reabsorbed too. so maybe it's possible to not pass it OR have a d&c. but i dunno for sure or from experience or anything. i don't think i've ever had a miscarriage.

*anna~rae*

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 10:26am
lilpeanut23,

When you passed the baby, what was it like? I mean, were you having your period and found something not right with it? Cause I think that is what happened to me...I'm not going to go right out and tell you what I found different with my period, until you tell me it's okay cause it is kinda grafic....so, I just want to know what is going on with my body...I'm sorry for your miscarriage, have you had kids since then or was that just recently? I'm so sorry...thank you for your reply, I needed it, cause after I came home from the doctor I just didn't feel like that was all that was wrong with me (gaseous acid in my intestines is what he said was wrong) but than again I didn't explain to him what I saw the third day of my period and I kick myself for not saying it....thanks again and good luck to you whatever you are trying to do, like ttc or pregnant or having problems (like me kinda).

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 12:13pm
I have had 2 miscarriages, unfortuately.

The first was around 10 weeks. I started spotting at about 8 weeks and around 10 weeks I was bleeding, cramping and had to have a D&C.

My 2nd miscarriage was totally different. It happened at about 7 weeks, I only showed about 5 weeks pregnant. I woke up in the middle of the night with severe cramping (like labor pains) for about an hour and than they went away. I went to the doctor the next morning and they did an ultrasound. No growth of the baby. They wanted me to have a natural miscarriage. Within 4 or 5 days I started to bleed just like a normal period. Maybe a little more cramping. I didn't even have blood clotting (very little). That was it.

I hope this helps.

Jen

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 12:37pm
I guess I am just going to come right out and say it...please only those women who have had miscarriages please respond. I am totally scared and I don't want to frighten those who are experiencing the same pains, cause it might not be true for you....please only those who have miscarried.....

I strted having pains the beginning of October, I thought they were the same pains I had in August when I had a UTI so I drank some Cranberry juice and when to the doctor around the middle of October, I took a urine test and it came back somewhat clean so he only gave me antibiotics for three day's, I took them but the pains still remained there....the end of October (31st to be exact) is when I was supposed to start my period, I only spotted that day (31) and the next day It was a little heavier so I used a tampon and it was filled with in 3 hours and after that, not even a pantie liner was filled, the next day (sunday) nothing still until around noonish and I filled another tampon, now here's where I found something not really normal along with my ir-regular period to begin with, when I removed the tampon there was a long (at least 3 inches I kid you not) mucus strand, that was stretchy and black and kinda thick..and after that I got no more period bleeding like the heavy day's but I did get more of those strands but smaller like lil clumps on my liner and that happened the rest of sunday, but monday afternoon it was all over, I didn't have cramps at all the entire time, I remember telling my DH that I felt really comfortable and I'm usually on the couch in a lil ball cause cramps hurt so bad!! Now, today I still feel the same, I haven't had any bleeding or anything, I went to the doctor yesterday and he said it sounds like gaseous acid in my intestines and/or stomach and he just gave me pills to help it....he did have thoughts of pregnancy but it stumped him about my regular period the beginning of October and I'm stil on birth control, but I'm messed up taking them at the same time, and mixed in with the antibiotics (which make the power of the pill lessen that 99.9%, I still think somewhere I could have conceived we did have sex right on the time I was supposed to ovulate, I don't know, this is very ir-regular for me, I've beem on the pill for a year and almost two months, it's never done anything like this before, never had any trouble with it ever, it's just this last month ( I started a new package Tuesday) I messed up pretty much every pill and took antibiotics at the same time.....there is one questions my DH aske dme when we left that I had no idea about, but could a cyst cause that, could a cyst cause you not to get pregnant, and could a cyst cause a miscarriage??? Please help..

Shana

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 1:13pm
With my miscarriage I carried the baby for 17 weeks .. I had light bleeding like just a smear. i called the doctor and he said that to go to the emergency room if the pains got severe. Well i woke up at 3am with cramps so bad that i couldnt hardly stand it. I made it to the er and they did an ultrsound 8 hrs later ( yes thats right they left in in a pain for 8 hrs. it was the weekend and we had to wait for the tech) I had labor Pains and I had my baby in the bed it only measured 13 weeks.I did not ahve to have a d&c.

jackie

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 2:16pm
This is all terrible, I'm sorry that there's so many women out there that have had miscarriages!!! How do you go on!?? I'm so scared that for whe the time comes that Dh and I are TTC that I'll have a miscarriage,

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Fri, 11-07-2003 - 2:52pm
I just got this funny, butterfly, heart beat, twitching sensation in my lower left side of my abdomen, it didn't hurt it actually tickled a lil, but when I pushed on it I felt it even better, what was that??? I've been having those poking pains in my left abdomen again lately, maybe started an hour ago.....:(

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