2 weeks Postpartum with heaviness?

I've been in and out of ER visits, urgent care, and doctors appt. Doctor found I had an elevated BP of 150/110. They immediately admitted me, did an EKG, CTscan (3rd one of the year), blood work, and a straight cath. They ultimately found nothing (as always). They discharged me once my BP was normal, and asked me to follow up with my PCP and OB. This was 2 weeks ago, and I've been in and out of urgent care (Kaiser) and doctor appointments since. They even sent me home with a small BP machine to monitor me from home, but have had a normal BP since.

I still get heaviness in my chest, out of breath constantly, and occasionally get a cramping feeling in my chest or like a "pop" feeling. Its incredibly terrifying but constantly get dismissed. I originally thought i had preclampsia, but doctor have ruled this out several times. Has anyone else ever expirenced this? Sometimes I get pain behind my collar bone, or in my arms/legs. No swelling, no redness, not hot to the touch, just a sharp achy pain. I feel so broken after having my second child, especially recovering from PGP along side all this.

Im hoping this blows over after 6-12 weeks, but am truly scared something is wrong that doctors can't catch. It took them 4 months to find that I was having gallstone attacks the first pregnancy, now im afraid theyre also misisng something crucial once again.

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Waiting for miscarriage

I am so so upset and frustrated & wondered if anyone else has been through similar.

Last Saturday I started bleeding red blood - I should have been almost 8 weeks pregnant.
The bleeding was only a bit and lasted for an hour or so then turned to spotting.

I got scanned a few days later and the scan showed an empty sac measuring 5-6 weeks. No fetal pole or anything.

So understandably they told me to come back a week later for another scan.

I had told myself by this point that I was having a miscarriage because I knew my dates were not wrong. I know when I ovulated & I know when I last had sex in order to conceive so there was no possible way I could be over 2 weeks out.

I’ve been spotting brown blood all week and losing some small clots.

Went back for the second scan today expecting to be told it was a miscarriage and hoping I would be given my options on how to pass it.

But they said I have to wait another week for another scan to be sure.

My bloods are all very low and have not increased so I was basically told in the week that it’s unlikely this pregnancy is progressing.
So since nothing has changed in 10 days or so I don’t know why I’m being made to wait another week just for the inevitable.

It’s absolute torture being made to wait.
I’m off sick from work because I’m essentially waiting to have a miscarriage that could happen at any time but I’ve been told I get 2 weeks of sick leave. So if this goes on for another week plus then I don’t know what I’m going to do.

I also wanted to opt for the surgical removal but now I won’t get that option until next week & if I naturally pass it in the meantime I basically just have to deal with it.
I’m so upset and heartbroken and just exhausted. I’m already being tortured knowing I’ve lost my pregnancy. It’s just awful 😢

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