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Miscarriage

I found out I was pregnant with our miracle baby the start of October which ended in miscarriage on Saturday 💔
I feel so lost and like there will be no way forward from this
It took almost 4 years to conceive with having PCOS and my partner having low motility/morphology
I’m terrified of never getting pregnant again, especially naturally, and also of miscarrying again
Has anyone been in a similar position? 💗

Threatened miscarriage

So I arrived at the hospital (12 weeks pregnant) with very little bleeding (not spotting but not super heavy) it was also brown blood sorry if tmi, I was diagnosed with threatened miscarriage cause baby boy still had a heartbeat and discharged, while I was waiting for my ride back home still at the hospital, I had much heavier bleeding, so much my legs turned red, I felt multiple gushes of dark red blood. They said to follow up with Obgyn. I did my own research and found out what a subchorionic hematoma is. Has anyone had this happen and the baby turned out okay? I’m hoping for the best but preparing for the worst as I never had a miscarriage and don’t know what to expect. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks in advance

Anybody

So I got to positive pregnancy test then I started bleeding I had to leave work early the next I went urgent care they said they couldnt see the baby but my level is two low it was 56 my urine shows I am still pregnant and still having pregnancy symptoms the bleeding has nearly stopped after three days but something feels off like I am still pregnant but the hospital told me they think I had a miscarriage according to my last period I am 6 weeks but I also researched that it is possible I am only 3–4 weeks I just want to know if there is anybody out there that experience this and they ended up delivering the baby or if I am just crazy

How long you get pregnant after miscarriage

Sorry if this has been asked already but how long did it take for you to get pregnant after a miscarriage?
Thanks, from inpatient mumma 💚

Lines not progressing

My hcg strips are staying a similar colour and I did a clear blue weeks test which says 1-2 weeks but apparently it should be further along than that based on my ovulation, sex, cycle etc.

Anyone's else had this and all is ok?
I've asked my GP for a HCG blood test but not sure if they will. I don't have a midwife appt until early dec and scan is booked for a couple days before Xmas.

I've got no pain or bleeding so I'm hugely panicking now.

I can't talk to my partner as he keeps saying I'm worrying due to my miscarriage in August so I've come to you guys.

Advice

Hello ladies! My husband and I have been trying to concieve for past four years after a miscarriage , and haven't been successful. We decided to abstain from sex until about the end of December. I will be exercising and taking Theralogix conception supplements in the meantime also taking clove water once a day. Pray for us!

Trying again after miscarriage

So i recently had an anembryonic pregnancy and took misoprostol about 1 week ago.
My midwife suggested waiting to have a period before trying again so they can date the pregnancy easier.
Im too inpatient and want to try straight away so as soon as I get a negative test (3 weeks after misoprostol) I was gonna start tracking ovulation and try again.
Has anyone else done this and got pregnant before your first period after a miscarriage?

Struggling with miscarriage

I had an ectopic pregnancy in August and I am currently going through a miscarriage. We have been trying for a second child for around 5 months now. I’m feeling really low, really wiped out and just exhausted. I really want to be pregnant and now I feel I’m going to be filled with dread and anxiety. Has anyone got any positive stories? Is it also normal to be so drained with a miscarriage, or is this maybe the effects of stress/anxiety?

TW: missed miscarriage and mention of living child

I went to a private scan on Friday night with my husband and toddler. I should have been 10 weeks but I was told there was no heart beat and the sac was measuring at 8 weeks. We’d had a private scan at 6 +4 that showed a strong heartbeat. I’m devastated and trying to wrap my head around the fact my body still thinks I’m pregnant and yet I’m not, and I’m not going to have my baby in May.

The next appointment the early pregnancy unit could offer me is Tuesday. This is the longest and most sad and horrific weekend / 3 days of my life. I’m still trying to be a mam alongside being reminded when I look at my little boy exactly what I’m miscarrying. I’m also wracked with worry about when it will happen, how it will happen, what if it happens before Tuesday and if it doesn’t happen naturally, what will happen then 😭

The words ‘I’m sorry but I can’t find a heart beat’ feels like it’s going to play in by brain on a loop forever.

And the worst part of it is, no one gets how painful this process is, how painful this grief is. Including me before I’m now going through it myself. I’ve already had two people say to me ‘everything happens for a reason’ but no reason could excuse the pain of losing everything I’d imagined and wished for.

I didn’t think I could ever cry this many tears. The torture of waiting is making everything feel worse 💔

Help 😒

I had an ectopic in March 2025, been trying ever since we were told it was safe to do so. So well over a year now. LH tests every month, conceive plus, tablets. I keep seeing so many people conceiving just months after an ectopic, am I doing something wrong?

Did anyone do anything different after an ectopic that they think worked? Im just so deflated now.

Really, really struggling with post-loss anxiety!

I’m currently 9 weeks 6 days, had a scan at 5w 4 d and 7w 3d with heartbeat and small haematoma. Just had quite non-impactful symptoms with minimal nausea and no sickness, apart from fatigue, hunger and constipation but after a few low-symptoms days my anxiety is wild. My next scan is 10w 4d and I just feel no connection, pure grief and can’t stop overthinking. I have experienced 3 pregnancies before but this is the furthest along. Our last loss was a chemical pregnancy at the beginning of August which the miscarriage is officially the first day of this pregnancy so know I haven’t grieved and still in the trauma. How do I make it better?

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 😢

ANYONE SEE IT

Update I took another test from the dollar store and it had a darker line… but i took a first response and it’s negative?!!! I miscarried in august around the 23rd. I tested negative about 3 weeks after. Now it’s October 11th and i just took a test today. i had my period from september 20th to the 26th. idek if it’s possible…

Anyone else trying to buy struggling to get pregnant again?

We’ve managed to conceive again after 5 months of trying but this sadly ended in an early miscarriage we’ve tried again with the m/c being 3 months ago and still no luck

Time off work after recurrent miscarriages

How long did people take off work after multiple miscarriages?

I’ve had a couple of weeks of previously but this is my 5th and it really has hit me this time emotionally. I also had to have a D&C this time which I haven’t previously.

If I was to extend my doctors note this would be my third week. Is that too long?

Miscarriage

This one’s for the ladies that have had a miscarriage. I had a miscarriage about 10 days ago, I stopped bleeding just over a week ago however I’m bleeding again not as heavy but just curious as I haven’t bled for over a week. Has this happened to anyone else?

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