Signs of Miscarriage

well said, hippie chick

 

Hippie Chick 666, what you experienced may be a bit sad (assuming you didn't want to lose the pregnancy) or a releif (if you didn't want to be pregnant) but either way, it was totally nornal.

Many doctors and midwives surmise (with proof) that between 2 and 3 out of every 5 conceptions ends in early miscarraige. Most womyn didnt even realize they had concieved. The female body is usually WELL equipped to handle itself in this event. Rarely is medical help needed.

When medical help is needed:

• Severe, unrelenting pain on one side or the other of the pelvic region, or all over the lower abdomen
• Bleeding which gets worse after a few days, or doesn't stop within 10 days
• Hemmoragic bleeding (A LOT of blood, much more than a normal period, enough to make you weak and maybe even faint)
• Pain worse than even the worst period, either very severe for a short period of time, or not as severe, but not stopping after a few days
• A fever
• Bad smell coming from the expelled matter
• A rash on your body or soles of feet or palms of hands
• Nausea or vomiting, repeated

In the absence of these symptoms, or if for any reason you FEEL you want to see a doctor, by all means do so, but ectopic pregnancies are very rare, and so are incomplete spontaneous abortions.

Womyn have been helping each other with birth and miscarraige for millenia. You needed some support and information, so you came here. If you are ill, or feverish, or bleeding a lot, it would make sense to see a doctor, but even your doctor knows that the womyn's body takes care of itself more often than not.

Heal well, sister.

 

I've had two miscarraiges. The first one I went to the hospital, had to wait 8 hours for surgery, (because I had eaten) and when they did the surgery, they found little in my uterus, as I had passed the pregnancy while I was waiting. I had a general anesthetic, and surgery, for something which would have healed itself.

The second time, I just let it go. I knew what to look for, in case I needed to call the doctor, and told him a few months later that I though maybe I had miscarried. He wasn't concerned at all. "You are a womyn of childbearing age, You ARE going to miscarry from time to time. It is unusual for a sexually active womyn not to."

It was much more comfortable to not have to be recovering from general anesthesia the second time. IF I had needed a D&C, I would have had one, but, as in the first miscarraige, my body handled it. It usually does.

 

In July of 2004 I felt like I was pregnant, didn't drink but did smoke the reefer, so I made a apt to check, sure enough in August of 04, the doc told me that I was pregnant since June 04. Okay so we did the apt and everything right, you know that when your about 4-5 months prego, you get the ultrasound done, well when I went in, in August they did one right away, and you could see the baby, and the cord very small but could tell what it was. Well, we had another apt in either August or Septemeber I can't remember really, Oh yea, I had to get a colpo done, and they needed to check the baby, so they checked the heartbeat, well no heartbeat could be heard, so they did an ultrasound, well no baby was found, OMG, when they first told me that they couldn't find the heartbeat, I started to cry, I knew what was going on then after they did the ultrasound and didn't find any baby, it hit worse, I tell you that was the worse pain in my heart I had ever felt, probably the boyfriend (hubby now) felt the same. The practicioner and the student left us be for awhile so we could be alone to talk and whatever, we both just sat there and bawld and bawld. I HOPE THAT I NEVER GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. So the practioner told me that it will pass with in a few days. Well a couple weeks later I went through the worse cramps ever, I know it was contractions but they hurt so bad. The next morning I made a apt because I was bleeding a lot and wouldn't stop, so we went to the ER and then I decided to do a DNC. You know it's hard to know that you see your baby in the ultrasound, then like a week or longer you go back and like magic there is no baby to be found. I had absolutly no sign of a misscarrage until a week after they told me or I mean I basicly see no baby. I gave it all to GOD by crying for his help for me to hadle talking about it and thinking about it. But now that I know I had one, and then had another pregnancy and had Skye, I feel that im not going to have one more like I want, I feel another misscarrage is in my future, I just hope that I can get over it just as well as I did the first.

 

I am sorry you went through that. An absorbed pregnancy is very very rare. I can assure you that the marijuana you smoked did NOT cause the absorbed pregnancy.

I am glad your next pregnancy ended in a healthy baby.

Congrats, he's lovely!!!!

 

Be careful and make sure you go to the doctor to make sure your body aborted the entire embryo during the miscarrage. You can get liver failure, be super suceptable to viruses and other infections and pancreatitis if you still have the sack in you...and trust me it's not good times. sorry about your loss):

 

Thank you for your caring support and advice. I stopped bleeding and now I'm barely spotting. Things look pretty good for now. I plan to see a gyn. sometime in the near future, but it's not my top priority. I appreciate hearing other people's stories. I understand how painful the subject can be so I want to specially thank everyone who shared their tales. I am glad that I came to this community during these last few days. You guys are wonderful!

Peace & Love

 

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss hippie chick. You are in my thoughts.

Much love...

 

Hippylandscapers wif, I am so very sorry to hear about what you went through. I have heard of this, and in fact, I was fearful of suffering from "vanishing twin" syndrome when I was expecting my twins, as one of my twins was measuring smaller and I was told I could possibly miscarry one (I didn't, they were both fine!). I had heard of women who went in for ultrasounds, were told they were having twins, only to go back for the next visit and only find one baby. They had no signs of miscarriage, and carried the other baby to term.

Anyway, my heart goes out to you. I went through two miscarriages myself, and I know the pain. I think it might have been even harder though if I had gone through what you had.

Much love...