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When do you know?

How do you know when your having a miscarriage, or do you even really know?
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377493 tn?1356502149
I just want to add to the excellent info Scout gave you.  If you suspect what is called a chemical pregnancy (this is a very early pregnancy), many women who experience those don't ever know as they never knew they were pregnant.  So the often think it is a late and heavier then normal period.

If you suspect you are in the process of miscarrying, see your Dr.  if you are further along then just a few weeks, it's not a bad idea to have some monitoring just to ensure there are no products of conception left in the uterus to cause problems later on.  Is there a reason you suspect miscarriage?
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It depends.  I can only share my own experience, but with my first m/c it was what is called a missed m/c.  Meaning I went in for my normal u/s and found out that there was no longer a heartbeat and the baby had stopped growing almost 2 weeks earlier...so it had died, but I didn't know.

With my 2nd m/c I had gone to have my hCG levels checked and they were really low. I rechecked them 2 days later and they had gone down, so I knew I was going to m/c and I started bleeding about a week later, but it seemed just like a normal period.

With my 3rd m/c I found out I was going to m/c bc my hCG wasn't doubling like it should.  I started spotting and then cramped horiibly bad, so I knew then that I was m/c.

So for me, I knew I was going to bc of the tests I had.  I knew about all of mine before the m/c actually started.  With the 3rd one however, I would have known even if I didn't know about the hCG, just bc there was quite a bit of blood and really really bad cramping (I couldn't lay down all night and just cried bc it hurt so bad)

It's hard to tell if you just have bleeding and/or cramps, bc some women will have bleeding and cramps and have perfectly healthy babies.  I think having the lab work and u/s is the best way to know.  Hope this helps a bit.  tc
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