miscarriage at 11 weeks, what is normal?

[Kittina]

Hi all.

Last week I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks, I bled heavily in the hospital for 2 days. I went home and had to come back 2 days later as I passed a large piece of tissue, the doctor checked my cervix and removed another piece and advised me to stay in hospital to wait for a scan. I waited 2 days for the scan in that time i bled lightly and they removed another piece from my cervix. I had a scan and it showed the womb was empty, with a small area of lining of the uterus that had thickened.

Now, 3 days later I am still bleeding lightly and have some back cramps. I am worried because i occasionally have a pain in my abdomen, it is not too painful but I keep panicking and worrying that something is not right. I am not sure if it is constipation (sorry tmi)  or if its something again stuck in my cervix...Anyone experienced this before? is it normal to still have slight cramping pains and brownish bleeding at this point?

thanks

[pb95]

Also sorry for your loss.  I had a miscarriage, with a D&C, followed by heavy bleeding, then they performed a second d&c and I kept bleeding.  Several drugs and a surgery to stop bleeding after that.  I bled for almost 2 weeks and am still spotting 3 1/2 weeks later.  Doctor says it is normal and that I could spot on and off for 3 months!  I'd go crazy if that happened.  I'm told as long as the bleeding doesn't increase, or change to a bright red or greenish colour that I'm okay.

Cramps and back pain could be from your uterus going back to normal but I agree with the others on going with your intuition.

[Tiger63]

Hi i believe it is normal to bled and cramp for some time after a miscarrige. I miscarried around the same time although i had two hosp visit to remove clots and bled heavily for six weeks. the drs were incompetent and did not treat me properly and i ended up having a D&C six weeks after my miscarriage.

Bleeding is normal but if your cramps get too bad (worse then period pains) i would vist GP again and discuss.

Sorry you are going through this. I hope it clears up for you soon.

[rccresswell]

Hi I am sorry for your loss.

I'm a believer in your intuition.  When I was pregnant with my son I always thought there was something wrong only to miscarry at 14 weeks.  If you are worried definately see the doctor.

My baby stopped growing at 11 weeks.  When I miscaried i too was gushing with tons of blood clots but I had no cramping.  My waters broke and my son came out.  After the miscarriage the doctor pulled out a few more clots and sent me home.

The next day I was in intense pain from my uterus contracting back down to size.  I had heavy bleeding for a week, medium to light bleeding the next week and spotting the third week.  I bled from heavy to spotting for a total of 3 weeks.  I had headaches every day for about 2 to 3 weeks.  I also had cramping the whole time until about a week before my first period came.  I cramped on and off, sometimes it would be sore and others it was bearable, mainly bearable.  

From my expeience I would say it sounds normal but definately go with your gut feeling.  I am soory for your loss