Exercise after miscarriage

[cmac21]

Hello,

My miscarriage started on April 15. The bleeding has really subsided, and the doctor said that based on my bloowork and ultrasound, my body is resolving things on its own, and there appears to be no more fetal matter left. I forgot to ask if it is ok if I start to exercise again. Does anyone know?

[cmac21]

Did you have a natural miscarriage with the other early ones?

[cmac21]

No, I kind of think it is better to be honest with them. They can pick up on your feelings as well.

[ribaby15]

oh, 100%.
My daughter is 5 and still asks about her 'angel' brother. And made me cry the other day because she said she really hopes that we can bring this baby home and he doesn't have to go to heaven like Levi. But I don't want to keep her in the dark about sh*t

[cmac21]

Sorry for your loss. It must be extrememly hard to be further along and have something happen. I think when you already have a kid, it can sometimes make it harder to grieve because you need to focus on them and be strong.

[ribaby15]

Well, after something like that, your body needs time to heal inside and out. Mind and body.
My early loss at 8wks didn't effect me as i wasn't in the right place for a second child with my kids dad - and the 5wks one didn't really hit me hard as I wasn't really that far along and only started bleeding a week or 2 after I found out I was pregnant.
but this last one at 16wks, I was so happy and everything was going perfect until just by fluke they couldn't hear the heartbeat, and I was induced and gave 'birth' to him a week later. Took him home and buried him under a tree etc. It was traumatic as sh*t.
I found that the more I did, the sh*ttier I felt, physically and emotionally. I tried to take more on because I didn't want to think about the horrible dream I was living, but the more I did, the more I bled which made me in turn think about it more because I shouldn't have been bleeding :(

[cmac21]

That's what my husband said LOL but I think I was kind of using it as an excuse to relax for fear that exercise would keept things bleeding.

[ribaby15]

the more exercise you DO though, the faster everything will 'work its way out' :S
as horrible as that sounds. So walking may help.

[cmac21]

I was 8 weeks along. I would like to get back into doing something physical but I am worried that I will just make myself continue to bleed. I was thinking of maybe just walking for now....

[ribaby15]

you need to kind of be the judge of that. depending how far along you were, the bleeding can slow down, then start right back up once your body gets going again.
I would say start out slow, nothing too intense - and then base it from there.