How much is a miscarriage supposed to hurt?
Last night I began miscarrying my baby. I was seven weeks along. I am intense pain now and the cramps come and go. Like all the sudden I’ll have these shooting pains and then it’ll turn into adull achey feeling. I am also bleeding a lot. Like seriously a lot. The doctor said I needed to call her if it got a lot worse and I did and she said it sounds pretty normal. Is it always this bad? Please help, I am so emotional and in so much pain.
I am not bleedin enough to die, obviously. I did not cut off a limb.
Can anyone tell me if it’s weird that I’m not registering as pregnant anymore? When I first got the bleeding, I took another pregnancy test (cause I thought I mgiht’ve been starting my period) and it was negative. I enver had a blood test done at the doc, but I had three positives at home.
March 18th, 2011 at 7:25 am
it will be safe to go to the doctor. You could bleed to death and die, honey.
March 18th, 2011 at 7:27 am
It can be very painful…and I am so sorry you having to go through it. It really depends on how far along you are on how much it hurts…but at 7 weeks your body had a good bit that it has to expel. Try to take it as easy as you can and stay hydrated. ((Hugs)) I know this is horrible right now…but please try and relax and remember that this in no way determines whether or not you will have future pregnancy problems. Unfortunately, sometimes these things just happen.
March 18th, 2011 at 7:35 am
I’m sorry for your loss but I’ve been there twice and I know it’s no fun. Both times I didn’t have a lot of bleeding and the first time I had no pain meds and was in a lot of pain. I was up all night crying because it hurt so bad. Your body is pretty much in labor except there’s no baby to push out but most likely your still dilated. It should only last for about a week but if it gets to bad go to the dr and make sure nothings to wrong. You might have to get a D&C to help get all the tissue out. Good luck and best wishes.
March 18th, 2011 at 8:09 am
Im so sorry your going through this, I went through it in July w my first baby at 6 weeks along. i was told to go to the ER because my pains were very painful and my bleeding was very heavy, so they did a D&C, where they surgically removed and clean me out. The next day i was back to walking and driving, although it took me weeks emotionally to get better. ill keep you in my prayers and hope you get better soon.
March 18th, 2011 at 8:26 am
I just had a miscarriage at 18 weeks exactly a week ago. I had my labor induced so my pain was managed with an epidural. Go to the doctor and soon! After delivering my baby my placenta would not come out and I bled so much that I almost needed a transfusion. I needed a d&c for the placenta, even though my baby already came out. Stay on the safe side, if you are bleeding a lot and you have not lost the baby yet please go to the doctor, or emergency room..they will help you with your physical pain as well. As far as emotion pain….Its a long road as far as I can tell. I felt my baby boy move inside of me for a while, and I miss him….just when i thought i was getting a little better my milk came in and I’m devastated to not have a baby to feed. Hang in there, try to stay busy as soon as your body is healed enough to get around, it will keep you distracted instead of crying all day long as your thinking about your baby.
As for not testing positive for pregnancy, your body is losing the hCG hormone quickly. Sometimes you don’t miscarry right away, after the baby dies so your HCG levels started dropping earlier than you know, when its under a certain level you will no longer test pregnant anymore.
Hang in there, the pain won’t go away, but it gets a little better as time goes by. Sorry for your loss 🙁
March 18th, 2011 at 9:18 am
It does hurt,when I had one at 6 weeks it was comparable to being in real labor.You should still go to the doctor incase you dont pass in entirely on your’ own,and sorry for your’ loss.