Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss

How to prepare for miscarriage/pain management

 I have 2 kids at home, should i be expecting major pain, where I should ask for prescription in advance, or will tylenol suffice?  Will this be manageable with two kids in the house, or will I be in bed all day with cramping?   How long does the pain typically last? Will I need to set up an appt with the dr to see if it has all passed? Thanks in advance.  Not looking forward to the next few weeks.
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Re: How to prepare for miscarriage/pain management

  • For me, the majority of the time (2 weeks) it was like a regular period. Then one day (the day I passed the sac) I had a ton of cramping (contractions) and LOTS of bleeding. That day Tylenol and Advil did nothing, but the rest of the time I was fine without anything. You can alternate taking Tylenol and Advil so you are taking something every few hours. I ended up in the hospital because I have a blood disorder but the pain meds they gave me there made much more of a difference. If you can ask your doctor for a prescription just in case, it might save you a trip when you feel like crap.

    I don't have kids, but I couldn't manage anything the day it was really bad. It might be a good idea to have someone "on call" for that day, just in case. You'll feel exhausted after that anyway so you will need to rest. I would definitely book a follow up appointment with your doctor because they need to make sure that everything is out or you can be at risk for infection. They will probably do blood work to check your hcg levels too.

    I'm sorry you have to go through this and hope that things go as smoothly as possible for you. Keep checking in with us, the women here are an awesome support!
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    It is different for every perosn. My mc at 7 weeks was 2 days of spotting and 4 days of light bleeding. No cramping. Lots of clots though! I had a follow up one week after mc and I had passed everything. So my experience is nothing like pp. How far along are you? That will make a difference too I beleive. Sorry for your loss.
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  • I'm sorry for your loss. I wish I could give advice on going through it naturally at home, except in my experience I hemorrhage badly every.single.time PP or loss. Please do have someone on standby to drive you to an ER if you start filling 4 pads or more an hour. I think it's worth getting a pain prescription in advance. Hydrocodone should work fine. I was given something called Norco in the ER.

    (I did 6 pads in the first 30min, I hopped in the car and drove myself 10min as soon as it was like peeing blood from my uterus. The longer I'm on here, the more I realize my experience is more rare.)

    How are you feeling today? Any progress?
  • It depends on how far along you are. Did you have a heartbeat? I miscarried a 10 week fetus that has heartbeat. If yes it will be about 2 - 4 hours of labor contractions and then passing the gestational sac. You will pass it all at once and will bleed for 2 weeks. It's rough. I miss carried that at home with 3 year old and husband and called my Mom up. The labor pains were the freaking worst. Writhing in bed until my mom got there with pain meds but by that time I got up to use bathroom felt a gush of blood and stat on toilet and passed everything. No more clots or tissue after that.


    Other miscarriages ice had at 9-10 weeks were different. Cramping like period but passed progressively larger clots. Starts out like blood with chicken liver sized clots. Then the clots are stewed tomato sized. Then grapefruit or chicken breast size. Clots passed for about 4-5 days and then bleed for a total of six weeks. I've had 5 miscarriages like that. Not fun. All blighted ovum or missed miscarriage.

  • It really vaires. Id say how far along you are makes the biggest difference. What you can expect to see is usually the same but the amount of pain and how long you bleed for (during the event and afterward) varies from situation to situation.
    I passed everything at 12w4d after 2 weeks of spotting/light bleeding, 3 days of on/off heavy bleeding and passing the fetus and huge clots took 2 days in total, the bleeding afterward only lasted 5 days. Just giving you an idea of how different mine was from PPs.
    I would have someone on call to come be with you. Pain meds I'd ask for in advance so you don't have to make a trip. Yes make an appt. for a follow up to make sure everything passed. And above all - if you are bleeding like crazy and soaking 1-2 or more pads an hour GO TO THE ER. - I had a similar experience to @Lizzie5831 and the recovery from the blood loss is totally dreadful, especially with kids to take care of. So sorry for your situation! : (
  • At 5 weeks, I had cramps that were worse than typical period cramps but not near labor pains. I had a lot of clots pass the first two days, then bright red blood for the past 3 days.
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