Miscarriage at 10 Weeks

Well, right after the last time I posted my blog. I went to the toilet and when I wiped I saw brown blood and it kept coming out. I had brown blood before during my previous pregnancies but it wasn't anything like that. So I knew I was probably miscarried then.

Chronology
8 June
1 day before appointment. Wiped to see flowing brown blood. Went to A&E immediately. The doctor scanned me and found an empty sac. I've had 2 pregnancies and I knew something baby shaped should be formed by then and right there I knew it was a failed one. How I felt? Sad. Normal sadness not overwhelmingly sad. Cause I've some sort of feeling that this time it was just too good to be true. No sickness, a bit of nausea, random sickness. I cried a bit but I knew this was something I don't have control on. The embryo was never formed. So it was good that the body expelled it when it realized there was no baby. The doctor took my blood and told me to go for my appointment the next day.

9 June
I went to see Dr. Anita. She took my blood, and the result was my HcG had gone down which means the expelling process had started. My cervix was also opening up. So she gave me 1 dose of Cytotec to speed up the process. I was to come back 4 days later to see if it was a complete miscarriage. If before then I was haemorrhaging, I had to go straight away to A&E and they'd do emergency wash. Then I went home, and I took Cytotec at 9pm. After that I've had horrible cramps, not as bad as labor pains but worse than my usual menses cramps, she gave me Ponstan for painkillers and I took it. After approximately 2-3 hours cramping with no significant amount of blood finally at midnight the sac came out, it felt like a blob came out and I went to the toilet to check it out. It was round and intact, the water was still inside, empty, no embryo. I flushed it down the toilet. Changed my pad, topped it up with maternity pads. Cramping continues with blood clots kept coming out for about 45 minutes. Then subsided a bit. But large amount of blood kept coming out. I change pads 3 times that night. I was able to sleep because the cramp subsided.

10 June
I woke up around 6-7 am. Went to the toilet and one big blob came out which might be the placenta. After that the bleeding eased. I had sore tummy due to an all nighter cramping. I rested and felt light headed this day. Still cramping a bit.

11-12 June
I still had a feeling of lower abdominal pain, felt like my womb was pushing down if I stood too long or walked too long. It was so uncomfortable. On the 12th we went out because I felt better, the pain came on and off. These 2 days I noticed that my blood had a foul smell. 

13 June
Went to see the doctor. She checked my womb and showed me that most of the tissues were expelled, sac and placenta was completely expelled, and my cervix was already closed. It's now shedding some leftover tissues and the thickening layer of my womb. It measured about 12mm, in which the normal thickness of the womb during menses, means it will shed off eventually. If it was more than 15mm I might need to do a wash because it was too thick. She asked me if I didn't want another baby, I said I'm still open to the possibility before I'm 35. She said if that is so then it's fine, no need to wait for 1 cycle if I want to conceive again. Well, I think I'll just take my time though. She prescribed some antibiotics cos my blood was smelly, and I had a bit of abdominal pain. She suspected some mild infection or maybe nothing, but it's better to be safe. She then prescribed me 1 more dose of Cytotec to help shed the remaining faster. I took it at night, had a bit of cramps. The blood that came out wasn't as much.

14 June
I didn't have MC but I took the day off. I still felt the cramps on my pelvis and tailbone. I always have this cramps during my heaviest flow of menses but this lasted a few days. It felt like what we Indonesians call "masuk angin". Maybe it had something to do with the mild infection as well.

15 June
I was back to work, felt better, appetite is back. Still cramping especially when I sit down but improving, less blood, no more foul smell. 

16 June
Less cramps, lesser blood, feeling much better Alhamdulillah.

All in all I'd say that I've had an easy uneventful miscarriage Alhamdulillah. That in itself is a blessing. I also would say that after a miscarriage, even a natural one, takes approximately 1 week to heal your body. For 1 week you'd still have cramps, and I managed using Paracetamol and Ponstan.