the physical side of a M/C *warning may be TMI*

[briggsy's girl]

Dusty - my m/c's all depended on how far along on was in the pregnancy - the one that i got furthest in (we believe i was around the 9 week mark), it was different to what you'd described.

i started out with a day of very very heavy bleeding. the night before, DH and I had been shopping and i'd had some really bad aches like a heavy period pain. the Saturday morning, i went shopping with my mum for a mother of the bride outfit. i was bleeding so heavily i was soaking through the heaviest pads PLUS super tampons (i didn't realise i was pregnant) within 45 minutes. it was a quite uncomfy - it was really heavy bleeding, and i was rather weak and shaky from it. that night at my bridal shower i solidiered on, but continued to flood every 45 mins to an hour, so it was an early night

next day was horrific. it's what i can only explain as like i was laboring. i was getting severe cramping regularly until i passed the large sac. i had bled heavily all through the day while cramping, flooding all the time (i didnt' leave my bedroom as i was bleeding so badly that i knew if i went anywhere else i would have an accident) quite clotty - i passed the fetal sac in the late afternoon and immediately felt relief. the pain stopped (i had to take panadeine), the bleeding eased dramatically - and it was pretty much over at that. i still spotted for about a week, but no pain, just like late AF spotting.

you will find you are going to have some spotting for a while. i think the scan to make sure the loss has been complete will help a lot (i never had that but i think it would have been better if i had). it will allow you to know what more to expect if there is any retained remnants.

FWIW - i think some of what you're passing is obviously lining, some is possible parts of the placenta that had started to form, some of it would be clotting as your body tries to repair your uterine wall from where the placenta has pulled away

i'm hoping the physical pain and signs are over soon for you so that you can move forward to dealing with the emotional impacts of your loss. it's never easy

thinking of you hun

BG