hi mannie, emmykate,
I'm new to all this as well and have had a similar experience. i too didnt have a lot of bleeding so lived in limbo for days with inbetween spotting and passing a bit of clotty blood (sorry tmi) and no other symptoms. I had the u/s I was 6.5 weeks yesterday to find that my uterus is empty - there's nothing there. i had m/c and looked as though all had naturally passed thru so no further procedures but blood tests to make sure its no ectopic which they dont think it is. we have been trying since march.
that feeling of empty inside and my body slowly returning to pre pregnancy normal feels really wierd.
good luck to you both and thank you for posting your stories as i feel so much better knowing there are others out there that understand and i'm not alone. albeit i hope no one has to go thru these things alone.
one question - how did you guys feel afterwards (m/c i mean)?
LOU
Lou,
It has only been 3 weeks for me now and i still feel weird. Like you i was fortunate to have had a complete m/c so i didnt need any further intervention. Immediately after my m/c was confirmed i felt empty.. i felt like all my signs and symptoms had disappeared and i was devastated. I didnt want hubby to touch me and i definitely didn't want people to be around me. i just wanted to cry and sleep. After about a week i started to be more accepting.. and i started being intimate with hubby again. Recently my nausea and bad skin etc are back and i first thought maybe i was preg again cos u can be really fertile after a m/c... but most ppl advise this is still just my hormones playing tricks.. and my body getting back into it's regular rhythm. I feel ready to TTC again but there are days when i am so depressed and devastated (like today). I still feel empty, useless, unfairly treated by God. I feel like my body has let me down and i am terrified that it will do so repeatedly. I am scared to death of being pregnant again. I had everything to offer, i did nothing wrong, we were healthy and ready for this baby. Only God knows why.. and i think the answer is to stop asking.
Everyone feels differently... and it is all normal. There is no right way to feel. There is no right time to move on. There is no right time to TTC again. It is completely individual.
I am so sorry you had to go through this too. Hopefully God will bring us less suffering and more joy in the future.
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