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confused about mmc
I thought that if you had a miscarriage, you would know because of bleeding, but from reading people's comments on here, you can also mmc, where you don't know lo has died. I can't find any info about this in any pregnancy books (are my books just rubbish?) and am getting worried - is there really know way of knowing, before your scan, whether everything is ok? Would you still have your pregnancy symptoms (sickness, sore boobs, tiredness etc) , or would they go away? And could taking another preg test tell you? I'm just scared I'll spend the next 5 weeks til scan thinking I am, and then suddenly get a huge shock if something has gone wrong - or do you just need to always prepare yourself for that? Thanks x
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Hope this helps.
So depending on how far gone you are if your under 12weeks then i know how you feel i was so worried with the bulid up to my scan, that in the end i just went to the hospital said i was bleeding and they gave me an emergency scan that was at 9weeks!
i know thats not the way you should do it but it made me feel better about things.
I know this doesn't help you but keep talking to your midwife/ Doctor if you have any worries. This is an important thing to you even if they see it every day. Plus they dont know everything!
Hope things go well for you and what I wrote made any sense at all.
Gem x
i was a ball of nerves after reading that as im sure you are, its my first im 16 weeks at the moment and im still petrified. but when i told the midwife she said i should think about getting a doppler for reassurance and once my bump comes i would usually feel better.
im working on getting the doppler but there is so many i dont know where to start, and as for the bump im still waiting for it to come and say 'hi mum you can relax now'. the midwife said its basically a mental thing that gets stuck in first time mums heads quite a lot because you havent been through it before and your unsure about everything. she said to relax as it is very rare that you wouldnt bleed especially after 8weeks apparently. so im a little more relaxed now. but i definitly know how you feel. kisses and baby dust. xxxx
[Modified by: lauragcam on January 28, 2008 06:16 PM]
Don't want to panic anyone but sadly i had mmc at end of Dec and found out at 12 wk scan. They think baby died at about 8 wks. I never really had any sickness from the start but my boobs were big and i still tested positive right up until scan and for 2 weeks after D&C! It was a huge shock no matter how much you try and warn yourself. If you have chance to have early scan then go for it. I am def going to go for early scan next time even if a have to pay. I really don't want to scare people but sadly it can happen, fingers crossed for everyone xx
I had really little pregnancy symptoms and no morning sickness and ive read that a symptom of mmc is pregnancy symptoms disappearing or very little at all.
Try not to worry though, i know its easier said than done, but take each day as it comes!
xxxxx
Hi all-
This is my story
I had my last period on 27 December
,no period in January so on the 5th of February I took a pregnancy test which didn't work .I wanted to do another one but started bleeding so I thought is my period.I had some cramping which is normal for me and bled for about 3 day,like usual
On the 11/12th February my boobs were getting very sore and went to the toilet often
I had a spare pregnancy test so decided to do it although I just had my period.the test was positive,took another 2 all positive.
I had some spotting on the 15th ,felt pregnant and still had symptoms. On the 19th I started bleeding like a normal period,went to doctor they couldn't see anything on ultrasound and the test was negative
I actually misscaried on the 5th and the pregnancy symptoms came after because of the hormones still being present.
If I didn't had that spare test I wouldn't have had any idea that I ve been pregnant and misscaried