Thank you everyone! I started having some cramping last night and again this afternoon. I still haven't had any bleeding. I feel strangely similar to when I found out I was pregnant... crampy and nauseous at times. Today is a minimum of 8 days after baby died so I'm hoping the cramping is a sign that my body is starting to move things along. I filled my Rx and got some serious maxi pads just in case.

The hardest part for me right now is dealing with this and everything else. I'm in my last quarter of graduate school, completing an internship and my master's thesis. I can take some time off but I have minimum hour requirements to complete by mid March. I'm starting to worry about how much I will miss and wish I were in a better position to take time to deal with everything.

Thankfully the weekend is here though so I can relax a bit. Thank you again to all and I will keep everyone posted. Never thought I'd be wishing for a miscarriage to start but I hate the waiting game.

I'm going through something similiar. I was 9 weeks along in my pregnancy, then had light spotting last night. I went to my OBGYN this morning, she did an u/s and discovered the baby had stopped growing sometime in January. There was no heartbeat and the amniotic sac was almost empty. My Dr sent me home with Misoprostol as I did not want the D and C. Now that I'm home researching the Misoprostol and I'm so conflicted. I'd rather wait for things to happen naturally, but my Dr said since I wasn't bleeding a lot, it could take weeks. Now I can't decide if I want to take the medicine - it will officially end this amazing journey I was so excited to be on, but at least I'll know the bleeding/cramping could be limited to the weekend. On the other hand, I could let nature run its course, but possibly take weeks to pass and after that I might need a D and C or the meds anyway. In the meantime, I'm having a hard enough time coming to terms with this loss, I've grown so attached to this bundle of love over the past 5 weeks that I just can't believe it could be over. I just can't decide - I'm afraid and sad to take the medicine, but I'm also scared not to.

I'm thinking of all of you who are experiencing this right now. It's a painful experience to share, but I'm grateful to have found some support online right now. Sending you hugs

thank you all for posting your experiences. I had an early scan y'day. im supposd to be 8+4. sac was measring that but contents were measuring 5-6. Have to go back in a week for another scan to confirm mmc but they told me to be prepared to pass it in the meantime.

HI everybody, i went for my 12 week scan on the 22nd nov to find out that my baby had died at around 6 weeks. i choose to go for the natural way had light spotting about a week later then had to go to a&e witgh such pain and put on morphine as it was so bad since
then have passed lots of clots and am still bleeding to this day, i have had numerous antibiotics and weekly scans my last scan was on tuesday to be told the sac is still there and measures 2 cms i have been told that it is too small to do anything and will have to wait it out, i feel so low at times and exhausted most days, sometimes i just wonder if i will ever feel happier as just get so down, has anyone elses taken this long? hugs to you all kelly xxx

So sorry for your loss. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be bleeding for this length of time. I bled for a month, two weeks before my mc, and two weeks afterwards. I found I could only begin to get my head around everything once the bleeding had stopped. You must be exhausted. I don't know what is "normal" or not in this circumstance....but am hoping this all comes to an end for you very soon. Take care of yourself xx

Reading all of this makes me feel a bit better and not so terribly alone. I went for my dating US on Friday at 8.5 weeks. All that was there was an empty sac. I've had no bleeding and only AF like cramping early on which I read was totally normal throughout pregnancy. Now I'm praying and praying that this happens naturally and soon. I've read it may take weeks to start and the process can take weeks after that. I feel like emotionally I cannot handle that. I'm so tempted to go in for a D&C but the risks are scary and then I read the misdiagnosedmiscarriage website and people had the same thing as me later to find a baby. I don't want to live my life thinking "what if" which is another reason I wanted to have it happen naturally. This whole thing is absolutely devastating. I wish if my baby had died that I would have miscarried right away instead of having to wait like this because it makes it even worse than it already is.

I'm so sorry you may have to join us here. I'm hoping for a little miracle for you at your next scan.

I'm so sorry. I agree... The waiting is like a cruel joke. Today is at least 11 days past fetal death and still no bleeding. The cramping I had a few days ago stopped and the only confirmation that this is all going on is that my morning sickness is officially gone.

Ladies i'm still in the same boat, so its been a week since I was told my baby had no heartbeat, i've had a small amount of cramping but no bleeding at all... this waiting is doing my head in. I've also seen that website about misdiagnosed miscarriages and its lead me to wonder all sorts of things, which i think aren't all productive and i wonder if the slight bit of doubt in my head or unwillingness to accept the reality is what is causing this to delay. I'm going to ask my doctor if he'll refer me for another scan so i can be absolutely sure there's no hope and then think about doing the d&c again. I don't like the idea of it, but you hear so many women start off bleeding and then end up having one anyway that maybe i should just do it to start off with and cut out the nasty pain and bleeding?

arghhhhhh i wish i didn't have early scans, because maybe i could still be in blissful ignorance until my body decided to do it naturally.

All through my pregnancy I'd pray that when I went to the restroom there would be no spotting or blood. Now I'm praying for the opposite. I analyze every small twitch and cramp hoping it's finally happening. It's so agonizing.