I'm going through what I'm pretty sure is a miscarriage but I guess I'm just torturing myself by holding onto a glimmer of hope.
I had an early scan last week at around 5+5 due to spotting and they saw a gestational sac and yolk sac. They also saw what they said was a blood clot next to the sac. Yesterday at 6+3 I had a large fresh red bleed when I went to the toilet. I'm actually wondering if I passed something without realising as I had a bowel movement and it was very painful in my abdomen, sorry tmi. Couldn't see in the water because of all the blood. I went to a&e but they couldn't do anything as they don't have scan facilities at the weekend and the bleeding had slowed to only being a little when I wiped. The doctor felt my abdomen and it was agony when he pushed on my uterus, but no pain elsewhere. I wasn't feeling any cramps other than a few light ones like I have throughout the pregnancy.
This morning I am staying on bed rest so nothing is really coming onto a pad but I am having huge gushes every time I go to the toilet, and lots of blood and small stringy clots when I wipe. I am a lot more crampy but still not as bad as period pain. My uterus is still very tender to touch. I can hear lots of noises coming from my abdomen, the way I do on my period, and I have a slightly upset stomach the way I do on my period too.
My local maternity triage said I can go there to be assessed if I want, but they only have a portable scanner so they wouldn't expect to see much. I know I'm early and I also have a retroverted uterus so I'm guessing the chances of seeing anything are pretty slim. I have another scan appointment tomorrow so I'm thinking there's no point putting myself through the trauma today to be no further forward, might aswell wait til tomorrow.
But I just feel like I need an answer before then, so has anyone had experience of both SCH and miscarriage and is able to tell me any differences in the symptoms? I feel like the clots, period symptoms, and tender uterus are really bad signs. Just give it to me bluntly (either way) please, I'm clinging onto false hope but I need to prepare myself for the worst.
I had an early scan last week at around 5+5 due to spotting and they saw a gestational sac and yolk sac. They also saw what they said was a blood clot next to the sac. Yesterday at 6+3 I had a large fresh red bleed when I went to the toilet. I'm actually wondering if I passed something without realising as I had a bowel movement and it was very painful in my abdomen, sorry tmi. Couldn't see in the water because of all the blood. I went to a&e but they couldn't do anything as they don't have scan facilities at the weekend and the bleeding had slowed to only being a little when I wiped. The doctor felt my abdomen and it was agony when he pushed on my uterus, but no pain elsewhere. I wasn't feeling any cramps other than a few light ones like I have throughout the pregnancy.
This morning I am staying on bed rest so nothing is really coming onto a pad but I am having huge gushes every time I go to the toilet, and lots of blood and small stringy clots when I wipe. I am a lot more crampy but still not as bad as period pain. My uterus is still very tender to touch. I can hear lots of noises coming from my abdomen, the way I do on my period, and I have a slightly upset stomach the way I do on my period too.
My local maternity triage said I can go there to be assessed if I want, but they only have a portable scanner so they wouldn't expect to see much. I know I'm early and I also have a retroverted uterus so I'm guessing the chances of seeing anything are pretty slim. I have another scan appointment tomorrow so I'm thinking there's no point putting myself through the trauma today to be no further forward, might aswell wait til tomorrow.
But I just feel like I need an answer before then, so has anyone had experience of both SCH and miscarriage and is able to tell me any differences in the symptoms? I feel like the clots, period symptoms, and tender uterus are really bad signs. Just give it to me bluntly (either way) please, I'm clinging onto false hope but I need to prepare myself for the worst.
