Last night (one day and a half after the m/c) I started cramping. These felt more like menstrual cramps, but still not quite the same. I have to say at this point that the kind of cramping I have experienced with miscarriage is nothing like menstrual cramps. I don't understand why I wasn't told by the nurses that I would be experiencing contractions and it would be more like a labor than a heavy period. And yes there would be clots but there would also be a placenta/sac/product of conception THING (if anyone knows what the correct term for this is, please let me know).
When I called to check in with the nurse yesterday she asked,
"And so you passed large clots?"
I replied with, "Um, yeah, but also a large Thing that was definitely more than just a clot."
Geez, thankfully I have bloggers.
Anyway, the cramps last night were accompanied by bloating, which freaked me out a little bit as I was worried that inflammation was setting in. This morning I feel better with no cramps and light bleeding. Also, my BBT finally dropped today to 97.7. This is the first time in 3 years that a temperature drop is a good sign.
I go in on Thursday for a beta and ultrasound. Instead of traveling to my RE, they faxed the orders to my local medical center. I am somewhat anxious about a random radiology tech performing the ultrasound and would much rather have it performed by my RE. Deep breath. I'm sure it will be fine. I should be more concerned about having a clear uterus. I will probably still have some bleeding, but they should be able to distinguish blood in the uterus from retained tissue, right?
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Nothing like cramps! Nothing! They can definitely tell tissue from the little bit of blood, I went for an ultrasound 4 days after the miscarriage and they told me I had a small "stripe" which honestly I have no idea what that means but they knew I was still bleeding and the stripe was clearly just the rest of the blood and not tissue. Clear to them anyway =)
I can totally relate to wanting your RE! If it was normal I would have stuck with them for my whole pregnancy- there us just so much trust there! I'm sure everything will go fine and if Dr. H isn't happy with the report I'm sure he'll have you come up so he can have his own look. I'll be thinking of you!!!
Hope things go well tomorrow and I'm so glad you can finally move forward.
For the life of me I don't know why they don't tell us more of what to expect. Those waves of contractions were nothing like the cramps I experienced up until then -- I had no idea some sort of "transition" would happen. I can't even imagine going through that without at least knowing that something was coming. It would be beyond horrible.
I had an u/s a few hours before I started to m/c and then another the next morning. The tech could tell that the sac was gone as was most of the tissue but said that there was still "material" in there. She could easily distinguish it from just remaining blood -- no idea how. So, they had me come in a week later to scan again (meanwhile, I'd had another hour of contractions and more tissue passed) and she said that all was gone except for a little "debris." They then continued to monitor my beta until it reached less than 5 -- for me that took about a month.
Anxious to hear how it goes tomorrow! I'll be thinking of you!
And I just want to commend you on documenting your experience here. I know it is incredibly helpful to other women, and that's important. If our shitty experiences can at least help someone else, it makes them seem a little, tiny bit less shitty.
Thinking of you. I'm so sorry that you went through all of this, but I'm very hopeful that now you can look forward. Sending you love.
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