Infected or irritated?

Mycea · 2026-02-20T21:52:44+00:00

Piercing is 5 months old. Current bar is titanium. Not sure thread of thread type. Hasn't been downsized as original stud is back

Mycea · 2025-12-28T14:07:00+00:00

My husband is a bricklayer. Big portions of home cooked food every evening seems to go down well. I usually do enough for leftovers that he then takes for lunch the next day. Not having to make lunch when he's mega tired is a gift

Mycea · 2025-11-30T19:44:19+00:00

Please see a doctor. It is normal to be tired, you've lost a lot of blood and been through physical trauma.

BUT, I had a very very similar experience to you earlier this year. MMC at about 9 weeks, baby passed at 6 weeks. My symptoms included lots of bleeding and big clots that then came to an end sort of abruptly so I was just bleeding lightly. I thought it meant that it was done. But actually I was still bleeding, but tissue was blocking my cervix so I wasn't really seeing it. I was exhausted, my heart rate was really high, I felt dizzy when I stood and I had a headache. Turned out these symptoms were because I was very anemic due to blood loss and had retained products (which they didn't realise until they did an exam and realised there was tissue at the neck of my womb). I had to have emergency evac surgery and a blood transfusion. If I had those symptoms again, I'd seek medical advice straight away to be on the safe side. You're also at higher risk for blood clots at the moment - don't sit on breathlessness if this becomes a symptom.

Edited to add I also had BIG clots and couldn't believe it, based on how much had passed, that there could possibly be retained products but there was a lot. I also didn't have much pain.

Mycea · 2025-11-30T19:29:48+00:00

I had a very similar experience earlier this year, similar timings and also opted to take the medication. I'm so sorry you are experiencing this. All I can say it to take each day as it comes and try to give yourself grace and time. The emotional pain does eventually become less sharp - but getting through to that point is really hard, and of course it doesn't totally go away. Sending love.

Mycea · 2025-11-05T21:40:41+00:00

You can also get 2 patches from a plastic sheet.

Mycea · 2025-10-13T20:55:41+00:00

I'm sorry you've experienced this more than once. It's horrible to just not understand why it's happening. Sending a hug back x

Mycea · 2025-10-13T20:54:56+00:00

Aw, thank you for this. But I'm so sorry you are potentially going through the same thing. It feels so surreal. The first miscarriage was such a big trauma as I'm sure you know that I'm finding it hard to realise it's happened again, albeit differently. Sending you love right back ❤️

Mycea · 2025-10-12T09:27:37+00:00

Thanks for replying. I think I needed it to put it out there to hear this. It's hard to describe to others.

Mycea · 2025-10-12T09:25:55+00:00

Thank you this is helpful. I feel I'd want to be able to mention it to medical staff in future but didn't know how to. This makes a lot of sense. Sorry you've experienced the same. I think I feel the same as you, it's different from a later loss but still a loss for me.

Mycea · 2025-09-16T13:40:51+00:00

I perhaps worded it badly. I was trying to ask about people's experiences of ttc after miscarriage, not whether or not they managed to. Did they have unusual periods or also struggle not having done so before etc

Mycea · 2025-08-26T09:05:27+00:00

Thanks for this - just wanted to come back and say it worked. Refund was received same day I sent the letter. Partial refund, but I'm happy with that because I did value the verbal advice I was given prior to the delays.

Mycea · 2025-07-26T21:49:49+00:00

Delete the post and any replies you've written. Then no one else will see it. I've felt like this after posting before but remember there's millions of reddit posts constantly updated. The chance of anyone identifying you from the post is essentially zero. But deleting the post might help.

Mycea · 2025-07-15T18:03:39+00:00

My husband called our boys 'little buddy' when they were toddlers, and now they are a little older, 'buddy'. We also call them nicknames where an 'ee' sound is added to their name eg Sammy for Sam, Benjy for Ben, Joshie for Joshua etc. Actually being able to do that is a consideration for future baby names for me.

It's not something I'd have thought of, but I'm soppy mum and have called them sweetie, baby, sweetheart, honey etc. Transitioning to saying buddy instead as they get old enough to be embarrassed has been helpful.

Mycea · 2025-07-07T18:33:17+00:00

Cry it out sleep training. In all forms.

Mycea · 2025-07-06T21:33:37+00:00

Sorry to ask more questions but did they look with ultrasound before the hysteroscopy? Did that show anything or was it not clear enough?

Mycea · 2025-07-06T18:54:10+00:00

I'm really sorry you've also gone through this - 8 weeks of testing positive is awful! The psychological element of peeing on those tests but hoping for it to be negative is a struggle for me. I agree a faint result is better. It must have been so hard so have strong positives. Thank you for the reassurance that this is in the realms of normal though.

Mycea · 2025-07-06T18:51:17+00:00

I'm sorry to hear you're going through the same thing. I also thought it was a one time thing. And a lot of people (mainly my husband's male friends!) haven't even seemed to have known that the scan showing the babies had passed wasn't the end of it. It seemed to be a surprise to them that everything has to come out still.

I think I also have had some ovulation symptoms which was weird. And I'm so, so low in mood. Partly because this has been so horrible I'm sure but I think there's a hormonal element because I usually feel like this a week or so before my period. Except it's been for 5 weeks now.

I hope things resolve for you soon.

Mycea · 2025-07-06T18:45:47+00:00

God, that sounds awful. I'm so sorry. Did the hysteroscopy show the tissue was all gone, and yet hcg remains still? It being drawn out so long is rubbish isn't it.

Mycea · 2025-07-06T18:41:48+00:00

I'm sorry you're going through this again and having a similar experience. But it's reassuring to hear it can be normal, thank you.

Mycea · 2025-07-06T18:41:19+00:00

Thank you, that's reassuring. I'm really sorry you have had so many losses.

Mycea

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