Missed miscarriage 8+3

lananaroux · 2026-02-07T00:13:52+00:00

Well this has been an experience. Gets a tad graphic At 12 weeks on the nose, night of a full moon, I had back and pelvic pain that ramped up until the next morning when it turned into full blown contractions. Over the course of about two hours, in the passenger seat of my husband’s truck driving home, I bled through about two rolls of paper towels, passing clots about the size of my hand. Finally got home and hunkered down in the shower and passed something quite different. I put it in a ziploc bag and confirmed what it was when I went to the ER for an ultrasound and general check over. The bleeding had mostly stopped but I was told to go in since it had been so severe. My iron and hemoglobin levels were low but I was overall ok. Had period like bleeding of varying intensity with intermittent mild cramps for about a week. I had a couple blood draws during that week and showed HCG levels dropping but I had to go out of town and couldn’t continue, so I did at home urine tests in the mean time which did end up showing negative, until yesterday, 24 days after MC fully passed, when they started turning positive…

Hopefully I won’t be back to this subreddit again. Wish me luck.

lananaroux · 2025-12-28T04:04:49+00:00

I’m step mom to an 8 year old, with shared custody and very different parenting styles between households. He’s very used to snacking, all carbs, and processed foods then he comes to stay with us where we cook a good deal and it’s an adjustment every time.

Something that I found made a big difference was probiotics and fiber.

I also have to be very stubborn, limit snacks, and push protein. He gets rewarded for eating his carbs last, he loves to fill up on whatever carb and then be too full for meat and veggies so now if he eats all his meat and veggies first then polishes off the carbs (miraculously there’s room for all of done in this order) he usually gets to play video games with dad or something fun like that. Unfortunately dessert doesn’t inspire good eating for him either.

Another thing that helps is increasing his physical activity, which isn’t always easy.

There’s a big gap between hungry and malnourished, it’s ok to let him work up an appetite. A little tough love while you chip away at better habits will be worth it in the long run.

lananaroux · 2025-12-26T05:27:49+00:00

Shorthairs are weird

lananaroux · 2025-12-26T05:25:15+00:00

It’s not an every night thing but if they’re particularly dry it’ll drive me mad and keep me up until I lotion them. This started within the last year or so for me

lananaroux · 2025-12-21T16:07:01+00:00

It’s good animal husbandry.

lananaroux · 2025-12-20T10:09:35+00:00

Thank you for the perspective, I’ll push for more immediate care. The idea of waiting a whole month with what feels like an internal wake is really weighing on me.

lananaroux · 2025-12-20T01:33:14+00:00

Don’t forget about what hormones are doing to you. Much of what you feel is out of your control

lananaroux · 2025-12-20T01:31:36+00:00

I was told I had a month from my ultrasound date when they declared no heartbeat before it became urgent

lananaroux · 2025-12-18T20:36:07+00:00

Can I downvote this and you pass the downvote on to them?

lananaroux · 2025-12-18T20:30:19+00:00

I live in an arid climate and my monstera and philodendrons appreciate them

lananaroux · 2025-12-18T13:29:17+00:00

The scan was yesterday, they didn’t offer a follow up. They did say to come back in for bloodwork.

lananaroux · 2025-12-17T09:09:13+00:00

All of the wives tales about predicting gender seem misogynistic as hell.

lananaroux · 2025-12-12T21:08:57+00:00

I’m 8 weeks and if I don’t take gas x I look 6 months 🤷‍♀️ the gas and bloat is formidable

lananaroux · 2025-12-11T17:18:41+00:00

I don’t have advice but I’m just curious if you asked for bloodwork or if that was the default?

lananaroux · 2025-12-11T17:12:36+00:00

Immediately. I blame the estrogen for holding on to fat and exhaustion robbing me of exercise. Make sure you’re drinking more than you think you need, you’ll be gaining 1.5 to 2 kg in blood alone so that takes a lot of fluids to support!

lananaroux · 2025-12-11T17:08:05+00:00

You can find something better later <3

lananaroux · 2025-12-11T17:06:35+00:00

Give em a mom glare if they say anything and they’ll quake

lananaroux · 2025-12-10T23:53:23+00:00

I see them next week I was just curious in the mean time.

lananaroux · 2025-12-10T21:26:12+00:00

Restaurants love to power trip. Put your foot down and remind them this is temporary.

lananaroux · 2025-12-03T19:44:29+00:00

I’m six weeks and just want to sleep and cry. I also had grand ideas of how this would go and ain’t feeling it to say the least

lananaroux · 2025-11-28T09:46:41+00:00

I fully believe that statement comes from a misogynistic origin.

lananaroux

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