https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 11:57:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-1003061 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:09:01 +0000 SweetiePie 1003061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: @savanarunner: @2PeasinaPod: @mrskc: @runnerd: @lilteacherbee: @wheres_c: Just wanted to thank you all again for sharing your experiences or just sharing your kind words and well-wishes. It really helps!<br /> I'm sorry that any of us had to go through this but glad we have each other to talk to! Happy for those who got their happy ending and hopeful for those of us still waiting :-)<br /> :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-1003045 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:01:38 +0000 SweetiePie 1003045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@savanarunner: It just clicked when I went back and reread responses that you had to go to the hospital. I mean I read it the first time, but now I realize just how scary that must have been. Sorry you had to experience that :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-1002582 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:49:45 +0000 LovelyPlum 1002582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I'm glad it's done and you're feeling better. You have such a great attitude-I'm super impressed. Now, time for healing and a fresh start. Sending you hugs and lots of hope for the future. And know that if you ever need to talk, I'm here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-1000277 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:36:53 +0000 wheres_c 1000277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm tearing up reading all of the responses...you are all such strong women. I am sorry that you have had to go through these experiences. Big hugs to all, especially @SweetiePie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999813 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:22:40 +0000 mlm2934 999813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: yea the doctor sorta said that my lining was healthy but "unorganized" and had a harmless blood clot, so I took the progesterone to help my body "sort out my cycle and get on track" - at least that's how she explained it to me.</p> <p>And aww thanks, I'll take all the POAS encouragement I can get :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999725 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:06:04 +0000 SweetiePie 999725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilteacherbee: Thanks for sharing your story! It seems like starting and stopping bleeding is a common thing. Glad to know that so I can be prepared :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999711 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:04:27 +0000 SweetiePie 999711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: Sorry you had to go through it too. Interesting to see your story. I didn't realize that progesterone supplements can kickstart the next period. I'll keep that in mind if I'm still spotting for a while afterwards - to at least let my doc know.</p> <p>P.S. I always root for you in the POAS boards. :-) FX and can't wait for you to pee this month :-) Weird? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999696 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:02:07 +0000 lilteacherbee 999696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a missed m/c at 9 weeks. Thankfully (?), I had an appointment the day after it looked like the heartbeat had stopped and thats when we found out via ultrasound. They did a D&amp;C the next day.</p> <p>I bled lightly for about 10 days, then it stopped for a few days. Maybe 15ish days post-D&amp;C I started bleeding heavier, like a period, but my doctor said it was likely too early for that. That lasted about 5 days until it stopped. I got my real period 35 days after the D&amp;C.</p> <p>Big Hugs!! So sorry you have to go through this again :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999663 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:55:31 +0000 mrskc 999663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I totally know what you mean. I walked around for 6 weeks thinking I was pregnant with a growing life inside me. I felt dumb. What made it even more confusing for me is that I had a blighted ovum, so there was no baby there when I found out at 12 weeks. It made me question whether there was a baby at all. We did have an early u/s that was too early to see or hear a heartbeat and we saw the tiny baby then. I guess my body must have just absorbed it. Then they were worried it was a molar pregnancy! That had me all worried then that I was going to have cancer. The whole thing was just awful and I'm so thankful to have moved past it now. I really hope you get your sticky baby soon! Big hugs to you. I know how difficult it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999514 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:22:05 +0000 SweetiePie 999514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Totally, that was the worst. We saw a strong heartbeat at 8 weeks and the doc said it must have stopped only a day or two later. She was perplexed since it was so strong. To get to 11 weeks and think I was almost in the clear (though i understand we're never really "in the clear" till that baby is screaming in our arms) was rough.<br /> I'm sorry you had to experience that too. Isn't it so weird that you walk around for weeks thinking you have a baby inside, alive and growing. You still feel the nausea and the breast tenderness and the fatigue. Then to find out it was gone for a couple of weeks (or more) just made me feel kinda stupid, walking around rubbing my belly and sharing pregnancy woes with DH. I know, I shouldn't really feel stupid, but still... :-)<br /> And then both times I walked around for a week KNOWING the life inside of me was gone.<br /> I'm just glad that its over and ready for a fresh start! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999508 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:20:40 +0000 mlm2934 999508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also wanted to add that after 6 weeks of bleeding the doctor finally gave me progesterone and that is what finally made me get my real period at 8 week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999493 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:19:04 +0000 mlm2934 999493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry for your loss! I have the exact same timeline as you, D&amp;C around 11 weeks after finding out baby stopped growing at 8 weeks.</p> <p>I bled heavily for the first week (lots of clots, etc), then it stopped for two weeks, then mild spotting for almost 8 weeks more. I know that's prolly not helpful since I am unusual, but my body did not heal quickly, even though I had a healthy check up after 3 weeks from D&amp;C </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999479 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:15:41 +0000 mrskc 999479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I would imagine maybe because you were farther along, it could cause more bleeding. I'm so sorry you had to go through this a second time. I had lost the baby around 6-7 weeks but didn't know it until I thought I was 12 weeks. It was so hard to think I was almost out of the first trimester and to be hit with that news. My heart goes out to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999443 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:08:19 +0000 SweetiePie 999443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Thank you :-)<br /> So I guess it seems that everyone just has different experiences with the bleeding - and maybe it can even differ within the same person (like me right now). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999417 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:02:30 +0000 mrskc 999417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry for you loss. :(</p> <p>I had light bleeding the first 2 days then it got pretty heavy on the third day. It was heavier than what a normal period was for me and it lasted a good week. I even passed some clots about a week after my D&amp;C. I think I bled a total of 10 days with spotting after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999395 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:57:11 +0000 SweetiePie 999395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: Yes, I should have added that I at least spotted for a few weeks after the first one. So I had spotting for 48 hours, then full on bleed for maybe a week, then I spotted for another 2 weeks. So it was really a month before I felt like I was 'done' miscarrying.<br /> But this time she said it'll only be 2 weeks of spotting which i thought was strange. And I'm definitely not just spotting. I'm not calling yet because they said to call only if I saturate 1 pad/hour which I'm not even close to. Still seems heavier than they explained though - I guess everyone is different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999380 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:52:25 +0000 2PeasinaPod 999380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I'm so sorry for your loss!</p> <p>My D&amp;C story sounds similar to your second so far...I bled pretty heavily for the first week. I didn't stop bleeding actually for a full month and a half. I called my doctor after a month, and they said some people just bleed longer than others...I guess I was longer than the others... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999366 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:49:04 +0000 SweetiePie 999366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@savanarunner: Thanks for the info! Yeah I definitely feel like I get gushes at certain times - like even sitting up from bed, when I first stand, etc but I guess that's normal and I can thank gravity for that ;-)<br /> I guess I'll give it a week and if I'm still not decreasing in bleeding I'll put in a cautionary call to my doc.<br /> Of course all of the 'warnings' that they give before hand don't put me at ease "perforation of the uterus and or bowels" makes me particularly nervous, haha. But I guess they would've told me if that happened :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999352 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:44:50 +0000 savanarunner 999352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry to hear that you're going through this. I started to miscarry naturally right at 12 weeks (baby stopped growing at 8) and actually bled so much that passed out twice and ended up getting 2 blood transfusions and spending the night at the hospital. They released me and I continued to bleed for 8 days lighter at some times and heavier at others. They decided to bring me in for a D&amp;C on day 12 and then I bled a full week after that. I did find that things would "shift" and I would get a gush of blood on occasion for the first 3-4 days. After a full week I stopped bleeding. So even after all that I did bleed a full week after D&amp;C. Hugs and best wishes for your body to heal quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999188 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:01:20 +0000 SweetiePie 999188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Thanks :wink: Of course a D&amp;C is never fun but as I mentioned to my Feb 2014 mamas, its sort of a "cleanse" for me. I always feel better after it - fresh start. Its weird walking around beforehand in that limbo - you're still kinda pregnant but not really.<br /> I feel good and hopeful for the future - upward and onward! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999169 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:56:35 +0000 LovelyPlum 999169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a d and c, but I'm thinking about you. Big hugs, strong lady! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dampc-question-bleeding-patterns#post-999155 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:52:06 +0000 SweetiePie 999155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi ladies! I had my D&amp;C yesterday (for those that don't know, our 11 week ultrasound last Weds revealed we lost the pregnancy at 8 weeks and some change). </p> <p>This is my 2nd D&amp;C (first was in January, 7.5 week appt revealed 6 week loss).</p> <p>So far this bleeding pattern is way different than the first and I was just curious about your other experiences? For those who have had a D&amp;C: </p> <p>-Did you bleed a lot or a little right after? Last time the first 48 hours it was like I had some spotting - a liner could have handled it - and little to no cramping. Then it got slightly heavier for a couple of days but still less than a normal period for me, I'd say.<br /> This time its a full on flow immediately after - heavier than a normal period for me. I'm thinking that either the first doctor "removed" more than the 2nd did? OR there's just more bleeding because I was further along?</p> <p>- How long did it last, if you were a heavier bleeder up front? The doctor made it sound like I'd just have a light period and spot for a week or two. Since this is a bit heavier than she described (not constant, it comes in 'spurts' sorry if that's TMI) I'm wondering how long it could last like this?</p> <p>Thanks ladies! And if you post on this thread I'm sorry that it means that you had to go through a D&amp;C too. Blah. </p>