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@Stardust17: I just had my first period after a natural miscarriage so I’m not sure if it is different. I spotted for 4(!) days before my period actually started which is not typical for me. Once it started it was heavy and very clotting and miserable. I bled for 4 days and then spotted for 2 more.

I can totally relate to the feeling of just wanting it to come after everything you have been through

@Stardust17: Totally get what you're going through. After my miscarriage (medically managed at 10 weeks, no d&c) I had a light period at 4 weeks, and then two weeks of spotting that started around 6.5 weeks, and then a real period that started at ~10 weeks. That's not to say that you're going to spot for two weeks without getting a period, just that bodies are weird and no one really knows what your body is going to do. When I called the OB a week into the spotting, I was told that it could be totally normal, they retested my HCG and it was still 0 and between that and the u/s they'd done it was unlikely that I had retained tissue (I never did pass anything), so unless I had acute pain, which would indicate infection, everything was fine and my body was just going through its process.

There's not a whole lot I can say, except that my experience isn't typical, and I hope that your spotting turns into a period, but if it doesn't know that you're not the only one, it doesn't necessarily mean something's wrong, and it will get back to normal. Try not to put too much pressure on yourself, you can't control what will happen with your body.

I got my period after my d&c about 4 weeks later and it was the weirdest period I’ve ever had. Super light, kept stopping and starting, switched between red and brown, and lasted longer than 8 days. Very little cramping.

Usually mine are heavy with bad cramping the first day, then get steadily lighter and over in 5 days.