So I called the advice nurse yesterday and got passed around a bit. The first lady I spoke to told me there's no way the bleeding I've been having is a period. That a period, even if only 9 days after the end of the miscarriage, would be much heavier at least one day out of the 9 I've been spotting. That it may just be regular spotting, which is normal, may not mean anything, particularly because it's not heavy. They didn't tell me what it could be (probably because there could be so many different answers...) so they scheduled an appointment for me to have my blood drawn Monday to test the HCG levels, to see if they've fallen below 5 like they should have. My sister says if they are a bit higher they will test again in a few days to see if they are rising or falling, even slightly. My worry is that I'm pregnant again so they will see the levels rise. I don't want them to assume it's from the miscarriage and have a D&C when really it's a new pregnancy. Like I said, we tried like mad this month to conceive again.
Every single Thursday haunts me. I should be another week along - at this point I should be 10 weeks pregnant, but I'm not. I've felt the pregnancy, I've felt the symptoms, and now I have nothing to show for it. I feel soo empty inside. I honestly never thought I could feel this way.
I really don't think this is from the miscarriage at all. I have heard that if the miscarriage doesn't complete, your body will still think it's pregnant, so you will still feel pregnant, since a small amount of tissue will be drawing blood from the uterus, it will be producing the HCG hormone, and you'll feel pregnant. I've taken several pregnancy tests, all have come back negative since right after the miscarriage (I got one with a very faint line, then the following all came up neg) Only this last week have I started having pregnancy symptoms again.
They may even just be regular cycle symptoms. The one thing that stands out is my breast tenderness. After I got pregnant last time, I could feel them engorge themselves. I could feel them almost fill up with whatever they fill up with. I felt them get bigger. I could literally feel everything. Then they were SORE. They have never hurt so bad in my life! Immediately following the miscarriage I could feel them shrink back down. I could feel them recede. I could feel whatever it was leaving them. It felt like they were being deflated back into my body again. I felt the twinges from them shrinking.
Well now, I feel them twinging again. This time they're getting bigger, like when I was pregnant. They are sore, but not as sore as the first time. All but the last 3 years have they gotten sore for my period, but it was tolerable and I never felt any twinges. This is different. The pain is different, not just a soreness. I've only had this with being pregnant.
So maybe I am pregnant again? I can't take a test to know for sure until at least December 1st, which will be approximately 4 days before my supposed first period should arrive (32 days after the miscarriage - I know the miscarriage shouldn't act like a milestone for a previous period, but I have nothing else to go on) December 1st is also 2 weeks after the last day we tried to conceive, so there should be enough HCG for a home pregnancy test. Otherwise, if it's negative, I'll take another test in a week if there's still no period.
I don't think the blood test on Monday will show anything for the miscarriage. This spotting does not feel that way, it just feels like spotting. Like the nurse said, is normal. There's no cramps, and it's completely minuscule. I've read if the miscarriage is not complete, your body will try even harder to get rid of it, so it will hurt more than the initial miscarriage. I have no cramping at all, aside from the one day I had slight cramps. And there's not enough blood. Your body will bleed and bleed and bleed. I'm not.
So we'll see. Just have to wait again. I hate waiting SO bad!!!
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