This list is for those women who are recovering from miscarriage (or serious hemorrhage as a result) – and possibly more importantly, it’s for their partners and loved ones.<\/p>\n
This month has felt like a roller coaster in some ways and I can honestly say that I would not have emerged as healthily as I have without the encouragement of my friends and family.<\/p>\n
My story, Miscarriage and an Unexpected Turn of Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n I have simply listed what I felt – and I have decided to categorize it all as normal. I do want to say regarding the “Guilt – was it my fault?” <\/em>entry, don’t worry about reassuring me. Technically, I know <\/strong>it probably wasn’t my fault but those feelings are a natural and probably necessary part of the grieving process.<\/p>\n These are just some of the things I’m moving through or have already passed.<\/p>\n Recovering from Miscarriage, One Month Later.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n I hope this is a help for those of you who are going through this. I will not minimize your pain by trying to make it ok. It isn’t ok. But, know you are not alone and even if I don’t know your name, I am saying a prayer for your healing even as I write these words.<\/p>\n Blessings…Monna<\/p>\n Physical<\/strong><\/p>\n Really weak <\/em>at first but vitamins, chinese herbs and good nutrition, including lots of veggies and some red meat seemed to help me recover quickly<\/p>\n Mild headache <\/em>from the anesthesia for about 3 days<\/p>\n Feeling like my head was going to fall off <\/em>my body if I got up too fast in the first few days. I learned to sit up slowly and stand even more slowly. The sensation went away after 4 or 5 days. I think this is a normal result of severe blood loss. As my strength returned, my blood pressure normalized.<\/p>\n I had no cramping <\/em>despite the major doses of pitocin they gave me to fully contract my uterus and stop the hemorrhaging. This surprised me because I remember pitocin contractions being unbearable with my first delivery but of course, my uterus was a lot smaller for this miscarriage since I was only finishing the first trimester.<\/p>\n Swollen, full breasts. <\/em>In a crazy twist of fate, my breasts swelled up just after <\/em>I returned home from the hospital and started aching like they would in pregnancy. My hormones weren’t back to normal yet, I suppose.<\/p>\n Brief bleeding. <\/em>Differently from a natural miscarriage, because I had a D&C, I only bled for about a week. I didn’t see anything for another few days, then I had mild spotting. I freaked out (still a little nervous about bleeding, understandably) so I called a friend and she said she had the same experience. It went away after 2 days. I understand that bleeding in a natural miscarriage takes significantly longer.<\/p>\n Other physical symptoms of pregnancy <\/em>– like still having some odd taste aversions that went away as the hormones faded.<\/p>\n Desire for comfort food <\/em>like chocolate and ice cream. This is only physical because I definitely ate the chocolate and ice cream. I do realize the desire was emotional. A friend suggested writing a future post about chocolate therapy. It might just happen. Heehee. I refuse to judge myself. It’s been a pretty successful therapy so far.<\/p>\n Exhaustion<\/em>. Yeah. Still feeling this way a lot of the time. I don’t have my normal stamina yet. Guess recovery from losing a lot of blood can take a while. I’m heading in the right direction.<\/p>\n First period after miscarriage<\/em> – I had my first mooncycle (menstruation) about 35 days after my miscarriage. It was a little heavy and a normal length – about 6 days counting heavy and light days. Then, I stopped. But two days later I had a little spotting for a few hours, bright red but not heavy. I talked to several friends who said they had similar strange spotting between periods as hormone levels returned to normal.<\/p>\n Recovering\u00a0Emotionally\u00a0from Miscarriage & Hemorrhage<\/a><\/p>\n