How long does the actual miscarriage last, a day? a week?

This really helped me with my miscarriage, I was two months and it was a rollercoaster!!!!!!! It's been two weeks now and im still bleeding lightly. I had a very painful experience cramps, nausea, dizziness, and lower back pain. It's good to know that I'm not the only one going through this and I felt much better after reading all the messages. Thank you to all Good luck.

This is my third miscarriage. i have had alot of experience with this. It is the most difficult thing you can go through in my opinion. The only thing i want in life is to give birth to a baby. When i had my miscarriages they lasted three weeks to four. i am losing one now and im going on to my forth week of bleeding. About once a day or twice i lose a clot about the size of a quarter. I have done a lot a LOT of bleeding. Im going to go get fertility test done soon because i believe the worst thing has happened to me, I dont think i can have kids. But Yes i have had alot of bleeding alot of clots not much pain. It depends on who you are, your body, hormones, your partner. Good luck and prayers for those who lost their love. xoxox

I realize this post is old, but I wanted to add my experience to help anyone who may have just come across this as I have.

This was my first pregnancy and I was diagnosed with a Blighted Ovum at 7 weeks, and then rescanned at 8 weeks to make sure. So I had a week to mourn knowing that a miscarriage was inevitable with a BO. Two weeks later I still had no sign of a miscarriage (and I was afraid to have the D&C because of the risk of Asherman's) so I went to have a second opinion which also confirmed a BO and saw that my gestational sac was becoming deformed, which I now think was the sac deteriorating or detaching. The new doctor's office also did some blood work that showed my levels dropping. Literally the next day, which was a Thursday and two days before Valentine's Day, I started having some brown discharge and enough to spot a little on my underwear. This continued thru Friday and then on Saturday it all went away. I had no spotting whatsoever. Then on Sunday evening the spotting started again and by Monday I was bleeding like I was having my period. Tuesday and Wednesday I had cramping, but no worse than my period cramps usually were. I was clotting a little and on Wednesday evening I passed a large clot, about the size of the palm of my hand. I had two more clots that were smaller, about the size of a quarter by Thursday morning. I thought the miscarriage had occured and was over at that point...boy was I wrong. Thursday evening around 4:30 PM I started to have bad cramps. They came and went every few minutes and got a little worse and longer each time. By 10 o'clock that night I was in a lot of pain and was bleeding very heavily. Huge jelly-like clots were coming out at this point and I felt like I couldn't get off the toilet. Every time I had a cramp, which was like every minute at this point, it would bring on more bleeding and huge jelly clots. It wasn't worth it to get up and clean myself off. I got blood everywhere. I got scared...I had never been thru this before. I had a prescription for 800mg Motrin but it wasn't even touching the pain I was experiencing. We called the doctor around midnight and he made me feel better by telling me this was all pretty normal. So I just dealt with it and occasionally I would get off the toilet just because I was so uncomfortable and would go relax in my recliner until I felt more cramps and clots and then I would go back to the bathroom. This went on until about 3:30AM when I started to have cramps and back pain so bad I thought I was going to die. I sat on the toilet and tried to push, thinking something may have needed help getting out. But no more clots were coming. I cried and yelled and prayed out loud and really thought I was going to puke or pass out. I almost went to the hospital but I decided I would give it one more hour...I couldn't take the pain longer than that. In the meantime, I walked around a little, had my husband massage my back, and eventually I was able to lay in my recliner with an electric massager on my belly and was asleep by 4:30 AM. I have never given birth before, but I am guessing this is what labor feels like without meds.
It's the following Tuesday now, 5 days later, and I am still bleeding, but it's no more than what a regular period is for me. Last night I had some more cramping for about three hours and just passed some regular sized blood clots. Hopefully it's all done now. I would hate to have gone thru all of that and still have to have a D&C. I'm going in for more blood work to make sure my levels are down to normal, but I want to wait until the bleeding completely stops.
So that was my experience. I hope I never have to have it again, but if it was what labor is like, then I know I can handle it. It would be worth it to have that little bundle of joy in the end.

I also just came across this post and reading it has helped me tremendously. I suffer with PCOS and after 6 years and 9 months of ttc was stunned to learn I was pg on 12-16-08. Was hospitalized 12-28-08 to rule out ectopic pg and on 1-2-09 saw the heartbeat on a vaginal ultrasound. I was over the moon! HCG quants were normal and I thought we were golden. On 2-5-07 i experienced some light pink spotting after going to the bathroom and took the day off to rest. The next day I was fine. However, th day after that I saw the spotting again and it worried me so I headed to the E/R. The heartless u/s tech told me there was no baby in the sac that it had been absorbed by my body and that my sac had stopped growing at 7 weeks.(I shouldve been 9w5d) She actually said "try to act surprised when the doctor telss you,have a nice day!" I was in shock. I never knew a baby could just disappear! The e/r doc sent me home not knowing what to believe or even expect. On 2-17-09 I stood up from a seated position and immediately (TMI.....)felt my pants fill. I ran to the bathroom to find copious amounts of huge dark red blood clots that spilled out everywhere. Later, an u/s determined everything was out and I did not need a d/c ( thank god)! Doc gave me methergine,antibiotics, and pain pills and sent me home. 16 days later still have a positve pregnany test ( the HCG was at 9600 when I was told I had a missed m/c) and have had some intermittent bleeding and passed some pink/grayish tissue. Going for a re-check next week. My biggest fear in all this is I wont be able to conceive again. it took me 8 years to get pg with my lil girl and nearly 7 this time around. I am 37 years old and dont have another 7 years to play around. Hoping the doc checks hcg levels and something can be done to help us conceive sooner. This has been a nightmare and the only thing that saved my sanity was knowing that my actually baby was already gone,absorbed by my body, and not in that horrible mess I was passing. My heart goes out to those of you who know this pain. Sending baby dust your way,,,,,,
Micki

Last Saturday I began seeing brown blood after I wiped...went to the hopsital and was told because I was not bleeding heavily or having cramps ..it wasnt not an emergency and no ultrasound could be done....the blood disappeared on Sunday and half way through Monday I wiped pink and by Tuesday it looked like a period...went to my obgyn and was told that my cervix wasnt opened and the ultrasound showed the sac with baby but to soon for heartbeat...I have to go back this Thursady but on my way home from the doctor I soaked a pad and passed a clot the size of a huge chicken wing...I am not hanging on to any hope because I dont feel pregnant anymore ...I found myself praying and begging the god and the baby to stay but quickly remembered my first miscarriage and that all is the way it is intended to be...I have to believe this cause I can't be devasted around my daughter...hard enough having her kiss my stomach before the ultrasound....6 months before I got pregnant with my daughter I miscarried twins ......had I known that she was coming , I wouldnt have suffered as much.....I have no other miscarriage symptoms today which is so weird ...on Wednesday I had terrible cramps, Thursday no cramps but horrible pelvic pressure and nothing today except bleeding..I really want this over with already and will wait the one cycle my doctor recommended before trying again....and no coffee or any strenous activity during the time of implantation..I think the terrible fall on an ice patch during the time of implantation is the culprit because I had horrible cramps all day after that....
Good Luck to everyone XD

[quote="hope4stickybean"]I also just came across this post and reading it has helped me tremendously. I suffer with PCOS and after 6 years and 9 months of ttc was stunned to learn I was pg on 12-16-08. Was hospitalized 12-28-08 to rule out ectopic pg and on 1-2-09 saw the heartbeat on a vaginal ultrasound. I was over the moon! HCG quants were normal and I thought we were golden. On 2-5-07 i experienced some light pink spotting after going to the bathroom and took the day off to rest. The next day I was fine. However, th day after that I saw the spotting again and it worried me so I headed to the E/R. The heartless u/s tech told me there was no baby in the sac that it had been absorbed by my body and that my sac had stopped growing at 7 weeks.(I shouldve been 9w5d) She actually said "try to act surprised when the doctor telss you,have a nice day!" I was in shock. I never knew a baby could just disappear! The e/r doc sent me home not knowing what to believe or even expect. On 2-17-09 I stood up from a seated position and immediately (TMI.....)felt my pants fill. I ran to the bathroom to find copious amounts of huge dark red blood clots that spilled out everywhere. Later, an u/s determined everything was out and I did not need a d/c ( thank god)! Doc gave me methergine,antibiotics, and pain pills and sent me home. 16 days later still have a positve pregnany test ( the HCG was at 9600 when I was told I had a missed m/c) and have had some intermittent bleeding and passed some pink/grayish tissue. Going for a re-check next week. My biggest fear in all this is I wont be able to conceive again. it took me 8 years to get pg with my lil girl and nearly 7 this time around. I am 37 years old and dont have another 7 years to play around. Hoping the doc checks hcg levels and something can be done to help us conceive sooner. This has been a nightmare and the only thing that saved my sanity was knowing that my actually baby was already gone,absorbed by my body, and not in that horrible mess I was passing. My heart goes out to those of you who know this pain. Sending baby dust your way,,,,,,
Micki

OMG! how could that tech say that 2 u..I am so sorry ...I have never had a tech say anything either postive or negative which I guess is better...but have hope in that it might not take u as long to get pregnant after the m/c ...they say that u are more fertile right after a m/c...a friend of mine got pregnant 2 weeks after a m/c and now has a healthy 3yr old boy...my last miscarriage lasted a week and a half and it ended because the doctor gave me a pill that pushes everything out....if she doesnt see a heartbeat then she will give them to me again and within an hour and horrible cramps it will be over and done with...so I 'm hoping...
sending lotssss of baby dust ur way = )

On Friday febuary 20,09 I was sitting on the couch with my son who was turning 1 in three days. I felt 2 bug gushes of fluid. Got up and ran to the bathroom. My underwear was soaked with blood and a clear liquid. I sat on the toilet a few seconds later got 2 more gushes. After sitting there for 5 mins and nothing else happened I got up showered and made sure I put a pad on...just in case. I sat on the couch and another gush of blood and clear liquid.

I was devastated. I knew it wasnt good. The night before I remember my (sorry for the tmi) vagina being extremely sore. And all I could think was what the hell. I went to the Er after the last gush of fluid and they had me sitting there for 2 hours after I told them that I was 11wks 5 days and i was gushing out blood and a clear liquid. I thought that was horrible. Guess I wasnt what they considered to be an emergency.

When I got to the back they took a urine sample, did a pelvic exam, and took some blood. The ER doctor told me that there was definitely bleeding and that i was 1 1/2 cm dialated. What stunned me was she tried to tell me that the liquid that i felt and saw with the blood was urine. I knew for a fact it wasnt. Urine doesnt come out of ur vagina.

After having a ultrasound by the creepy tech who was hell bent on doing a vaginal ultrasound b that i wasnt comfortable with because for one i didnt like the way he was eying me. And for two because i said if I did i wanted a female nurse present and he said that not possible. Again creepy.

The ER doc came in almost 2 hrs later and told me that I was having a miscarriage and that I had placenta previa, and placenta abruption. And that the placenta was 34% of the way seperated from the uterine wall and that there was nothing that they could do. And I had to wait for nature to take it's course which could be anywhere from a few days to weeks. Said to come back if I soak more than 1 pad an hour or when the tissue passes.

Here it is approaching 3 weeks later and nothing. I have had some mild cramp like pains off and on, backpain, sore vagina,brown spotting for a little over a week. I am depressed,extremely sad,scared to leave the house because I dont want to be out then it suddenly happens. This is really taking a toll on me and my life. I am tired of being told to let nature take it course. Nature is taking too long. I have 4 kids they dont need to see me severly depressed like I am.The last day I had actual bleeding was sunday feb 22.

I had read somewhere that it took some people 6 weeks for their miscarry to happen. I think thats awful. And I have a feeling that I am going to be 1 of those people who's body doesn't expell everything til 6 weeks later. I cant live like this. Some days I cant ewven move off the couch cause im soo distraught.

Has anyone else had it as bad as me. Im 14 weeks today and I havent felt pregnant since Monday feb 23. All my symptoms suddenly stopped. Even the sever morning sickness that I had for 7 weeks. Sorry so long just was making sure i put everyhting in and didnt eave anything out.

Monday (Mar. 9) I went to the clinic to take a pregnancy test to verify that I was pregnant. I was 7 weeks along and me and my husband couldn't have been happier. However, I had some light brown blood on my tissue after I wiped but it never went onto my underwear. I told the health aide about this and he recommended that I went and got an ultrasound done to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. I didn't have any cramping or pain associated with the brown blood.

On Tuesday (Mar. 10) I went to the hospital but unfortunately there was not an ultrasound tech available so they drew blood to check out my hCG levels. The doctor came back and told me that my hCG level was only 356 which is way low for being 7 weeks pregnant. He gave me very little hope that I had a viable pregnancy and told me that I will probably miscarry within the next couple of weeks.

The next day (Mar. 11) I began having cramping and period-type bleeding. I went back to the hospital and waited in the waiting room for 3 hours to finally be checked. I'm hoping that the worst was in the waiting room. I passed 2 small clots (size of dimes) and 2 large "chunks" of strong mucous material.

It's now Mar. 13 and I'm still having period-type bleeding but very little cramping and no clots have passed since Mar. 11.

I hope that the bleeding will stop soon. I know that this is a very hard thing but many miscarriages happen for a reason and knowing that we can conceive should make us strong and ready to get back at it.

Thanks to all for posting. It has really helped to know that others are having the same symptoms as me.

My husband and I have been trying to have another child for almost a year and a half now. We have one little girl, which we conceived with no problem. I finally found out that I was pregnant and we were thrilled. It only lasted a week when the problems started. I woke up with heavy bleeding one morning and this it stopped by mid afternoon. I went for the HCG test and although my levels were increasing, they were not increasing enough. I went for one ultrasound which looked okaybut they found no heart beat. Then went for another and could no longer see the baby, just a blood clot. The very next day the pain and bleeding started. I have passed one very large clot and 3 half dollar sized clot and am still experiencing a lot of cramping. My husband and I were very disappointed but we do belive that everything happens for a reason. We will start trying again as soon as possible. I do wish you all the best of luck. It is nice to know that there are other people out there who are going through the same thing and understand. Best of luck.

ive been havinq alot of dark colored clots coming out of me lately and i had no clue wat was going on. i haven't been sexually active for at least a month, but i did have a pegnancy scare.it feels terrible to know im having a miscarriage and it seems like its been lasting forever! im scared to go to a doctor tho becuz my mother would flip if she knew i was Pregnant. i just turned 15! but i'm glad i figured out wat was happening on my own. but wat do i do from here? wait for it to be over?