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Written by Miscarriage Support Auckland Inc
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Missed Miscarriage
Missed miscarriage (also called ‘missed abortion’) You may have no warning symptoms and discover through a routine scan that there is no heartbeat or an empty foetal sac (called a ‘blighted ovum’).
Threatening Miscarriage
Threatening miscarriage may be experienced for days or even weeks before you lose the baby. At this stage you could experience any of the following:
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Light bleeding.
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Pain similar to period pain.
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The nausea and tender breasts associated with pregnancy may disappear.
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A sense of of no longer 'feeling' pregnant.
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About 40% of bleeding episodes during early pregnancy, usually at 5 to 6 weeks, are spotting (usually dark blood) at about the time your period would have been due. This can lead to a miscarriage (20%) but in most cases your pregnancy will continue as normal without harming the baby at all.
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Inevitable Miscarriage
This is when the cervix opens and the placenta breaks free from the uterine wall. The most common signs are:
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Pain is like bad period pain or birth contractions.
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Bleeding is heavy.
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Faintness and nausea.
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Passing pieces of placenta which look like blood clots or liver.
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You may see the foetus.
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If your miscarriage is due to an incompetent cervix, (from 16 weeks on) everything will happen very quickly and your baby may be born alive.
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Incomplete Miscarriage
When some placenta remains inside the uterus you will need to be hospitalised for a few hours or overnight to have a dilation and curettage (D&C) operation. For this you will be given a general anaesthetic, your cervix opened and uterus emptied. Incomplete miscarriage occurs most commonly between 6 and 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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Complete Miscarriage
Once the uterus is empty the cervix closes, the pain stops and the bleeding slows down and should stop by seven days.
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