10 Things To Know About Having A Spontaneous Or “Natural” Miscarriage At Home - Page 2

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It’s up to your body how long the miscarriage will last.

You can’t rush it.

When I was initially looking for information on what to expect, I read accounts from women who after finding out about the death of their fetus, waited maybe a few weeks at the most for the full miscarriage to take place. Once it started, it was over within hours, with bleeding occurring for about a week after the fact.

What made my situation different was that I found out the heartbeat of my fetus had stopped just days before I ended up in the emergency room for bleeding. I was starting from scratch. Others had gone in for their first ultrasounds and found out that even though they were supposed to be close to the second trimester, their fetuses were the size of earlier weeks, with hearts having stopped weeks before. Their bodies had already started the process of a miscarriage and they didn’t know it.

And while some might pass everything in a few weeks, I didn’t completely pass the fetus and tissue and get back to normal for a while. I lost the fetus in April, but I didn’t completely pass everything until late June.