 Has anyone else had m/c symptoms (not bleeding)?
Last October I became pg. It was my 2nd time (1st was DD). Within days of ovulating, I developed what I thought was a bladder infection. A week later, I took a hpt and it was positive. Even though we were ttc, I had a terrible feeling about it. I wasn't really excited. I warned my husband not to tell a lot of people because I could lose the baby. I took 9 hpts over the course of 2 weeks because I was convinced they would be negative. I had no reason to feel that way, but I had a gut feeling that I was going to lose the baby. Well, after confirming my pg (and dealing with the bladder pain), I tried to make an ob appt, but they couldn't get me in for a month. Eventually, the pain became so bad that I went to an urgent care facility. They sent my urine to be tested and gave me antibiotics. I took the meds, and felt SOME (not 100%) improvement. When my u/a results came back, they were negative. No infection. The nurse who called me with the results gave me no explanation for my pain, just told me to come back in if I was still having problems.
Well, about a week after my urgent care visit, I finally got in to my ob office, but only for a u/s to confirm the pg. At that point, I was ~6 weeks along. The tech couldn't detect a heartbeat or fetal pole. She told me that I was too early to date, and to come back in 2 weeks. Again, I KNEW I lost the baby. But 2 weeks later, I went for my appt, and sure enough, no heartbeat and no development. They confirmed the m/c with 2 hcg tests and I had a d&c the Friday after Thanksgiving. I was heartbroken, but all I could say was that I had known all along that I was going to miscarry.
Now, I'm not a healthcare professional, but I do have a strong belief that my body knew from the get-go that it was not a healthy pregnancy. I think that is why I was having pelvic pain (that I perceived as bladder pain), even though I didn't have an infection of any sort. Of course, the 2 obs that I have spoken to since the m/c think that I'm crazy. They say there is no way my body could have known that early that the pregnancy wasn't viable. They think that because I was experiencing pelvic pain, that I assumed it was a problem with the baby. Only one dr had an explanation for my pain, and it was that it was just a pregnancy symptom (relaxin causing my pelvic muscles to weaken and press on my bladder). Now, I'm not saying that isn't possible. But I KNEW I was going to miscarry. And at the time, I didn't relate my bladder pain to the pregnancy. On top of that, my ob said the baby died (my words not his) at about 6 weeks, which was the same exact time when my bladder pain went away.
Anyhow, I'm rambling. There really is no one else I can talk to about this who could possibly understand, so I'm hoping you guys can help me out. Am I crazy? Has anyone else KNOWN they were going to m/c even though they never had before? Did anyone else have physical symptoms prior to a m/c that their ob completely discounted? This has been eating away at me for months, so I'm just wondering if anyone else can share their experience with me...
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God Bless,
April
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April 31, Mike 29
happily married since 5/29/00
mommy to Alyssa 5/5/06
m/c at 8 weeks (d&c) 11/23/07
ttc since 01/08
diagnosed 4/03
medication None | 
