For those of you who have had miscarriages pass on their own…what do I expect?

Question

Long story short, I got pregnant on our second <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> transfer but baby stopped growing at 6w1d. They took me off all my meds and it’s now three weeks later and I’m starting to have dark brown spotting and dark brown stringy tissue. No red blood yet just lots of brown when I wipe and some on a pad. This has slowly picked up over two days, but I haven’t seen a gush or any true bleeding yet. Should I be concerned I won’t pass it all on my own or does it take time to build a flow? My hormones were super high three weeks ago so I’m sure they’re slowly declining. My first MC I had to have a d&c so I don’t know what to expect with this one.

Sorry for the grossness I just don’t know who to ask💔

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I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I was diagnosed with a missed miscarriage at what was supposed to be 9w5d baby had stopped growing at 6w2d. My HCG fell rapidly so I didn’t take any medication to help things along..all in all it took about 3 days for me to fully pass everything. It was very heavy bleeding with clots/tissue. I had normal period cramps during the day while at work, but when I would rest at night my cramps were awful. Get yourself a heating pad and some ibuprofen. The pain on the last night was so intense that I called the on call OB to make sure it was normal - I was told that when the pain is that intense it means my body is about to pass everything…I felt a pressure like I had to use the bathroom, and when I sat on the toilet everything just passed. Lots of blood and tissue and clots. After that the cramps calmed down a lot and I was able to rest. 
You’ll be in my thoughts ❤️❤️❤️

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I’m so sorry you’re going through this 🥺 my second to last MC I lost it at six and a half weeks. I didn’t know until I woke up to a gush of blood and then went to the doctor to confirm. I started bleeding on Monday, dark red, not soaking through a pad but enough I needed a pad. I didn’t actually pass the tissue until Wednesday morning, but I had severe cramping Monday night which went away after about two hours. I didn’t cramp again until right before I passed the tissue then it stopped and I bled like a period for I think about five more days.

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So sorry you're going through this. I've had 2 pass naturally and 1 I took pills. I found when it passed naturally it went pretty quickly. Within an hour of any bleeding starting, it got heavy fast and cramping very painfully. Big clots. It was the worst thing I've ever experienced before. I was lucky that both times everything came out on its own but there's always the chance it won't work out that way. I had to take a lot of extra strength Tylenol and my heat pack was my best friend. But the major bleeding and cramping ended after probably 6-8 hours and then it was almost like a regular period for a few more days. 
I wish you all the luck. 💕

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I didn’t have any gushing blood. Nothing a pad couldn’t handle and I was about the same length along as you.

For those of you who have had miscarriages pass on their own…what do I expect?

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