Your Health after Miscarriage – Important Considerations

Surviving the pain and trauma of loss of pregnancy can be significantly difficult. After miscarriage, most women experience a roller coaster ride of physical symptoms and emotions, when you body starts recovering slowly. While it significantly important to take utmost care of your health after miscarriage, coping up with emotional instability is also paramount. Depending on the health conditions and severity of miscarriage, it may take few weeks to more than a month’s time to physically recover from loss of pregnancy. The physical recovery will also take into consideration for how long the woman was pregnant. More the number of weeks, higher are the health complexities. In general cases, most women experiencing a miscarriage, undergo the following health effects:

• Depending on the menstrual cycle, normal periods will resume within 3-6 weeks of miscarriage
• Vaginal bleeding may continue for a week or more after the loss of pregnancy
• Lower abdominal cramps and pain may also last for two to three days after miscarriage
• Light bleeding and spotting is also experienced by some women
• Even after miscarriage, certain pregnancy hormones still remain in blood for about two months
• Most women also experience leaking breast milk, discomfort and engorgement. However, this will stop itself after certain period of time

Taking care of health after miscarriage

• Check with the HCG level regularly after miscarriage, to ensure that it returns back to a normal of 5.0
• Emotional and physical fatigue is the common symptoms after miscarriage. Take few days leave from work, and maintain a healthy life with enough sleep and proper food
• Bleeding after miscarriage is natural and it will slowly taper off within next few weeks. However, if it does not stop after three to four weeks accompanied by heavy bleeding, you must consult your doctor immediately. While you are bleeding, do not bath or go for swimming in public pools to avoid infection; rather take a shower
• Avoid sexual intercourse till the bleeding stops, or it can cause serious infection to the tender, healing uterus
• Take contraception under doctor consultation, immediately after miscarriage, if you are not ready to be pregnant again soon

To many women, the emotional trauma of losing pregnancy is much severe than physical complications. Be patient and gentle to yourself, taking care of your health after miscarriage. Take comfort in understanding that the miscarriage was normal, and you can be pregnant again.