I've just had a miscarriage; how soon can I get back to normal activity?!
Question: I've just had a miscarriage; how soon can I get back to normal activity?
Answers:
As far as work goes, as soon as you feel emotionally ready. For heavy lifting etc, it depends how straight forward the miscarriage was, if no surgical intervention was needed (D & C) then you should be good to go a week after. If you did need surgical intervention I would ask the doctor who did the procedure what he prefers. I gave birth to my son at 21 weeks and was allowed to go back to normal activity straight away (I had a 14 month old at the time), physically I was fine, emotionally I was shattered.
Im very sorry for your loss.
21 week gestation loss and 4 early term miscarriages.
The norm is 6 weeks. Usually ok once you stop all bleeding and discharge.
RN-Womens Health