u/Broad_Code_2322

Earlier this year I had an abortion. I had my abortion 5 weeks into the pregnancy. I kept bleeding as I was told I would but it was heavy- this continued for 2 weeks without slowing down.

I got the copper coil inserted about 2 weeks in and from then the bleeding doubled- now I was bleeding clots the size of my fist every time I went to the toilet. I was feeling so unwell at this point with constant migraines and I could barely stand without feeling dizzy.

I went to my GP and they told me everything was normal. I told them I was bleeding through a pad an hour and the size of my clots and they told me to buy some iron tablets.

2 weeks after this I felt so awful and I could barely walk. I made another GP appointment and they said the same thing. It got to the point that when I walked up the stairs in my house I would literally fall at the top because I couldn’t breathe. After that I went to A&E.

When I spoke to the doctor at A&E and told them how much I was bleeding they looked so concerned and I basically went straight through to blood tests. They took my blood I fainted, and when they tried to move me I fainted again and had a seizure.

When I woke up they were rushing me to the resuscitation room and I barely knew what was happening they just ripped off all my clothes and started looking into my vagina. OMG they just opened it up with one of those speculas? and went in with metal tongs and pulled out clots. I’m shivering remembering it. They told me that I had retained pregnancy tissue and would need an operation to get it out and my haemoglobin levels were 69 and dangerously low so I would have to have blood transfusions.

These were just so traumatic to me because i’m SO squeamish I just couldn’t handle the blood transfusions and because they made my boyfriend go home so I was alone and cried all night. I was so scared because i’ve never had any medical issue before and had no idea what was happening when I was under anaesthesia. I know it was needed but I just felt so violated and confused. I’m just so angry at the GP for ignoring me, but more angry at myself for letting it go on for so long. I’m completely better now but I panic everytime i’m on my period because those clots were actually insane and i would feel like fainting everytime I passed one.

(I don’t really know why i’m writing this I just feel like I need to vent about the lack of care I received from the gp and how this has traumatised me)

Earlier this year I had an abortion. I had my abortion 5 weeks into the pregnancy. I kept bleeding as I was told I would but it was heavy- this continued for 2 weeks without slowing down.

I got the copper coil inserted about 2 weeks in and from then the bleeding doubled- now I was bleeding clots the size of my fist every time I went to the toilet. I was feeling so unwell at this point with constant migraines and I could barely stand without feeling dizzy.

I went to my GP and they told me everything was normal. I told them I was bleeding through a pad an hour and the size of my clots and they told me to buy some iron tablets.

2 weeks after this I felt so awful and I could barely walk. I made another GP appointment and they said the same thing. It got to the point that when I walked up the stairs in my house I would literally fall at the top because I couldn’t breathe. After that I went to A&E.

When I spoke to the doctor at A&E and told them how much I was bleeding they looked so concerned and I basically went straight through to blood tests. They took my blood I fainted, and when they tried to move me I fainted again and had a seizure.

When I woke up they were rushing me to the resuscitation room and I barely knew what was happening they just ripped off all my clothes and started looking into my vagina. OMG they just opened it up with one of those speculas? and went in with metal tongs and pulled out clots. I’m shivering remembering it. They told me that I had retained pregnancy tissue and would need an operation to get it out and my haemoglobin levels were 69 and dangerously low so I would have to have blood transfusions.

These were just so traumatic to me because i’m SO squeamish I just couldn’t handle the blood transfusions and because they made my boyfriend go home so I was alone and cried all night. I was so scared because i’ve never had any medical issue before and had no idea what was happening when I was under anaesthesia. I know it was needed but I just felt so violated and confused. I’m just so angry at the GP for ignoring me, but more angry at myself for letting it go on for so long. I’m completely better now but I panic everytime i’m on my period because those clots were actually insane and i would feel like fainting everytime I passed one.

(I don’t really know why i’m writing this I just feel like I need to vent about the lack of care I received from the gp and how this has traumatised me)

Earlier this year I had an abortion. I had my abortion 5 weeks into the pregnancy. I kept bleeding as I was told I would but it was heavy- this continued for 2 weeks without slowing down.

I got the copper coil inserted about 2 weeks in and from then the bleeding doubled- now I was bleeding clots the size of my fist every time I went to the toilet. I was feeling so unwell at this point with constant migraines and I could barely stand without feeling dizzy.

I went to my GP and they told me everything was normal. I told them I was bleeding through a pad an hour and the size of my clots and they told me to buy some iron tablets.

2 weeks after this I felt so awful and I could barely walk. I made another GP appointment and they said the same thing. It got to the point that when I walked up the stairs in my house I would literally fall at the top because I couldn’t breathe. After that I went to A&E.

When I spoke to the doctor at A&E and told them how much I was bleeding they looked so concerned and I basically went straight through to blood tests. They took my blood I fainted, and when they tried to move me I fainted again and had a seizure.

When I woke up they were rushing me to the resuscitation room and I barely knew what was happening they just ripped off all my clothes and started looking into my vagina. OMG they just opened it up with one of those speculas? and went in with metal tongs and pulled out clots. I’m shivering remembering it. They told me that I had retained pregnancy tissue and would need an operation to get it out and my haemoglobin levels were 69 and dangerously low so I would have to have blood transfusions.

These were just so traumatic to me because i’m SO squeamish I just couldn’t handle the blood transfusions and because they made my boyfriend go home I was alone and cried all night. I was so scared because i’ve never had any medical issue before and had no idea what was happening when I was under anaesthesia. I know it was needed but I just felt so violated and confused. I’m just so angry at the GP for ignoring me, but more angry at myself for letting it go on for so long. I’m completely better now but I panic everytime i’m on my period because those clots were actually insane and i would feel like fainting everytime I passed one.