the wait

Mine was very short, I found out my HCG levels had dropped on the Thursday and I started bleeding on the Friday afternoon.

i found out 4 weeks after bubs had died and had a Dand c almost a week after that..so at least 5 weeks for me.. but I was worried about infection so had DandC and it was much more preferable to my natural mc:(

Thanks your all really friendly in here :D
I'm on my 6th week of waiting...it's just the not knowing when is hard but nice to still have my baby with iykwim??? My doc hasn't offered a d&c he has offered a pill to induce mc though

My mc's have been fast. Some people tend to hold onto it though if that makes sense.

The pill is probably misoprostal which is very effective and I think I'd much rather that over a dnc

I asked him he said he had a woman who mc 10 weeks after the baby died....? Thats far and away the longest I have ever heard of he said there's no risk which I have to admit sounds strange

Bizzy wrote: i think what mamanee is refering to is if it is later in pregnancy, say 2nd trimester. definitely talk to your doctor is you are worried at all but i am pretty sure many different factors would come into how long..

Yeah, that is what I meant.   And that is only because I saw something like that on Private Practice, so no actual knowledge really.    

Its not actually such a "strong pill", its actually for stomach ulcers I think (or something random like that) but one of the side effects is that it causes abortions. I think its a dhb thing as to whether or not its offered or how often. Just like in Palmy you get given fentnyl (sp?) instead of pethidine in labour

*hugs*

So sorry to hear of your loss.

jjands,
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I was told it could take anywhere from a couple of days to 4-8 wks later to naturally miscarry.
Due to me working I didnt really want to go through the miscarriage at the office and be freaked out when it did happen - you can be prepared but I would imagine i would be quite upset and the people that I work with arent the most pleasant....

I have just had my D&C today, they gave me the misoprostal about 1/2 hr before the proceedure which brought on cramping.
It was over pretty quickly and the staff at the DHB were all lovely (wish the fertility people were that nice)!
Due to me being older it was a factor in having it done asap so that we can continue with our fertility treatment.

If you are worried see you doctor or MW they are there to support you and the MW can arrange a D&C if you want one.

Again so sorry for your loss

Sorry for your loss
When I m/c I started bleeding at 7.5wks pregnant, went for a scan to find the pregnancy hadn't progressed past 5.5wks. Then I bled off and on (ie 2-3day breaks from bleeding every 10days or so) for another 2months I wasn't offered a D&C, didn't know about them, but I probably would have had one if I'd been offered because bleeding for 2months isn't a lot of fun...

I hope you don't have to wait too much longer

Edited to add: I didn't have any pain either.


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