Hi Everyone,

I wanted to know if anyone had been in my situation, because everywhere i read, it seems that most people have had the D+C.

But anyway on the 11 Jan, i had my first scan ( 11 wks) and i found out the baby had no heartbeat, and had stopped at 7 weeks 6 days.

Obviously i was in shock after, when i spoke to my midwife she recommended waiting another week, then go into see the gnya.

I waited a week nothing, then i went to my appointment, i again decided to wait an extra week, because i don t like surgery and i wanted to do everything as natural as possible. I didn t end up going the extra week after about 5 days (22 Jan ), i went and got four tablets inside to start the miscarriage.

I bled alot and i thought everything had come away at my scan, they told me that the lining around the womb ( so leftover pregnancy tiisue ) hadn t yet come away.

She said as i didn t like opting for d+c so fast, to wait an extra week and they we will do a scan to see what is left.

Well this week i must say i haven t bled loads, but when i have they have been tissue and clots coming away ( not so big ), now it is mainly brown blood. except if i go to the toliey and then its pinkish/red.

I have my appointment tomorrow, so we'll see. But is there anyone out tehre and has done the same thing.

I understand i have waited so long which is preventing me from ttc again, which we want to do a.s.a.p.

But i am scared of having d+c, its not the operation,it getting put to sleep which i hate.

Carmen

When i had a MC last january i did the same as you, didn't want to be in hospital or have to be put to sleep either, wanted to stay at home. I just let everything happen naturally & let nature do it's own thing so to speak!

It sounds like your body is doing the right thing, so hopefully at your appointment tomorrow everything will be fine & your body will get back to normal. Just wanted to let you know that i had done the same as you & everything was fine!!

Carmen

I am sorry for your loss. In my first pregnancy, we heard the heartbeat at 6 weeks but at 9 weeks it stopped. We found out that the baby stopped growing at 8 weeks. So, same thing happened to me..

I opted to have a d&c and they did put me to sleep, but try not to worry.. doctors do it a lot and its not a big deal..

I am sorry u had to go thru this

To trying again,

Did everything come out with you eventually and if so, how long did it take?

Thanks for the info guys

Hiya,

Yes everything came out on it's own, it took a while, from the first scan showing no heartbeat to the scan where everything was gone i think was 4 weeks.

Hi Carmen,

I suffered a missed miscarriage 2 weeks ago at 10 weeks - the baby had died at 8 weeks 3 days. After it happened my gyni gave me 6 tablets, actually pessaries, to put inside me to see if my body would expel the pregnancy naturally as there was no sign of anything happening. The tablets worked for me within a few hours and I expelled nearly everything. As it turned out my Gyni still insisted on a D&C as he said the pregnancy was quite substantial at 10 weeks and it was best all round to have the D&C. I had the D&C a few days later which was absolutely fine. I was done at 9am and was back in my room and wide awake at 11am. I have suffered no physical pain since and feel much better in myself emotionally too.

Well from take the tablets from the 22 Jan, its only two weeks, but obviously from when the baby died is about 6-7 weeks.

I just hope everything comes away on its own, it seems such a shame to have an operation for alittle bit of tissue.

But cross my fingers that tomorrow, will give me some good news, i need it after the long wait.

Some people say i m stupid for waiting so long and now i am feeling that way.

Positivity ....:doh

Thanks Snowflake,

I know that everyone says that d+c , is a painless procedure. I think its just the getting put to sleep bit ...... i am such a baby when it comes to someone doing that.

But i know that it will be better to get it over with, i now have had so many scans that i want to look forward and like most of people to ttc.

Hi Carmen

I'm so sorry to hear your loss..big hugs to you. I had a missed m/c as well in Nov and opted for the D&C i just couldnt bear the thought of it passing naturally. Everyone is different..i understand you are worried but it could cause an infection if there is still tissue left. My thoughts are with you.
Love funkym xxxx

hi ya i have had 2 miscarriages one at 6 weeks and one at 9 weeks i had my first scan at 8 weeks and they couldnt find a heart beat so they told me it was a non viable pregnancy and i would have to go back in the following weeek to see if any changes or if ide lost it and it had passed naturally i was still hopin that there would be a chance my baby mite pull thro but a week later when i went to go back to hospital i woke up in agoney and pouring withblood pasing big clot i rang the hosptal and had to wait for the bleeding to stop after 10 days i went back in to hospital and had a scan it had all passed naturally but i would have hated to have had a d n c but i hope everything goes well with your hospital appointment and that nature took it allaway for you good luck x